Photograph of Ara Belle Brown Jennings in Women's Army Corps uniform

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

This is a black and white photographic portrait of Ara Belle Brown Jennings in a Women's Army Corps uniform. Shown from the chest up, she wears a military jacket with matching collared shirt and tie. She has round army service pins on the collar of each side of the jacket. The jacket has two upper breast pockets with flap closures and button fasteners. She wears a flat-crowned cap with a cylindrical crown. There is a metal medallion on the front of her cap, with the raised Great Seal of the United States. On the back of the photograph is a red stamp with text that reads “TO ORDER EXTRA PRINTS / WRITE / REGISTER & TRIBUNE STUDIOS / DES MOINES -- IOWA.”

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