Photograph
Women on Air Force Tour
| At Truax Field, Lieutenant H.B. Smith adjusts a parachute on Lillian Nitcher, one of a group of eighteen area women who were selected to make an official Air Force tour of the WAF activities at Lackland Air Force base in Texas. Waiting to be fitted with a parachute before taking off are (from left): Luella Mortenson; Mrs. Robert Marty, Monroe; Mrs. Ralph Fossahage, Mr. Horeb; and Claudia Stephan. |
| Image ID: | 80186 |
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| Creation Date: | 05 18 1953 |
| Creator Name: | Vinje, Arthur M., 1888-1972 |
| City: | Madison |
| County: | Dane |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| Collection Name: | Vinje, Arthur M. : Photographs and Negatives* |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | negative, duplicate |
| Original Format Number: | PH 6442.4902A |
| Original Dimensions: | 5 x 4 inches |
| One of three images. Article published in the Wisconsin State Journal on May 22, 1953. |
| Outdoor photography |
| Military bases |
| Military uniforms |
| Men |
| Officers |
| United States. Air Force |
| Women |
| Airplanes |
| Clothing and dress |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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