1 10 1 https://openvalley.org/files/original/add21880083b1937ed9061ff50a8fc70.jpg a87fa27c77e4d904baa9dc979f782ae9 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as photograph, map, drawing, painting, etc., and any additional data Photograph Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Hostess House, Hazelhurst Field Description An account of the resource An airfield prior to WWI, the US Army Air Service expanded operations at this location near Mineola, NY upon declaration of war in 1917. With the arrival of railroad infrastructure the adjacent Camp Mills was built as an embarkation camp--mobilizing soldiers just prior to shipping out to Europe. Although used during WWII, it eventually was closed due to real estate development in 1951. YWCA Hostess Houses, usually located upon military bases, were created to serve visiting families of service members and to ensure proper conduct among the men—as for instance during visits from hometown sweethearts. Hostess Houses operated within a gendered “separate spheres” paradigm yet also afforded women unusual opportunities otherwise unavailable to them: supervisory experience, for example, and in some cases designing the structures themselves. Almost all Hostess Houses were decommissioned after Armistice. This image has been lightly edited and resized for web exhibits; larger file available at source listed below. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available War Department. Army War College. Historical Section. World War I Branch. ca. 1918-ca. 1948 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1918-03-17 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Cooper, Ken Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived National Archives #111-SC-5983 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/55172878#.Wkuz-QcHMUk.link Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpeg, 617 KB Type The nature or genre of the resource Photograph Hazelhurst Field Hostess House World War I Y.W.C.A