Alice Weber Photograph Albums
name: label: Creator
content: Weber, Alice
place: label: Place
content: Okinawa
label: Place
content: Shanghai (China) -- 1940-1950
label: Place
content: Kauai (Hawaii)
label: Place
content: Oahu (Hawaii)
label: Place
content: Honolulu (Hawaii)
label: Place
content: China
label: Place
content: Guam
label: Place
content: Hawaii
label: Place
content: Hilo (Hawaii)
topic: label: Topic
content: Airplanes
label: Topic
content: Agriculture -- Hawaii
label: Topic
content: Aircraft
label: Topic
content: Military bases
label: Topic
content: Pineapples -- Hawaii
label: Topic
content: Coffee -- Hawaii
label: Topic
content: Hawaiians
label: Topic
content: Sheet-metal work
label: Topic
content: Sugar cane -- Hawaii
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Collection donated by Ruth Masters on December 31, 2008.
creator: label: Creator
content: Weber, Alice
setName: label: See more items in
content: Alice Weber Photograph Albums
abstract: label: Summary
content: Collection consists of two photograph albums documenting Alice Weber's work and travels to California, Japan (specifically Okinawa), Hawaii, China and Guam from 1945-1948. The images depict base housing and facilities, Weber's co-workers, aircraft, sheet metal shops, historic sites, agriculture (including cane, pineapple and coffee cultivation in Hawaii), native people, cities, and other subjects.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Alice Weber worked in a civilian capacity on a military base in Okinawa, Japan. Her work was connected to sheet metal. Her work and travels took her to California, Japan, Hawaii, China, and Guam.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Cubic foot (3 boxes)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1945-1948
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1144
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Photograph albums
label: Type
content: Photographs
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Collection is arranged into one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Processed by Alison Oswald, archivist, October 2011.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photograph albums -- 1940-1950
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs -- Black-and-white photoprints -- Silver gelatin -- 1940-1950
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Two photograph albums, captioned (in some instances with brief descriptions, locations, and dates), documenting Alice Weber's travels to California, Okinawa, Japan, Hawaii, China and Guam, from 1945-1948.. The images depict such things as base housing and facilities in Hawaii, Weber's co-workers, aircraft, sheet metal shops, historic sites, agriculture (including cane, pineapple and coffee cultivation in Hawaii), native people, cities, and other subjects. There is also a printed booklet titled First Air Division, 1947.  The booklet describes Okinawa and was written and compiled by Captain Robert F. Meritt, staff public information officer for the United States Air Force.  Many of the line illustrations in the booklet were drawn by McFadden of the Daily Okinawan.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Materials in the Archives Center


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