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, circa 1945, in the SPARs blue service dress uniform and service cap with white cover.

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[...]

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

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.

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 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 [...]

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 [...]

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[...]