Sewing Stripes

IMG_4065WAVE Annabell Dean get her first stripe sewn on after she graduates as an ensign from the Northampton Women’s Reserve Officer’s Training School at Smith College. Ensign Mabel Theobald helps her get the placement just right.

The photograph comes from the National Archives.

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