Date Nite, at the USO log cabin.
Identifier
UAA-hmc-0445-series2-4-54
Collection Name
Beulah Marrs Parisi papers, 1938-1994, bulk 1941-1945. UAA-HMC-0445
Title
Date Nite , at the USO log cabin .
Description
Title taken from sign in photo . Woman sits under sign advertising "Date Nite " at USO building in Anchorage , Alaska , with men on either side offering her cigarettes (left) and beverages (right) . Also from sign in photo : "Every Sat[urday] night , supper - floor show , dancing 8:30-11:30 , music Yank Down Beats , make reservations in advance , [?] per couple. " From caption : "Robards , ?, Fred Kermott . Date Nite was a new program started while I was on vacation , done by volunteers of the GSO [Girls ' Service Organization] under the direction of Connie [Phillips] . The USO was set up like a niteclub [nightclub] . Tables and chairs , etc. The fellows made reservations , no charge of course . It gave them a chance to have a nice evening of dancing with a date and not have to share her with everyone else . There were floor shows sometimes. " ca. 1944 . Original photograph size : 4 " x 5 ".
Required citation
Beulah Marrs Parisi papers , Archives and Special Collections , Consortium Library , University of Alaska Anchorage .
Subject.TGM
Men Women Signs (Notices) Trays Bottles Beverages Drinking vessels Cigarettes
Personal Name
Kermott, Fred
Corporate Name
United Service Organizations (U.S.)
Location
Anchorage (Alaska)
Region
Southcentral Alaska
Time Period
1939 to 1959
Date.original
1944
Type
Image (Photographs)
Related Materials
https://archives.consortiumlibrary.org/collections/specialcollections/hmc-0445
Ordering & Use
https://archives.consortiumlibrary.org/collections/online-materials/
Holding Institution
University of Alaska Anchorage. Consortium Library. Archives & Special Collections. 3211 Providence Dr. Anchorage, AK 99508, 1-907-786-1849. mailto:uaa_archives@alaska.edu
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