Portrait of Lieutenant Alberta Wyche of the Army Nurse Corps
date: label: Date
content: 1945
name: label: Photograph by
content: Gaston L. DeVigne II, American, 1913 - 2003
label: Subject of
content: Lt. Alberta M. Wyche, American, 1923 - 1999
notes: label: Caption
content: Alberta Marlene Wyche was born in Philadelphia in 1923. She enlisted as a second lieutenant in the Army Nurse Corps in April 1945. Lieutenant Wyche served in the ANC for nearly a year before she was honorably discharged in February 1946. She passed away in 1999 at the age of 76.
label: Description
content: A black and white photograph portrait of Lieutenant Alberta M. Wyche wearing a World War II Army Nurse Corps uniform. Captured by photographer Gaston L. DeVigne, Wyche is smiling and looking over her shoulder to the right. Her shoulder length hair is loose on her shoulders. The uniform consists of a jacket, a blouse with tie, and a cap. At the center of the cap is an insignia depicting the Great Seal of the United States. On her lapel, she is wearing two (2) pins. The upper pin says [U.S.] and the lower pin is the Army Nurse Corps insignia, a caduceus, featuring two (2) snakes winding around a winged staff. There are no marks or inscriptions, front or back.
place: label: Place captured
content: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Military
label: Topic
content: Nursing
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: World War II
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
label: Exhibition
content: Double Victory: The African American Military Experience
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Community/Third Floor, 3 053
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Gaston L. DeVigne, III in memory of his parents Gaston L. DeVigne, II and Yvonne B. DeVigne
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.272.14.20
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Gaston L. DeVigne II
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 13 15/16 × 10 9/16 in. (35.4 × 26.8 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (frame): 21 1/2 × 18 1/16 × 1 7/16 in. (54.6 × 45.9 × 3.7 cm)