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Still Image
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Original Format
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Photograph
Dublin Core
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Title
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Hostess House, Camp Wheeler
Description
An account of the resource
Located near Macon, GA this mobilization was built in 1917 and quickly reached its peak of 29,000 National Guard and other inductees for training. It was closed in 1919, then re-opened for a period during WWII.
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
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War Department. 1789-9/18/1947
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1918-11
Contributor
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Cooper, Ken
Source
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National Archives #165-WW-576A-6
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/45563862#.Wkuz-dkoPfk.link
Format
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jpeg, 565 KB
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Photograph
Camp Wheeler
Hostess House
World War I
Y.W.C.A
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https://openvalley.org/files/original/add21880083b1937ed9061ff50a8fc70.jpg
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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
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Title
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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
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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
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Cooper, Ken
Source
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National Archives #111-SC-5983
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/55172878#.Wkuz-QcHMUk.link
Format
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jpeg, 617 KB
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Photograph
Hazelhurst Field
Hostess House
World War I
Y.W.C.A
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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
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Title
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Hostess House, Marine Barracks
Description
An account of the resource
Establishment of a Marine Base at Quantico, VA officially dates to 1917 and declaration of war in Europe, although military leaders had been eying the site for some time. Thousands of Marines were--and still are--trained for duty here.
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
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War Work Council, National Board of the Young Womens Christian Association
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1918-1919
Contributor
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Library of Congress / Internet Archive
Cooper, Ken
Source
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YWCA, “Report of the Hostess House Committee” (1919)<br />https://archive.org/stream/reportofhostessh00nati#page/n0/mode/2up/search/Oglethorpe
Format
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jpeg, 785 KB
Type
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Photograph
Hostess House
Quantico, VA
World War I
Y.W.C.A
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https://openvalley.org/files/original/c71d4bfb2ed8a79be3b414d2ec75652e.jpg
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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
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Title
A name given to the resource
Hostess House, Army Barracks
Description
An account of the resource
Although used only for six months as a cantonment during WWI, this base in Plattsburgh, NY had a history dating back to the War of 1812 and continued to serve as an innovative Reserve Officer Training Corps.
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
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War Work Council, National Board of the Young Womens Christian Association
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1917?
Contributor
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Library of Congress / Internet Archive
Cooper, Ken
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
YWCA, “Report of the Hostess House Committee” (1919)
https://archive.org/stream/reportofhostessh00nati#page/n0/mode/2up/search/Oglethorpe
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
jpeg, 732 KB
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Photograph
Hostess House
Plattsburgh Barracks
World War I
Y.W.C.A
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https://openvalley.org/files/original/1807e4ac2de85f7952f3925eefad6883.jpg
50ef20dd343f18a570328ca3749d6dff
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
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Recruits at Camp Meade, MD, Starting on Practice March
Description
An account of the resource
Located near Annapolis Junction, MD this was one of the larger cantonments on the east coast, some 400,000 volunteers and draftees passing through en route to WWI in Europe. The stark, regimented conditions facing new arrivals helps to explain the popularity of YWCA Hostess Houses located on military bases.
Publisher
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War Department. 1789-9/18/1947
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1917-09-27
Contributor
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Cooper, Ken
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
National Archives #165-WW-152A-48
Format
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jpeg, 695 KB
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Photograph
Camp Meade
Hostess House
Isabel Fraser Harmon
World War I
Y.W.C.A