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Preferred Citation

Betty Lorraine Tomol Photograph Album, 1951-1953, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Purchased from Jeffrey Rovenpor Rare Books with funds from the Lyon Gardiner Tyler Library Endowment, 2018.

Scope and Contents

147 Photographs and two postcards compiled by a United States Navy service member working at The United States Office of Naval Research in London, England. Photographs include the wedding of her friend, Peggy, and many images of Betty and her friends, dubbed the "Shifty Six" throughout England and France and within apartments of the individuals. Toward the end of the album, there is a group of images showing the funeral procession of King George VI along with a clipping of the funeral pasted in the album.