During World War I the U. S. Navy established a temporary Naval Training Station in Seattle, on the University of Washington campus, near where the university's health sciences center is now located. The training camp was active from 1917-1919, during which time over 5,000 mostly college students were trained for both naval and naval aviation units.
In this image, 11 pilots in training listen to their instructor, who is standing in the cockpit of the plane parked in the center of the hangar. In the background two other men appear to be working on another plane. The shadow made by the photographer and his camera are visible a the bottom right of the frame.
Webster & Stevens number: 66294
Caption information source: "University of Washington Health Sciences Building is dedicated on October 9, 1949," by Cassandra Tate, HistoryLink.org Essay 10177 Caption information source: The Seattle Daily Times, July 18, 1918, page 17 Caption information source: U.S. Navy Naval Historical Center website at http://www.history.navy.mil
Physical Description: 1 negative : nitrate, b&w ; 8 x 10 in.
Additional Information: Digital copy of this item available thanks to funding from a 2016 Institute for Museum and Library Services grant. Metadata updated as part of a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services administered by the Library Services and Technology Act, through the Washington State Library, a division of the Office of the Secretary of State.
