Collection	Jessica Davis Stigman
Copyright	Oshkosh Public Museum
Description	Large format image of World War I Army Nurse Jessica Ann Davis Stigman in uniform.
Event	World War I
Film Size	4" x 5"
Medium	Paper/Photographic Emulsion
Neg #	23329
Notes	Studio portrait of Jessica Ann Davis (later Stigman) wearing her Army Nurse Corps uniform (see uniform in curatorial department). She wears the regulation uniform skirt and tunic with one overseas stipe (6 months in Europe), World War I Victory ribbon bar above left pocket, Base Hospital patch on left shoulder, and "U.S." and Cadeuses pins on collars. She is also wearing the regulation brimmed hat. Jessica Ann Davis was born in Omro, Wis. in 1890. According to her death certificate she moved to Rockford, Ill. in 1912. She attended nursing school at the Rockford Hospital Training School and graduated on June 11, 1918. On July 1, 1918 joined the Army Nurse Corp. She was stationed at the Base Hospital at Camp Grant, in Rockford, IL, and served at Camp Hospital No. 52 in Le Mans, France. She received her discharge on June 20, 1919. She worked as a nurse in Rockford, Ill until her retirement in 1959. She married a man by the name of Stigman some time after 1930. He preceded her in death. She died June 14, 1964.
Object ID	P2003.4.1
Object Name	Print, photographic
People	Stigman, Jessica Davis Davis, Jessica Ann
Print size	7" x 9 1/2"
Subjects	Portrait photographs Female Nurses Military personnel World War I
Title	Army Nurse Jessica Davis
Year Range from	1919
Year range to	1919

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