Man and Woman in Uniform, photograph.

A black and white photograph of a man in an American First World War uniform and a woman wearing a YMCA uniform. They are posing with a dog in a photography studio picture. The man is William Merrill Chester and the woman is his wife, Alice (Miller) Chester. The caption indicates that the image was taken in Paris in 1918. Soon after their marriage in 1917 the Chesters travelled to France where they both served, she as an ambulance driver, and he for the American Red Cross and then the American Air Force, earning the rank of 2nd lieutenant.

Bill Chester, had been Dr. Wilder Penfield’s friend and roommate at Princeton University. Later, one of the the Chesters’ two sons, William Jr., would marry Priscilla Penfield, Dr. Penfield’s youngest daughter. This is the fourth photograph on page 97 of the 1919 - 1927 photo album compiled by Wilder Penfield.

O/V Photograph Album (1919-1927)