Anne Elisabeth Heyer Collection

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Anne Heyer
Anne Heyer poses in a field, wearing the WAC beige summer off-duty dress and matching garrison cap, circa 1943.
Anne Heyer and WACs
Anne Heyer (front row, left) poses with four other WACs, circa 1944. Four of the women wear the WAC summer work uniform, while the WAC in center of the back row wears a men's flight suit.
Anne Heyer in winter flight suit
Anne Heyer, in a winter flight suit consisting of a B-3 shearling jacket, A-3 shearling trousers, and Type B-6 winter flying helmet, poses as if using an unidentified piece of mapping equipment, circa 1943. In the background are stacks of labeled cases.
Anne Heyer with camera in trick photo
Anne Heyer, in a flight suit, leans against a structure while holding her camera, circa 1943. The print has been manipulated so that image is mirrored down the center.
Clarendon Hotel, Daytona Beach, Florida
Photo of the beachfront side of the Clarendon Hotel in Daytona Beach, Florida, in early 1943. Groups of WACs mill about on the beach in front of the hotel.
Class of WACs at MacDill Airfield, Florida
A class of WACs pose for a photo at MacDill Airfield Base in Tampa, Florida, circa 1943. They all wear the WAC summer service uniform with air force patch on the sleeve and matching garrison cap. Heyer is in the back row, fourth from the left.
Three WACs prepare for gas mask drill
Anne Heyer (center) and two other WACs prepare to put on their gas masks during basic training at Daytona Beach, Florida, in early 1943. All three wear the WAC utility coat and hold their gas masks up to their faces.
Three WACs under a tree
Two WACs, including Anne Heyer (center), talk to a fellow WAC while standing under a pine tree, circa 1943. All three wear summer service uniforms with matching Hobby hats.
Two WACs at MacDill Airfield, Florida
Two WACs pose at MacDill Airfield in Tampa, Florida, circa 1943. The WAC on the left wears the brown and white seersucker exercise uniform and holds her Daisy Mae cap. The WAC crouching on the right wears a men's flight suit with air force insignia and a Daisy Mae cap, and holds a camera.
WAC barracks
Interior of a WAC barracks showing two rows of cots and trunks, circa 1943. Three WACs stand in the center of the room.
WAC in gas mask
A WAC poses in a gas mask while at basic training at Daytona Beach, Florida, in early 1943. She also wears the WAC utility coat. In the background, a tent is set up in the sand and the corner of the Clarendon Hotel is visible.
WAC in gas mask
Profile of a WAC wearing a gas mask and hood while at basic training at Daytona Beach, Florida, in early 1943. She also wears the WAC utility coat. In the background, a tent is set up in the sand, and a corner of the Clarendon Hotel is visible.
WAC softball team at MacDill Airfield, Florida
Group photo of the WAC softball team at MacDill Airfield, Florida, circa 1943. An army serviceman, probably the coach, poses in the front, and Anne Heyer is in the back row, third from the left. The photo is signed.
WAC taking a photo
A WAC in summer service uniform and Hobby hat holds up a camera to take a photo, circa 1943.
WACs at gas mask drill on Daytona Beach
WACs in overcoats and gas masks prepare for a drill on the beach in front of the Clarendon Hotel at Daytona Beach, Florida, in early 1943. A tent is set up in the sand in the background.
WACs at train station
Nine WACs pose at a train station, probably heading to Fort Des Moines, Iowa, circa 1943. The WACs wear olive drab winter service uniforms with Hobby hats, while some wear gas mask bags and carry their wool overcoats.
WACs in formation
Seven WACs, including Ann Heyer (front left), stand in formation, possibly at MacDill Airfield in Tampa, Florida, circa 1943. They all wear the WAC summer service uniform with matching Hobby Hat.
WACs in formation
WACs stand in formation in a street, possibly at MacDill Airfield in Tampa, Florida, circa 1943. They all wear the WAC summer service uniform and matching Hobby Hat.
WACs in front of photographic mapping squadron sign
Anne Heyer (back row, left) poses with five other WACs in various uniforms under a sign for the 3rd Photographic Mapping Squadron Laboratory at MacDill Airfield in Tampa, Florida, circa 1944. Heyer wears the WAC summer off-duty dress and a gas mask bag, while the WAC back row right wears the WAC enlisted summer service uniform and garrison cap. Three of women wear men's flight suits and Daisy Mae khaki fatigue caps, and the woman front row left wears the WAC khaki shirt and slacks with a garrison cap.
WACs in jeep
Three WACs, all wearing the WAC summer service uniform with matching Hobby Hat, sit in a jeep, circa 1943.

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