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Myrtle Otto Hanke and friend Minnie at Minneapolis, Minnesota, reunion.
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Myrtle O. Hanke (top right) and a fellow WAVE pose on a stairway wearing belted raincoats and issue handbags, circa 1945.
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Myrtle Otto Hanke (on left) poses with her mother and sister, circa 1945. She wears her WAVES gray and white seersucker dress with seersucker garrison cap.
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Myrtle Otto Hanke poses outdoors in the snow, wearing her WAVES dress blue uniform, service hat with blue cover, and issue handbag, circa 1945.
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Primarily documents Myrtle Otto Hanke's early life and her experiences in the U.S. Navy WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) in Washington, D.C., during[...]
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Myrtle Otto Hanke (left) and a fellow WAVE pose on a sidewalk, circa 1945. Hanke wears the WAVE blue service dress with winter havelock, while her friend wears the blue w[...]