Lauretta M. Schimmoler
Title
Lauretta M. Schimmoler
Subject
Women air pilots -- United States
Description
Black and white photograph of Lauretta Schimmoler wearing flight helmet and goggles, leather jacket, and trousers. She stands with her right arm propped on the side of her plane.
Caption on the back of the photo reads "Lauretta Schimmoler, circa 1930, at Sycamore, Ohio with training plane. First North Central Governor and Second Sec. - Treas. Of the 99's; managed Muni Airport, Bucyrus, Ohio '32-33, served in the WAC during WWII. Lauretta founded the Aerial Nurse Corps, forerunner to the flight nurse. She organized and was the first and seventeenth Commander of the Amelia Earhart American Legion Post at Glendale, and now lives at Glendale, Calif. Deceased."
Caption on the back of the photo reads "Lauretta Schimmoler, circa 1930, at Sycamore, Ohio with training plane. First North Central Governor and Second Sec. - Treas. Of the 99's; managed Muni Airport, Bucyrus, Ohio '32-33, served in the WAC during WWII. Lauretta founded the Aerial Nurse Corps, forerunner to the flight nurse. She organized and was the first and seventeenth Commander of the Amelia Earhart American Legion Post at Glendale, and now lives at Glendale, Calif. Deceased."
Source
IWASM Photo Archives
Date
1930
Contributor
Donated by Glen Buffington
Rights
Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests contact the International Women's Air & Space Museum at collections@iwasm.org.
Identifier
Photo No. 427
Coverage
Sycamore, OH
Original Format
Photograph
Collection
Citation
“Lauretta M. Schimmoler,” International Women's Air & Space Museum, accessed February 10, 2025, https://iwasm.omeka.net/items/show/1477.