United Service Organizations

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Philadelphia Record

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hannah Penn House (Philadelphia, Pa.).

United Service Organizations (U.S.).

Canteens (Wartime, emergency, etc.).

Dance parties.

Eating & drinking.

Games.

World War, 1939-1945--Social aspects.

Grooming.

Courtship & love.

Fund raising--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Soldiers.

Cookery--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Reyburn Plaza (Philadelphia, Pa.).

Local Subjects:

Canteens (Wartime, emergency, etc.).

Dance parties.

Eating & drinking.

Games.

World War, 1939-1945--Social aspects.

Grooming.

Courtship & love.

Fund raising--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Soldiers.

Cookery--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Penn Provenance:

Gift of the Philadelphia Record

Physical Description:

218 photoprints : silver gelatin

Place of Publication:

1941-1946

Summary:

Depicts United Service Organization activities in Pennsylvania and New fJersey, with emphasis on Philadelphia. Includes images of events held at the Cape May Club, Fort Dix, the Naval Hospital, the Benedict Club, Broad Street Station, the Broadwood Hotel, the Kitty Foyle Canteen, the 15th Street club, the Hannah Penn House, Reyburn Plaza, the Y.M.H.A., and the Yu Pin Chinese Catholic Church. Most items depict preparations for openings, dedications, ceremonies, and fund raising activities. Highlights relations between hostesses and military personnel with views of eating, drinking, dancing, and playing games. Other images show hostesses and entertainers with soldiers and sailors on group outings. Portrays men and women grooming themselves in preparation for events. Scenes at the Hannah Penn House club at 17th and Locust Street include interior and exterior views of the building. Of note is documentation of Reyburn Plaza decorated in the summer as the labor plaza and in the winter as the Town Hall quarters.

These subject entries for the Philadelphia Record newspaper's photo morgue are primarily for Places (buildings, parks, streets, etc.), Things (Bicycles, Bison, Blind Persons [just sampling the B's]), Events (Democratic National Convention 1936, Flourtown Fair, Harvest Week) and Social Constructs (Home Economics, City Planning, Eating & Drinking, etc.). Each of these subjects became a MARC record which included a call number. In the case of these records, the call numbers are the actual folder numbers for the materials referenced. Therefore, these subject headings are really also an index for this section of the Philadelphia Record newspaper's photograph morgue. [The name section of the Philadelphia Record photo morgue represents individuals, A-Z, and

Notes:

Part of the Philadelphia Record Photograph Collection; for general information, see collection record.