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- Photograph by
- DeVigne, Gaston L. II, American, 1913 - 2003
- Subject of
- Lt. Wyche, Alberta M., American, 1923 - 1999
- Date
- 1945
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 13 15/16 × 10 9/16 in. (35.4 × 26.8 cm)
- H x W x D (frame): 21 1/2 × 18 1/16 × 1 7/16 in. (54.6 × 45.9 × 3.7 cm)
- Caption
- Alberta Marlene Wyche was born in Philadelphia in 1923. She enlisted as a second lieutenant in the Army Nurse Corps in April 1945. Lieutenant Wyche served in the ANC for nearly a year before she was honorably discharged in February 1946. She passed away in 1999 at the age of 76.
- Description
- A black and white photograph portrait of Lieutenant Alberta M. Wyche wearing a World War II Army Nurse Corps uniform. Captured by photographer Gaston L. DeVigne, Wyche is smiling and looking over her shoulder to the right. Her shoulder length hair is loose on her shoulders. The uniform consists of a jacket, a blouse with tie, and a cap. At the center of the cap is an insignia depicting the Great Seal of the United States. On her lapel, she is wearing two (2) pins. The upper pin says [U.S.] and the lower pin is the Army Nurse Corps insignia, a caduceus, featuring two (2) snakes winding around a winged staff. There are no marks or inscriptions, front or back.
- Place captured
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- portraits
- Topic
- Military
- Nursing
- Photography
- World War II
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Gaston L. DeVigne, III in memory of his parents Gaston L. DeVigne, II and Yvonne B. DeVigne
- Object number
- 2014.272.14.20
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Gaston L. DeVigne II
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




