3-010-700 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

Colonel J.H. Wells swearing in woman motorist, 29 May 1917. Women in the motor corps of the National League of Women's Service taking the oath of allegiance at the 71st Regiment Armory, New York City on May 29, 1917 during World War I. The administrator of the oath is probably Major Connell, rather than Col. J.H. Wells as noted in the caption.