Photograph of five women from Women's Troop Train Service - n.d.
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[ms illegible: 1 wd] Com – RR – YMCA Troop Train Service 1918 Lucille C. Chapman Joe P. Myers, Louise S. Bailey Abby Dodge Barstow Joe Kaine, Captain In front of “Hut” Background is the Unition Station carsheds.
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| Title | Photograph of five women from Women's Troop Train Service - n.d. |
| Creator | Unknown |
| Source | Unknown. Photograph of five women from Women's Troop Train Service. n.d. Bailey Collection. P0456. Missouri History Museum, Saint Louis, Missouri. |
| Description | This photograph is of members of the Women's Troop Train Service Committee. The committee operated out of the Railroad Y.M.C.A. at Union Station in St. Louis, Missouri during WWI. The committee members met locomotives in the train yards and brought soldiers to the Y.M.C.A.'s Happiness Hut where they received snacks, reading materials and a friendly smile. |
| Subject LCSH | World War, 1914-1918--Transportation; World War, 1914-1918--War Work--Red Cross; World War, 1914-1918--War Work--Y.M.C.A.; World War, 1914-1918--War Work--Women |
| Subject Local | WWI; World War I |
| Site Accession Number | P0456 |
| Contributing Institution | Missouri History Museum |
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| Date Original | n.d. |
| Language | English |