Photos

Professional Photos

Motorboat Registration, U.S. Coast Guard, 512 Professional Bldg, Miami Fla., Sep 1945 (Maurine McCord, Me, Katherine Stevens)

Date and location unknown. Dina in back row, fourth from right.

Candid Photos from Dina's Photo Album

Dina kept a photo album of her time in the SPARS, the cover of which is shown in the photo below on the left. As you can see by the photo on the right, many of the photos were labeled well, and some included the names and home states of other servicemen and women.

SPARS Photo Album Cover

SPARS Photo Album Page

The photos below are labeled as Dina herself labeled them, either as a caption in the book itself or on the back of each photo. Names are listed as written - apologies if some names spelled incorrectly.

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Entrance to the USCG Training Station, Palm Beach, Florida

Front view of Biltmore, taken from across the street on Sunrise Blvd.

View I face now in my last six weeks & also view I faced in "boot." "Sunrise Blvd"

View of the terrace (Biltmore)

First day out! 4 Happy "Boots." August 1943 (Dina on far right, other women unnamed.)

Slightly lopsided "boots" (Dina on far left, others unknown)

Muriel Schiltz (Wisconsin) and Elizabeth Renesz (Ohio). Taken on station grounds. September 1943

A "trainee" on station grounds. Guess who? Me! September 1943

Three Clevelanders: June Alexander, Margaret (?), and Alice Nichols. (station grounds) September 1943

On the roof outside our 3rd floor room. September 1943

Me in my play suit better known as "fatigues." September 1943

Ferry to W.P. Beach (Sept 1943)

The ferry and dock at Palm Beach

A gig in W. Palm Beach (Sep 1943)

Outside the famous George Washington Hotel (SPARS Playground) Afternoon dancing and fun (West Palm Beach, Sep 1943)

Effie Martin, Minneapolis, MN (Roommate), Sep 1943

At the Lido Pools, Palm Beach, Alice Nichols (Cleveland, OH), Sep 1943

At the Lido Pools, Palm Beach, Margaret Tabor (Cleveland, OH), Sep 1943

At the Lido Pools, Palm Beach: Me, Margaret McMahon (CA), Esther Knight (CA), Sep 1943

At the Lido Pools, Palm Beach: Esther (Long Beach, CA) and I, Sep 1943

"Just getting our feet wet" At the Lido Pools, Palm Beach: Me, Esther Knight (CA) & Margaret McMahon (CA), Sep 1943

A terrible picture in our GIs. From left: Jane Long (my roommate - Seattle, WA), Me, Effie Martin (roommate - Minneapolis, MN), Esther Knight, Sep 1943

Servicemen's Center with Bart Noland (Iowa), Sep 1943

Front of Servicemen's Center, Sep 1943

Mary McPerson (N.C.), Margo Mesar (Mich.), Mary Lou Menges (Mo.) October 1943

Mary Lou Menges

Calisthenics at Sun and Surf, Ensign Neisen (Instructress), Oct 1943

Calisthenics, Oct 1943, Seated: Me, Mary Lou Menges, Mary McPherson, Effie Martin

Calisthenics, Oct 1943. Me (X), Esther Knight (1) Los Angeles, Cal, Dolores Silvas (2) San Francisco

Three musketeers from the West Coast (Names not listed), Oct 1943

Calisthenics, Oct 1943

Muriel Schiltz, Betty Renesz & Anna Mary Williamson ('Pug'), Mobile, Ala. peeking from behind, Oct 1943

Rear view of 'Pug' snapping us, Oct 1943

Boat ride on Lake Worth with Bart Noland, Oct 1943

View of Biltmore from boat on Lake Worth, Oct 1943

"Smile," he said & I did, Oct 1943

Sure was windy!

Another from Lake Worth boat ride

Barracks at Boca Raton (Bart's Quarters)

Platoon I mustering for Regimental Review, Nov 1943

Platoon II mustering for Regimental Review, Nov 1943

Our Company (Regimental Review), Nov 1943

SPARS Band (Regimental Review), Nov 1943

Spars marching to Review, view from Biltmore roof, Nov 1943

More scenes of Regimental Review, Nov 1943

Mary McPherson (Asheville, NC), Training school roommate, Nov 1943

Candy, Pug, Mary & Evelyn Wilson (New Hampsire), Feb 1944

Edna (Eddie) Sonnert (Detroit, Mich), Feb 1944

Bill Hizar (Coast Guard, Missouri), Mar 1944

Bill Hizar (MO), Mar 1944

Jeep in front of Royalton Hotel, Miami (SPAR barracks)

A visit to Captain-of-the-Port,Tampa, FL - Entrance, Mar 1944

One of the many boats docked at the base (COTP Tampa), Mar 1944

A view along the base (COTP Tampa), March 1944

Ellen LaFleur, seated (Minnesota) & Rita Lonergan (Illinois) stationed at the Tampa base, Mar 1944

