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Album S-581 page 29: Four photographs of nurses at the Philadelphia Naval Hospital, 1912

Online Library of Selected Images -- Photo Albums --
(Naval Historical Center Lot # S-581)

Josephine Beatrice Bowman Photo Album, circa 1908-1915 --
General Description -- Part II, Subject Listings


This page provides a list of subjects seen in Navy Nurse J. Beatrice Bowman's 1908-1915 album of her Navy service. Individual subjects are keyed to the pages where they appear.

For introductory information on this album, see: S-581 -- General Description.

Notes on text provided with pages:

  • Text entries in quotations are taken from inscriptions hand-written in the album in the locations noted in italics.
  • Text entries without quotation marks are provided by the Naval Historical Center's staff.

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    SUBJECTS SEEN IN THIS ALBUM:

    PEOPLE (with family names bolded):

    Left Column -- A-J Names:

  • Miss Alexander (Navy Nurse) (pages 24 & 25);

  • Hospital Apprentice Bain (p. 37);
  • Hospital Apprentice Bennett (p. 36);
  • Assistant Surgeon Micajah Boland (p. 14);
  • J. Beatrice Bowman (seen throughout the album, in which she frequently refers to herself as "JBB");
  • Other members of the Bowman family (p. 2), (p.21), (p. 45) and (pp. 98-102)
  • Hospital Apprentice Bradford (pp. 35 & 36);
  • Edith Brightbill (Navy Nurse) (p. 33) and (p. 39);
  • Hospital Apprentice Brooks (pp. 35 & 36);

  • Miss Caddus (Navy Nurse) (pp. 24 & 25);
  • Miss Caldwell (Navy Nurse) (p. 39);
  • Nellie K. Campbell (Navy Nurse) (p. 29);
  • Hospital Apprentice Caruthers (pp. 35 & 36);
  • Miss Crawford (Navy Nurse) (p. 39);
  • Passed Assistant Surgeon George B. Crow (p. 24);
  • Hospital Apprentice Cunningham (p. 35);

  • Hospital Apprentice Daris (p. 35);
  • Hospital Apprentice Davis (p. 37);
  • Hospital Apprentice Dean (p. 37);
  • Hospital Apprentice Dehl (p. 37);
  • Mollie Detweiler (Navy Nurse) (p. 29), (p. 33) and (p. 39);
  • Nell I. Disert (Navy Nurse) (pp. 24 & 25);
  • Kathryn C. Doering (Navy Nurse) (p. 29) and (p. 39);
  • Miss Donaldson (Navy Nurse) (p. 39);

  • Hospital Apprentice Ehlers (p. 36);

  • Hospital Apprentice Fisher (pp. 35-36);
  • Hospital Apprentice Folb- (pp. 35-36);
  • Hospital Apprentice Fox (pp. 35-36);

  • Hospital Apprentice Goodhart (p. 37);
  • Anna Gorham (Navy Nurse) (pp. 24 & 25), (p.33) and (p.39);
  • Medical Director Edward H. Green (p. 9);

  • Hospital Apprentice Hall (pp. 35-36);
  • Hospital Apprentice Haus (p. 35);
  • Passed Assistant Surgeon Alexander B. Hayward (p. 24);
  • Superintendent of Nurses Lenah H.S. Higbee (pp. 93-95);
  • Hospital Apprentice Hutty (pp. 35-36);

  • Hospital Apprentice Irwin (p. 37);

  • Hospital Apprentice Jegmyer (p. 35);
  • Right Column -- K-Z Names:

  • Miss Kensingham (Navy Nurse) (pp. 24 & 25);
  • Mr. Kilpatrick (pp. 42 & 43);
  • Hospital Apprentice Klein (pp. 36-37);
  • Della V. Knight (Navy Nurse) (inside front cover) & (p. 10);

  • Miss Leeder (Navy Nurse) (pp. 42 & 43);
  • Hospital Apprentice Lewis (pp. 36-37);
  • Miss Lomax (Navy Nurse) (pp. 24 & 25) and (p. 39);
  • Miss Long, Secretary to the Superintendent of Nurses (p. 95);

  • Pay Inspector Samuel McGowan (pp. 41 & 45);

  • Hospital Apprentice Martin (p. 37);
  • Mary Ella Moffett (Navy Nurse) (p. 60);
  • Hospital Apprentice Moore (p. 37);
  • Hospital Apprentice Moyer (pp. 35-36);

  • Hospital Apprentice Nelson (p. 36);
  • Hospital Apprentice Noonan (pp. 35-36);

