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This black and white photograph shows service men playing cards and pinball at a USO room in the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company's passenger terminal in Los Angeles, California. Also visible are art posters on the walls, a woman seated at a desk with an American flag, and a woman offering a basket of loose cigarettes and stick matches to one of the card players.
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: Between 1939 and 1945
Item Number: 207867
Call Number: ATSF Series 2, #52.3-3060
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 207867
Built Environment - Building name - Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal
Built Environment - Function - Transportation - Rail-Related - Depot
Collections - Photograph - Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Community Life - Recreation and Sports - Leisure activities - Games - Card
Community Life - Recreation and Sports - Leisure activities - Games - Pinball
Date - 1930s - 1939
Date - 1940s
Home and Family - Daily life - Leisure - Smoking
Military - Service - Army
Military - Service - Navy
Military - Service - USO
Military - Wars - World War II
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
Places - Other States - California
Thematic Time Period - World War II, 1939 - 1945
Transportation - Railroads - Companies - Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Type of Material - Photographs
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