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

J. Beatrice Bowman album, circa 1908-1915 -- pages 6-13


This page provides textual information and thumbnail images for pages 6 through 13 of Navy Nurse J. Beatrice Bowman's 1908-1915 album of her Navy service.

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.

    To quickly locate relevant entries: use "Ctrl-f" to open the "FIND" dialog box, type in the subject word(s) you want and click "find next".

    Click on the small photograph to prompt a larger view of the same image.

    Left: Page 6
    Below left photo -- "Tucker Smith"
    Below center photo -- "Mrs. Smith"

    Right: Page 7
    Two commercial postal cards of the Naval Hospital, Washington, D.C., and the Naval Medical School, Washington, D.C. (on the Old Naval Observatory site at 23rd St. NW).
    Note: This loose page may have been originally located between album pages 12 and 13.

     


     

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    Left: Page 8
    To left of left photo -- "1911 Naval Home"
    Between the two photos -- "U.S.N. Hosp. Philadelphia"
    Note: This loose page may have been originally located between album pages 12 and 13.

    Right: Page 9
    To left of photo -- "Dr. Green" "C. Officer of U.S.N. Hosp. Brooklyn 1909"
    Note: Medical Director Edward H. Green commanded the Brooklyn Naval Hospital at this time.

     

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    Left: Page 10
    Below left photo -- "Della V. Knight U.S.N. 1909".
    Note: Miss Knight was one of the Nurse Corps' first twenty members. She is also seen in the photo on the inside front cover of this album.
    Below center photo -- "JBB 1909".
    Note: J. Beatrice Bowman frequently refers to herself as "JBB".

    Right: Page 11
    Between the two left photos -- "U.S.N. Hosp. Brooklyn 1909".

     

     

    Left: Page 12
    Between two left photos -- "U.S.N. Hosp. Brooklyn 1909"
    Between two right photos -- "Wallabout Market & Navy Yard from Surg. Ward U.S.N. Hosp. Brooklyn"

    Right: Page 13
    To left of left photo -- "U.S.N. Hosp. Philadelphia"
    To right of right photo -- "U.S.N. Home Phila Front Entrance"

     


     

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    Page made 1 January 2000
    Page reformatted and additional text added 2 July 2004