WWII ID’d SPARS Womens Coast Guard Photo Album Scrapbook With Biography
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:229807 | Modified Item: No |
| Country/Region of Manufacture: United States |
This listing is for a vintage WWII photo album, which belonged to a member of the United States Coast Guard Womens Reserve (SPARS) Leona Mary Singer. The SPARS peak strength was approximately 11, 000 officers and enlisted personnel, making this album quite rare.
The album measures approximately 9 In x 11 1/2 In. There are photographs of Leona and her fellow friends in uniform (one of the photos is colorized). One thing inside this album that makes it very unique is Leona’s autobi...ography which was written for a lady that was working on a SPARS historical project. From this autobiography you can find out a lot about herself and her service in the SPARS.
There are also many different documents and miscellaneous things like; her honorable discharge papers, sleeve rank patches, letter from Harry Truman thanking for the help to win the war, SPARS booklets, magazine SPARS posters, newspaper clippings with Leona’s photo with articles about her, Navy communications center watch list from 1944, photo in card from “Club Wind Up” in Saint Louis showing SPARS drinking at the table, Christmas concert booklets from 1943 & 44, Invitation letter to a Waves rally in 1943, a letter from the Coast Guard, Certificate that Leona passed a Petty Officer training course in 1945, SPAR photo newspaper, 3 photos from SPARS 46th Reunion in 1988, her sisters letter to a lady working on a SPARS history project. (A LOT OF THESE DOCUMENTS ARE LOOSE BETWEEN THE PAGES AND NOT GLUED OR TAPED IN)
Please feel free to ask questions :)
The album measures approximately 9 In x 11 1/2 In. There are photographs of Leona and her fellow friends in uniform (one of the photos is colorized). One thing inside this album that makes it very unique is Leona’s autobi...ography which was written for a lady that was working on a SPARS historical project. From this autobiography you can find out a lot about herself and her service in the SPARS.
There are also many different documents and miscellaneous things like; her honorable discharge papers, sleeve rank patches, letter from Harry Truman thanking for the help to win the war, SPARS booklets, magazine SPARS posters, newspaper clippings with Leona’s photo with articles about her, Navy communications center watch list from 1944, photo in card from “Club Wind Up” in Saint Louis showing SPARS drinking at the table, Christmas concert booklets from 1943 & 44, Invitation letter to a Waves rally in 1943, a letter from the Coast Guard, Certificate that Leona passed a Petty Officer training course in 1945, SPAR photo newspaper, 3 photos from SPARS 46th Reunion in 1988, her sisters letter to a lady working on a SPARS history project. (A LOT OF THESE DOCUMENTS ARE LOOSE BETWEEN THE PAGES AND NOT GLUED OR TAPED IN)
Please feel free to ask questions :)
