Bonnie James Baxter poses beside a tree with initials carved in it, circa 1944. She wears the SPARs blue service dress uniform skirt, service cap with white cover, and a [...]

Bonnie James Baxter stands outdoors wearing the SPARs blue service dress uniform with service cap and holding a pair of white gloves.

SPAR Bonnie James Baxter poses in her blue wool winter overcoat and garrison cap on Boston Common in 1946.

Bonnie James Baxter poses in the snow on Boston Common, circa 1946. She wears the SPARs blue wool winter overcoat, service hat, black leather gloves, and black leather ha[...]

Bonnie James Baxter stands outdoor in her SPARs white service dress uniform, service hat with white cover, white gloves, and black handbag in white cover, circa 1944.

Bonnie James Baxter poses in front of a tree wearing the SPARs gray and white seersucker working uniform, matching garrison cap, and black leather gloves, circa 1944. Her[...]

Four SPARs pose in front of a backdrop painted with a tropical scene while at a photography studio in Palm Beach, Florida, in 1944. All of the women wear the SPARs blue s[...]

Kay Judd, later stationed in Alaska, wears a raincoat on the steps to a building in August 1945.

Primarily documents Bonnie James Baxter's service in the U.S. Coast Guard SPARs during WWII." Baxter briefly discusses her youth, various office jobs she held before ente[...]

Portrait of Bonnie James Baxter in SPAR gray and white seersucker work uniform with Storekeeper 3rd Class sleeve insignia and service hat, circa 1944.

Seated portrait of Bonnie James Baxter in SPAR gray and white seersucker work uniform with Storekeeper 3rd Class sleeve insignia and service hat, circa 1944.

Portrait of Bonnie Jame Baxter, circa 1944. She wears the SPARs blue service dress uniform and matching garrison cap. On her sleeve is the patch for a storekeeper, 2nd cl[...]

Portrait of Bonnie James Baxter, circa 1945, in the SPARs blue service dress uniform and service cap with white cover.

Bonnie James Baxter (left) and three other SPARs pose in their exercise suits in Palm Beach, Florida, in summer 1944. The women hold various items including a large woode[...]

Bonnie James Baxter (right) and two fellow SPARs stand in front of the Statue of Liberty, circa 1945. Baxter and the SPAR on the left wear the gray and white seersucker w[...]

Bonnie James Baxter and a fellow SPAR, both in blue wool overcoats and service hats, stand in the snow in front of a WAVES recruiting station, circa 1945.

Photo of the exterior of the Volunteers for Victory soldier canteen in the Butterfield Company building on Worth Avenue in Palm Beach, Florida, in 1944. A group of SPARS [...]