Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Accession number |
2017.29 |
Catalog date |
2020-04-23 |
Credit line |
Lanza, Mary E. |
Date |
1942-1945 |
Description |
Photo, Black and white, Image shows two Women's Army Corps (WAC) nurses (the woman on the right is Mary Elizabeth (Lanza) Davis, woman on left is unknown), The women are stationed at Camp Hale, Colorado, It has recently snowed and the women, or someone at Camp Hale, built a snowman at Camp, In the background, one can see a few of the barracks built at Camp |
Event |
World War II |
Imagefile |
009\2017293.JPG |
Number of images |
1 |
Catalog Number |
2017.29.3 |
Object Name |
Photo |
Photographer |
Unknown |
People |
Davis, Mary Elizabeth |
Provenance |
Frank R. Davis, Jr. and his brother John W. Davis donated a photo scrapbook to the Museum in 2017 that belonged to their mother (Mary Elizabeth (Lanza) Davis – DOB: 3/3/1920) who created it during her time as a Women’s Army Corps (WAC) stationed at Camp Hale. Additionally, their father (Frank Russell Davis - DOB: 10/9/1922) was also stationed there, assigned to the Calvary. Their mother recently passed away on June 24, 2017 at the age of 97, their Dad has been gone for a number of years. Their parents met at Camp Hale. Mary grew up in Pittsburgh, PA and Frank in George West, Texas. Mary never left the states and Frank was shipped to the Burma/India area during World War II. The scrapbook with photos was in John Davis’ possession for many years before shipping it and donating it to the Museum. |
Received date |
08/21/2017 |
Search Terms |
10th Mountain Division photo World War II Camp Hale, Colorado Women's Army Corps (WAC) |
Status |
Digitized-Shelf |
Status date |
2020-04-23 |
Year Range to |
1945 |
Year Range from |
1942 |
Subjects |
10th Mountain Division photo World War II Camp Hale, Colorado Women's Army Corps (WAC) |
Title |
None |
Catalog type |
Standard |
Lexicon category |
10: Unclassifiable Artifacts |
Classification |
War U.S. Army Organizations & Clubs Historic Sites |
Place |
Camp Hale, Colorado |