Esther Gilbert Scrapbook
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- Aboriginal Australians in Queensland
- Photograph of three Aboriginal Australians in northern Queensland, in April 1945. (Photo taken from Esther Gilbert Scrapbook).
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- Ann Worthy Johnson, Ginnie Bowman, and Emily Putnam
- Red Cross workers Ann Worthy Johnson, Ginnie Bowman, and Emily Putnam eat watermelon behind the Queenscliff club in Brisbane, Australia, in late 1944. (Photo taken from Esther Gilbert Scrapbook).
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- Biak natives
- A group of four Biak natives, three adults and a child, as seen along a road in April 1945. (Photo taken from Esther Gilbert Scrapbook).
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- Chuck and Ruth Hutchinson with kangaroo
- Chuck and Ruth Hutchinson, the American Consuls in Adelaide, Australia, pose holding a kangaroo in 1944. (Photo taken from Esther Gilbert Scrapbook).
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- Colonel Harry Diston on Japanese emperor's horse
- Colonel Harry Diston, 1st Cavalry Division, on the Japanese emperor's white horse, circa 1946. (Photo taken from Esther Gilbert Scrapbook).
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- Daisy Pickman serves servicemen at Red Cross canteen
- Daisy Pickman, in fatigues with ARC insignia and hat, serves coffee to a group of servicemen at a Red Cross air strip canteen in the Philippines in 1945. (Photo taken from Esther Gilbert Scrapbook).
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- Destroyed building, Manila, Philippines
- A building and automobile presumably destroyed by bombing in Manila, Philippines, as photographed by Red Cross worker Esther Gilbert while on leave in October 1945. (Photo taken from Esther Gilbert Scrapbook).
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- Duke and Duchess of Gloucester in Australian parade
- Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Governor-General of Australia, rides in the back of a convertible with his wife, Princess Alice, during a procession in Brisbane, Australia, in late 1944. (Photo taken from Esther Gilbert Scrapbook).
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- Esther Gilbert Scrapbook
- This extensive scrapbook depicts Gilbert's service in the Pacific Theater of World War II through photos with detailed captions as well as maps, tourism guides, news clippings, and other mementos from the various places in which Gilbert served. Photos depict Gilbert and her colleagues; scenery and animal life on various islands; airplanes, ships and naval officers preparing for battle; Red Cross headquarters; the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester visiting Australia; the devastation of buildings in Manila; an aerial shot of paratroopers landing on Corregidor Island; and scenes in Japan after the surrender. The first page contains a detailed map of the Pacific Ocean with Gilbert's course from 1944 to 1946 charted out with numbered dates in the caption. Other, more specific maps are provided for the various islands on which she served. The scrapbook also contains such things as Gilbert's immunization record; a program from a performance of the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra; a Christmas services program for troops stationed in Australia; menus from Japanese restaurants made for US forces; Japanese ski brochures in English; a rail ticket authorizing US troops to ride Japanese trains; and telegrams to Gilbert's family announcing her impending return to the United States.
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- Esther Gilbert aboard ship in Subic Bay, Philippines
- Esther Gilbert stands aboard a ship with two servicemen at U.S. Naval Base Subic Bay, Philippines, in October 1945. (Photo taken from Esther Gilbert Scrapbook).
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- Esther Gilbert and Japanese child in the snow
- Red Cross worker Esther Gilbert and a Japanese child stand in the snow in front of the Kanko Hotel in Akakura, Japan, in February 1946. Gilbert's skis and poles are stuck in the snow in front of them. (Photo taken from Esther Gilbert Scrapbook).
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- Esther Gilbert and Jean Ferguson in Sydney, Australia
- Esther Gilbert (left) and fellow Red Cross worker Jean Ferguson stand in front of a chain link fence overlooking the ocean at Sublime Point in Sydney, Australia, in late July 1944. Both women wear the Red Cross military welfare winter uniform with military welfare overseas cap, and Gilbert also wears the Red Cross black leather overseas handbag. (Photo taken from Esther Gilbert Scrapbook).
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- Esther Gilbert and Red Cross officials, Adelaide, Australia
- Esther Gilbert (left) poses in front of the Red Cross Service Club office in Adelaide, Australia, with Colonel Martin, Peg Graveur, and Area Director Hinson Trites in 1944. Gilbert and Graveur wear the Red Cross military welfare winter uniform. (Photo taken from Esther Gilbert Scrapbook).
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- Esther Gilbert and friends in Adelaide, Australia
- Esther Gilbert (right) poses with friends Peg Graveur and "Monty" beside a vehicle and in front of the Red Cross service club in Adelaide, Australia, in 1944. Gilbert and Graveur wear the military welfare winter uniform. "Monty" is in civilian dress. (Photo taken from Esther Gilbert Scrapbook).
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- Esther Gilbert at Fujiya Hotel
- Esther Gilbert, in ARC military welfare winter uniform and garrison cap, stands in front the Fujiya Hotel, which served as an officers leave club in Miyanoshita, Japan, on 15 March 1946. (Photo taken from Esther Gilbert Scrapbook).
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- Esther Gilbert at Mt. Fuji
- Esther Gilbert, wearing her Red Cross uniform and handbag, stands in a parking lot overlooking Mount Fuji while visiting the officers leave club at Miyanoshita, Japan, on 15 March 1946. (Photo taken from Esther Gilbert Scrapbook).
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- Esther Gilbert at desk
- Esther Gilbert sits at her desk in the office where she worked as the assistant director of the Red Cross service club in Adelaide, Australia, in July 1944. On the left, a secretary stands at the front desk. A poster hanging on the right side of Gilbert's desk identifies the "American Red Cross in Australia." (Photo taken from Esther Gilbert Scrapbook).
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- Esther Gilbert in Bay Bay, Philippines
- Esther Gilbert sits in the grass in Bay Bay, Leyte, Philippines, in 1945, while local children behind her look on. (Photo taken from Esther Gilbert Scrapbook).
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- Esther Gilbert in a jeep, Manila, Philippines
- Esther Gilbert poses in a jeep outside the Red Cross billet in Manila, Philippines, while on leave in October 1945. (Photo taken from Esther Gilbert Scrapbook).
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- Esther Gilbert in cockpit of a B-24 bomber
- Esther Gilbert looks out the cockpit window of a B-24 bomber at Tachikawa Army Air Base, Japan, circa 1946. Sergeant Claude Thompson poses in the nose of the plane. (Photo taken from Esther Gilbert Scrapbook).
