Policewoman, Newport (LOC)
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Policewoman, Newport
[1913?]
1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.
Notes:
Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative.
Photograph probably shows Jeannette Buchanan or Minnie Smith, who were
appointed as police officers at Newport Beach in the summer of 1913.
(Source: Flickr Commons project, 2009 and the New York Times, June 16,
1913)
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
Format: Glass negatives.
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
General information about the Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain
Persistent URL: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.13634
Call Number: LC-B2- 2765-14
Comments and faves
Masahiro Makino added this photo to his favorites. (40 months ago)
pennylrichardsca (40 months ago | reply)
Possibly related to this article:
POLICEWOMEN AT BEACH:
These Newport Officers Wear Brass Buttons and Carry No Clubs
New York Times, 16 June 1913
Seems two women were appointed to serve as policewomen at Newport Beach that summer: Jeannette Buchanan (a schoolteacher) and Minnie Smith (a settlement house worker). The article describes their uniform: "military blouses of blue, but brass buttons, blue skirts to match, and straw hats." "One promenaded the beach with a parasol," the article continues, which might well be this one (note parasol folded at her side).
Arden (LOC P&P) (40 months ago | reply)
pennylrichardsca: Thank you for the article on the policewomen at Newport Beach. It seems possible that the woman in the image is one of the two mentioned in the article. We will add some of the information to the description when we upload the database.
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