Shirley Lichenstein (NY), Tampa, Mar 1944

"Coastie" boyfriend Dick Zack (Nebraska), Tampa, Mar 1944

Shirley, Rita, Lucille, & Ellen in front of SPAR barracks on the base (Tampa), Mar 1944

On the terrace of the Mirasol Plaza Hotel adjacent to (Tampa) base. We stayed there, Mar 1944

Homeward bound! On the steps of the Mirasol Plaza. Lucille LeVasseur & Shirley Lichenstein, Tampa, Mar 1944

He (unnamed) wanted his picture taken with a SPAR (at a beach party given by the Beach Patrol), Mar 1944

Clara (Candy) Hessler (Ohio), Anna Mary ('Pug') Williamson (Ala.), Mary McPherson (N.C.), Apr 1944

Connie Wiergaz (Mich), Edna (Eddie) Sonnert (Mich), Colleen Clibborn (Los Angeles), Connie Coopersmith (New York, NY), Dina Licciardi, Apr 1944

Anna Mary Williamson (Pug); 356 1/2 Dauphin St, Mobile, Ala., May 1944

Posing with Pug and Mary, June 1944

Miami Parade, Oct 1944

With Thelma, Mary & Eve at Bayfront Park (Miami), Nov 1944

In Miami's Bayfront Park, Nov 1944

Eve Maltzman (Brooklyn, NY), Jan 1945

Eleanor Wescott (Michigan) posing with me atop Royalton roof. Dupont Bldg. in background, Feb 1945

Mary McPherson, National Hotel, Miami Beach, Mar 1945

Thelma Hill (Harrodsburg, KY) at National Hotel (My BEST roommate.)

Hotels along Miami Beach (1945)

With Mary on the beach, Apr 1945

Thelma at Coral Gables, Fla., Apr 1945

Mary Hale at Coral Gables, Fla., Apr 1945

Thelma & I on 41st & Collins; Miami River in the background

Jean Butler (Oregon), Thelma Lineszy (Iowa), Lucille LeVasseur (Minn.), Apr 1945

National Hotel Pool

Eve with her nose in a book, Royalton roof, Miami, Apr 1945

Putting up my hair, Royalton roof, Miami, Apr 1945

Dorothy Evans (San Gabriel, Calif.), Royalton roof, Miami, Apr 1945

Lucy Crafts (Mass.) & her roommate Doris, Royalton roof, Miami, Apr 1945

Russell Harden, Nautilus Hospital Pool, Apr 1945

With Russ (Harden) at the Sands Hotel Beach, May 1945

Sands Hotel Beach, May 1945

At Sands Hotel Pool, May 1945

Dina and Russ (Harden), Sands Hotel Beach, May 1945

At Sands Hotel Beach, May 1945

Mary Hale at West Palm Beach (Lake Worth), Jun 1945

At MacFadden Deauville Hotel (Miami Beach) with Mary Hale, Jean Butler, and Pat Burroughs (Texas), Jul 1945

McFadden Deauville Hotel, Jul 1945

At the pool - MacFadden Deauville Hotel, Jul 1945

Deauville Pool; Jul 1945

MacFadden-Deauville Pool, Miami Beach, Fla. Aug 1945; Left to right: Me, Pat Burroughs (Texas), Mary Hale, Kentucky), Jean Butler (Oregon)

Dina at Bayfront Park (Miami), Sep 1945

Lucy Crafts & Colleen Clibborn (Hollywood, Cal.) Marine Inspection Office co-workers. Miami River, Sep 1945

Betty Carr, Oct 1945

Oct 1945 (Dina on far right)

Lavonne "Tommie" Satterlee (Ill.) & Mary McPherson (N.C.), Royalton Roof, Oct 1945

Mary, Tommie, Me, Candy (Clara Hessler - Ohio), Nov 1945

Marie Ehlert (Toledo, O.), Oct 1945

Dina, SPAR Barracks, Royalton Hotel, Miami, 1945

Florence Travers (Boston, Mass.), Oct 1945

Mary Hale

Betty Bucks (S. Bend, Indiana), Oct 1945

Dina (left) & Betty Carr (right), Miami, 1945

Thelma Hill (left) & Dina (right), Oct 1945

Etta Leo & Millie Medved, Oct 1945

Lavonne Satterlee (left) and Dina (right), Oct 1945

From left: Thelma Hill, Mary McPherson, Clara Hessler, Lavonne, Saterlee, Me, Millie Medved, Oct 1945

From left: Thelma Hill, Clara Hessler, Dina, Etta Leo, Oct 1945

Oct 1945

Dina, Miami, 1945

Ruby Crane (N. Dakota) & Margaret McMahon, date and location unknown

Unlabled (possibly Margaret McMahon)

Jackie Clark (Texas) and Ruby Dixon (Iowa)

From left: Navy WAVE Hermina Rump, Meg Goos, Jean Hausman, Thelma Hill, Dina Licciardi, 2 Mar 1946, Miami

Date & location unknown (Dina in center)

Dina, May 1946

(Unknown names and location)