File:Parade of Naval Training Station personnel, Seattle, circa 1918 (MOHAI 9114).jpg

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During World War I a temporary Naval Training Station was set up on the University of Washington campus, near where the university's health sciences center is now located. The training camp was active from 1917-1919, during which time over 5,000 mostly college students were trained for both naval and naval aviation units. Women were also recruited into the Naval Reserve Force in the WW I era to meet severe clerical shortages at shore stations. They were popularly referred to as "yeomanettes" or even "yeowomen," although the official designation was Yeoman (F).

This image of U. S. Navy Yeoman (F) personnel parading with other Naval Training Station trainees was taken as they marched south on Second Avenue in downtown Seattle.

This photo is part of an album belonging to Anne Augusta Bathurst (1894-1984) who was a UW student and served as Chief Yeomen (F), at the Naval Training Station during the period in which the photo was taken. In 1922 Anne married Henry H. "Harry" Hoefs (1893-1979), a Lieutenant commander in the U. S. Navy during both WWI and WWII; they were stationed all over the world and retired to Bellevue.

Business in image: La Mode Hair Shop Caption information source: The Seattle Daily Times, July 18, 1918, page 17 Caption information source: U.S. Navy Naval Historical Center website at http://www.history.navy.mil

• Subjects (LCTGM): ; Commercial streets--Washington (State)--Seattle; Military personnel--American--Washington (State)--Seattle; Parades & processions--Washington (State)--Seattle