WWII US Naval Training School (WR) Bronx NY and 40 similar items

Rare photo of women serving in the U.S. Navy during World War II. Authentic, original WWII era black and white photograph of WAVE officers visiting a ship. In this particular image the only WAVES are visible on the extreme left side. The only positively identified person is the male officer, Captain Lowry, standing left center. Official U.S. Navy photograph stamped on back. After combining information from several photos in our inventory of this excursion, we have been able to determine the following: The unidentified ship was docked somewhere in or near New York City. (This particular photo offers the best possibility of determining the precise location because of the prominent bridge in the background. If anyone can help us with that, we would appreciate your assistance.) The Captain or Skipper of the boat as he is referred to on the back of a couple photos was Lowry and he had a high officer on board named Walsh. A handful of the visiting WAVE officers from the U.S. Naval Training School (Womens Reserve) from Bronx, New York, included Achsa M. Bean, Eleanor G. Rigby, Helen Jacobs, McLeod, and M.V. Harris. Measures approximately 8 x 10 including white border. Condition: This is an original photograph, not a copy or reproduction. It is in excellent condition. Comments: This WWII-era photograph was obtained through the estate of Dr. Achsa Mable Bean (1900-1975) and her life-long friend Dr. Barbara Stimpson (1898-1986). The photo comes from a collection (sold individually) which they acquired while serving during the war. Dr. Bean was an Assistant Chairman of the Department of Health at Vassar College; an instructor in medicine at the Strong Memorial and Rochester Municipal Hospitals; and Dean of Women and Assistant Professor of Zoology at the University of Maine. In 1943, Dr. Bean, commissioned as a lieutenant in the Naval Reserves, was stationed at the Naval Training School at Hunter College in Bronx, New York. Meanwhile, Dr. Stimson was an Associate-in-Surgery of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University; Assistant-Attending Surgeon at New Yorks Presbyterian Hospital; and a member of the Executive Committee of American Womens Hospitals. Both women have been profiled in numerous medical histories and journals. One of their most interesting positions prior to the U.S. involvement in WWII included service in the Royal Army Medical Corps in England which allowed them to review how the country organized their womens services during war time. An article from a London newspaper reported on their service and is shown in our third image and a photo copy will be included with this photo. Both women retired to their home in Owls Head, Maine where Dr. Bean died in 1975. Dr. Stimson passed away in Rockport, Maine in 1986.