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Photo # NH 105367-A:  Edith M. Giovannoni (left center) with a friend, 15 January 1919

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Yeoman First Class Edith M. Giovannoni, USNRF, (1898-1977).
Later, Mrs. Sebastian Ambrogi

Edith M. Giovannoni was born in Washington, D.C. on 22 June 1898. She served as a Yeoman (F) in the U.S. Naval Reserve Force during the World War I era. At the beginning of January 1919, while assigned to the Bureau of Navigation in Washington, she was promoted from Yeoman Second Class to Yeoman First Class. After leaving active duty in 1919 she was employed by the Navy Department, later shifting to the U.S. Marine Corps, and worked for the Marines until retiring from U.S. Government service in the later 1940s or early 1950s.

In 1921 Edith Giovannoni married Sebastian Ambrogi. They made their home in Washington until the later 1950s, then moved to nearby Bethesda, Maryland. Edith Giovannoni Ambrogi died there on 26 April 1977.

This page features all the views we have concerning Edith M. Giovannoni (Ambrogi).


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Photo #: NH 105399

Edith Giovannoni
(at left)

In Red Cross uniform, with an unidentified friend in Washington, D.C., circa 1917.

Donation of Catherine L. Ambrogi, daughter of Edith Giovannoni Ambrogi, 2008.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image size: 68KB; 740 x 510 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 105398

U.S. Navy Yeomen (F)


On one of the upper floor inter-wing catwalks of the Main Navy or Munitions Buildings, 1918.
Those present are, from left to right:
Edith Giovannoni, who was a Yeoman Second Class in 1918;
Mary Jermain;
Maud Crawford; and
Angelina Giovannoni (Edith's sister), whose later married name was D'Ascensio.
Note that Edith Giovannoni is holding both straw and felt uniform hats.

Donation of Catherine L. Ambrogi, daughter of Edith Giovannoni Ambrogi, 2008.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image size: 68KB; 740 x 570 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 105367-A

Yeoman First Class Edith M. Giovannoni, USNRF

(marked with an "x" below her feet)

Holding the arm of a friend, with other personnel of the Navy Department's Bureau of Navigation in front of the Pan-American Union Building, Washington, D.C., 15 January 1919.
Cropped from a panoramic view (Photo # NH 105367) by Schutz, 613 14th St., Washington, D.C.

Donation of Catherine L. Ambrogi, daughter of Edith Giovannoni Ambrogi.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 47KB; 440 x 765 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 105368-A

Yeoman First Class Edith M. Giovannoni, USNRF

(holding the arm of the lady in the lighter coat)

With other personnel of the Navy Department's Bureau of Navigation in front of the Pan-American Union Building, Washington, D.C., 15 January 1919.
Cropped from a panoramic view (Photo # NH 105368) by Schutz, 613 14th St., Washington, D.C.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 51KB; 440 x 765 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 105367

Bureau of Navigation, Navy Department


Personnel of the Bureau of Navigation pose in front of the Pan-American Union Building, Washington, D.C., on 15 January 1919. Among those present is a large number of Yeomen (F).
Panoramic photograph by Schutz, 613 14th St., Washington, D.C.
From a camera location on 17th Street, NW, this photograph sweeps through approximately 180 degrees: looking south on the left, west in the center and north on the right. The northeast corner of the then-newly completed Main Navy Building is in the left background. In the right background is the south face of the Daughters of the American Revolution building.
In the front row, center, above the letter "A" in "Navy", is Captain Harris Laning, Assistant to the Bureau Chief. A short distance to the right, marked with a small "x", is Yeoman First Class Edith M. Giovannoni, USNRF.

Donation of Catherine L. Ambrogi, daughter of Edith Giovannoni Ambrogi, 2004.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 141KB; 2000 x 405 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 105368

Bureau of Navigation, Navy Department


Bureau of Navigation personnel pose in front of the Pan-American Union Building, Washington, D.C., 15 January 1919. Among those present is a large number of Yeomen (F).
Panoramic photograph by Schutz, 613 14th St., Washington, D.C.
The northeast corner of the Main Navy Building is in the left background.
In the front row, center, above the word "Dept.", is Captain Harris Laning, Assistant to the Bureau Chief. A short distance to the right, holding the arm of the lady in the light-colored coat, is Yeoman First Class Edith M. Giovannoni, USNRF.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 121KB; 2000 x 350 pixels

 


Edith Giovannoni may be one of the Yeomen (F) seen in the following photograph:

Photo #: NH 105391

U.S. Navy Yeomen (F)


In formation wearing white uniforms, circa mid-1918 or mid-1919. Location is probably the Washington, D.C. Ellipse, as the building in the left center distance is the Willard Hotel.
One of those present is probably Edith Giovannoni, who was a Yeoman Second Class in 1918 and a Yeoman First Class in 1919.
Women paraded in the right background appear to be members of the U.S. Marine Corps.

Donation of Catherine L. Ambrogi, daughter of Edith Giovannoni Ambrogi, 2004.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image size: 69KB; 740 x 485 pixels

 


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 21 January 2008
New images added 7 February 2008