During World War II, thousands of service men and women served in or passed through Seattle. In 1941 the Service Men's Club opened, providing free stationery, game rooms, dorms, and showers, and free or low cost snacks and meals. By 1945 Seattle had 13 additional service and recreation clubs, including the large United Service Organizations Inc. (USO) Club in the Rialto Building at 1102 Second Avenue.
In this image servicemen in uniform toast each other while seated for breakfast on Hospitality Day at the YMCA in Seattle.
Handwritten on negative: Army Navy YMCA Breakfast for Servicemen Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): April 3, 1943
Caption information source: "Seattle opens Service Men's Club on May 1, 1941," by Duane Colt Denfeld, Ph D., HistoryLink.org Essay 9406 Caption information also derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff.
ID Number: PI28214
Date: 1943
Physical Description: 1 acetate negative: b&w ; 4 x 5 in.
Additional Information: Digital copy of this item available thanks to funding from a 2016 Institute for Museum and Library Services grant. Metadata updated as part of a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services administered by the Library Services and Technology Act, through the Washington State Library, a division of the Office of the Secretary of State.
