In a previous post I mentioned how women helped with camouflage in World War One. haven’t ever seen any evidence that any woman designed camouflage patterns in that war. But I did run across an item that showed at least one female actually put her artistic abilities to use in the field of ship camouflage. The woman in question was Sara Elizabeth Carles. She was the younger sister of Arthur Beecher Carles. Both the siblings later made a mark in the American Art world. Arthur was an impressionistic painter who was recruited to serve in the U S Shipping Board camouflage team in Philadelphia. His sister joined the navy when it became possible for women to serve. Sara was assigned to the 4th naval district, also in Philadelphia, and employed as an aide for information to the district commandant. Aides for information actually worked for the Office of Naval Intelligence and spent their time drawing pictures of actual camouflaged ships that visited ports in the district.
Here is her service record.
And here is a copy from a Naval Intelligence report showing her as the artist who made an actual drawing during her 2 months of active naval service.
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