Handwritten note on the back of Ivah Ree Harris's Navy portrait

ID: 1019 ~ Source: Judy Coker Benowitz ~ Creator: U.S. Navy ~ Date: ca. 1945
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The note reads: F-1094. Reorder by number Harvey Portrait studio 908 F Street N.W. Washington 1. D.C. Ivah Ree Harris Sp. Q. 3/c, WAVE, Navy, Age- 26, Parents Mr. and Mrs. W.L. Harris, Monroe GA. Washington D.C. She took her training at Bronx, N.Y. Been in Service two years.

This file appears in: Joining the WAVES

By Judy Coker Benowitz
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