During World War II, thousands of service men and women served in or passed through Seattle. Jefferson Park Golf Course on Beacon Hill was requisitioned by the U. S. Army for anti-aircraft batteries. The Army also took over the rest of the park west of Beacon Avenue for a G.I. center, with recreation facilities, a gym, and tent housing for soldiers and visiting family.
In this image, several servicewomen play a card game in one of the guest houses at Jefferson Park recreation center, while others look on from their bunks.
Handwritten on negative: Jefferson PK recreation center guest house Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): September 20, 1943
Caption information source: "Jefferson Park Municipal Golf Course (Seattle)," HistoryLink.org Essay 3015
ID Number: PI28219
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.