  • Surgeon Karl Ohnesorg (pp. 24 & 28);

  • Hospital Apprentice Papst (pp. 35-36);
  • Miss Katherine Patterson (Navy Nurse) (pages 17 & 19); (pp. 24-25); (p. 39);
  • Hospital Apprentice Pease (p. 37);
  • Hospital Apprentice Peck (p. 35-36);
  • Medical Director Remus C. Persons (pp. 24 & 28);

  • Miss Ridgway (Navy Nurse) (pp. 24 & 25);
  • Miss Roller (Navy Nurse) (pp. 39 & 42-43);
  • Paymaster's Clerk William R. Ryan (p. 45);

  • Hospital Apprentice Slajer (p. 37);
  • Mrs. E.C. Smith (p. 18);
  • Surgeon George Tucker Smith, USN, and members of his family (p. 5) & (p. 6);
  • Miss Snyder (Navy Nurse) (pp. 24 & 25);
  • Miss Steins (p. 94);
  • Chaplain E.T. Stevenson, USN (p. 15);
  • Miss Isabel Strong (p. 94);

  • Hospital Apprentice Taber (pp. 35-36);
  • Passed Assistant Surgeon Alfred J. Toulon (p. 24);
  • Hospital Apprentice Tucker (p. 37);

  • Hospital Apprentice Walker (p. 35);
  • Victoria White (Navy Nurse & Chief Nurse) (inside front cover & p. 1);
  • Teresa E. Wilkins (Navy Nurse) (pp. 24 & 25), (p. 34) and (pp. 42 & 43);

  • Hospital Apprentice Yates (pp. 35-36);

  • Hospital Apprentice Zwiek (p. 35)

  • PEOPLE--TOPICS:

  • First Navy Nurse Corps members: ((inside front cover) -- See Photo # NH 52960 for names and other information on this image.
  • Navy Nurses: Seen throughout the album.
  • Hospital Apprentices (Enlisted Corpsmen): (p. 15), (p. 28) and (pp. 35-37).
  • Civil War Veterans: (p. 88).


    PLACES:

  • Des Moines, Iowa -- Bowman family home, 217 School St.: (pages 98-101).
  • Brooklyn, New York -- U.S. Naval Hospital: (pages 1-5) & (pages 6, 9-12).
  • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania -- U.S. Naval Hospital and Naval Home: (pages 8 & 13, (pages 14-21) & (pages 22-29 ); (pp. 30-37); (pp. 38-40); and (pp. 46-47).
  • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, vicinity -- Picnic on the Wissahickon River: (pages 42-44).
  • Portsmouth, Virginia -- U.S. Naval Hospital & vicinity: (pp. 48-53); (pp. 54-61) and (pp. 64-65).
  • Washington, DC -- U.S. Naval Hospital: (inside front cover) & (page 7); (pp. 69 & 72-73); (pp. 74-77, 80-81); (p.89) and (pp. 92-95).
  • Washington, DC -- Various scenes in and around the city: (pp. 74, 78-80); (pp. 82-88) and (pp. 90-91 & 96).


    SHIPS:

  • USS Solace (Hospital Ship, 1898-1930): (p. 55).
  • USS Wyoming (BB-32): Postcard postmarked on board her -- (p. 45).
  • U.S. Revenue Cutter Onondaga (probable identification): (p. 54).


    ANIMALS:

  • Bears: (pp. 90-91).
  • Dogs: (pp. 18-21), (pp. 30-35), (pp. 38-40), (pp. 46-47), (pp. 93-94), and (pp. 98 & 101).
  • Sheep: (p. 73).


    RECREATION:

  • Baseball: (p. 15).
  • Eating Ice Cream Cones: (p. 65).
  • Sightseeing: (pp. 42-44), (pp. 74, 78-80), (pp. 82-86) and (pp. 90-91 & 96).
  • Stage Play: (pp. 62-63).
  • Tennis: (p. 61) and (p. 75).
  • Wading (at the beach): (p. 64).


    MISCELLANEOUS SUBJECts:

  • Ambulance: (p. 27).
  • Automobile ("White" brand): (p. 51).
  • Cannon (Carronade type): (pp. 34-35) and (p. 45).
  • Cannon (old, relatively small muzzle-loader): (p. 57).
  • Cemetary: (p. 52).
  • Parade(s): (pp. 86-88).
  • Photographer at work: (p. 31).
  • Postal Cards: (p. 7), (p. 45), and (p. 48).
  • Tents: (p. 47) and (p. 54).


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the "Online Library's" digital images, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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    Page made 8 February 2000
    Entries added 1 July 2004