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66 photos and 80 illustrations tagged insignia, from 14 members of Flickr Commons.

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• publicdomain
• stillimage
• printsandphotographs
• pp
• nationallibraryofmedicine
• nlm
• imagesfromthehistoryofmedicine
• ihm
• historyofmedicinedivision
• hmd
• nationalinstitutesofhealth
• nih
• freeimages
• archivesofmedicine
• nlmdigitalcollection
• symbolism
• iss
• bookillustrations
• pictorialworks
• serpent
• ophidian
• trickster
• snake
• engraving

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• National Library of Medicine 75 photos & illustrations
• NASA on The Commons 35 photos & illustrations
• SDASM Archives 9 photos & illustrations
• The Library of Congress 6 photos & illustrations
• British Library 4 photos & illustrations
• Navy Medicine 3 photos & illustrations
• National Library of Scotland 3 photos & illustrations
• U.S. National Archives 2 photos & illustrations
• State Library of Queensland 2 photos & illustrations
• Smithsonian Institution 2 photos & illustrations
• Deseronto Archives 2 photos & illustrations
• George Eastman Museum 1 photo / illustration

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Pearl Harbor widows have gone into war to carry on the fight with a personal vengeance... 08/1942

from U.S. National Archives

• joepho57 said:

  Interesting bit of history. I guess the photographer will forever remain anonymous.

• FiveTails said:

  brings back memories...

• gre3en pea said:

  FiveTails Five Tails, were you in Calif. during this time?

U.S. Navy WAVES, Woman Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service

from George Eastman Museum

• 6 older comments, and then…
• вσмσнd☺92 said:

  ╬═♥╬╬♥═╬╬♥═╬╬♥═╬╬♥═╬╬♥═╬╬═♥╬ ╬♥═╬ ╬♥═╬ ╬═♥╬ 『 WOW ! 』 ╬═♥╬ ╬♥═╬ 『 Great work ! 』 ╬═♥╬ ╬♥═╬ 『 This is so FAB ! 』 ╬═♥╬ ╬♥═╬ 『 keep going .. =) 』 ╬═♥╬ ╬♥═╬ 『 Best work ever ! 』 ╬═♥╬ ╬♥═╬ 『 hope to see ur comments』 ╬═♥╬╬♥═╬╬♥═╬╬♥═╬╬♥═╬╬♥═╬╬♥═╬╬♥═╬

• Canardo said:

  Why was everyone so chipper back in the 40s?

• A.K.M.Ali hossain. said:

  Nice photo.

• outrageous carriage said:

  We salute you, miss! Also, it's not often that one sees a WAVE waving.

• Heady Actor said:

  i love this piscture --you know my major is marine engineering,so i have a similar feling for her ,this beautiful and brave and dedicated woman :)

Painting the American insignia on airplane wings is a job that Mrs. Irma Lee McElroy, a former office worker, does with precision and patriotic zeal. Mrs. McElroy is a civil service employee at the naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Her husband is a f

from The Library of Congress

• 1 older comment, and then…
• Allison Marchant said:

  Quite a different work experience from this one.

• technogeo said:

  The final version is a big improvement!

• loratamosiuniene said:

  I would call it A Happy War- serenity and luster. Angelic face paintig stars on the sky. Hope- maybe

• Chuck Sloan said:

  I can identify with this. I painted Navy planes in Kingsville TX in the late 1960's. Squadron VT-22.

• Ginormous Memory said:

  I'm surprised it is done by hand. The care she is using is amazing.