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 14 service and recreation clubs, which also held regular dances attended by young women from the area. The Service Men's Club served nine million guests before it closed in 1947.
This image shows women and servicemen in the lobby of the Service Men's Club at 1322 2nd Avenue in downtown Seattle. A large painting of Snoqualmie Falls hangs on the wall.
Handwritten on negative: Service Men's Club 2nd Avenue Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): September 22, 1943
Caption information source: "Seattle opens Service Men's Club on May 1, 1941," by Duane Colt Denfeld, Ph D., HistoryLink.org Essay 9406
ID Number: PI28224
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.
