Photo #: 80-G-47027 Harriet Ida Pickens Is sworn in as an Apprentice Seaman by Lieutenant Rosamond D. Selle, USNR, at New York City. In December 1944, she became one of the Navy's first two African-American "WAVES" officers. Photograph released 16 November 1944. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 73KB; 590 x 765 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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