Edith Vowell and Tissie Watson at the Arcadia Picnic Ground. University of South Florida Tampa Library still image eng Edith Vowell, seated and Tissie Watson, standing, enjoy the Manatee County Historical Society tour of DeSoto County and the picnic at the Arcadia Picnic Grounds. Major Edith Vowell was a nurse in the Pacific Theater of War during World War II. A portion of her story was featured in Wyatt Blassingame's 1967 book, Combat Nurses of World War II. Tissie Watson was the archivist for the Manatee County Historical Records Library, the archive of the Clerk of the Court. Edith Vowell, seated and Tissie Watson, standing, enjoy the Manatee County Historical Society tour of DeSoto County and the picnic at the Arcadia Picnic Grounds. Major Edith Vowell was a nurse in the Pacific Theater of War during World War II. A portion of her story was featured in Wyatt Blassingame's 1967 book, Combat Nurses of World War II. Tissie Watson was the archivist for the Manatee County Historical Records Library, the archive of the Clerk of the Court. Vowell, Edith Watson, Myrtice United States Florida--DeSoto County--Arcadia Manatee County Public Library Historic Photograph Collection
Edith Vowell and Tissie Watson at the Arcadia Picnic Ground.
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Edith Vowell, seated and Tissie Watson, standing, enjoy the Manatee County Historical Society tour of DeSoto County and the picnic at the Arcadia Picnic Grounds. Major Edith Vowell was a nurse in the Pacific Theater of War during World War II. A portion of her story was featured in Wyatt Blassingame's 1967 book, Combat Nurses of World War II. Tissie Watson was the archivist for the Manatee County Historical Records Library, the archive of the Clerk of the Court.
Edith Vowell, seated and Tissie Watson, standing, enjoy the Manatee County Historical Society tour of DeSoto County and the picnic at the Arcadia Picnic Grounds. Major Edith Vowell was a nurse in the Pacific Theater of War during World War II. A portion of her story was featured in Wyatt Blassingame's 1967 book, Combat Nurses of World War II. Tissie Watson was the archivist for the Manatee County Historical Records Library, the archive of the Clerk of the Court.
Vowell, Edith
Watson, Myrtice
United States
Florida--DeSoto County--Arcadia
Manatee County Public Library Historic Photograph Collection