COLLECTION NAME:
Underwood & Underwood World War I press photographs
Record
Identifier:
C0502_B001_F021.jpg
Title:
Volunteer Ambulance Division - two women drivers named Hilda S. Ambler and Phyllis K. Martin
Creator:
Underwood & Underwood
Date:
1917-11-01
Description:
Attached: "S2-3 COPYRIGHT UNDERWOOD & UNDERWOOD, N.Y. PROMINENT GIRLS TO DRIVE AMBULANCES ABROAD. Left to right: Hilda S. Ambler of Bridgeport, Conn and Phyllis K. Martin of Brookline, Mass formerly of Canada, who have announced their intentions of joining the Volunteer Ambulance Division to drive ambulances abroad. Both of the girls have considerable nursing experience which they hope will help them in their work of hymanity. Miss Ambler is only nineteen years old. The girls are in the British flying corps uniform. They are able mechanics and drivers. They know how to repair their machines. A breakdown means nothing to them for they can diagnose the case in a moment and all will be well again. 11/1/17."
Subject:
World War, 1914 - 1918
Geographic Area:
United States
Decade:
1910s
Type:
Still Image
Genre/Form:
war photography
Genre/Form:
black-and-white photographs
Genre/Form:
group portraits
Format:
Photograph; black and white
Extent:
10 x 8 in.
Digital Publisher:
George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center.
Collection:
Underwood and Underwood World War I press photographs
Physical Location:
Box 1, Folder 21
Rights Statement:
Public Domain. There are no known restrictions.
General Note:
The description for these photographs is transcribed from paper descriptions that are attached to the photographs with adhesive. These paper descriptions are brittle and acidic. For presentation and accessibility purposes, the descriptions have been cropped out of the image.
