- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Entertainment Booth
- Creator:
- Delano, Jack
- Date of Original:
- 1941
- Subject:
- Amusements--Georgia--Hinesville
Bingo--Georgia--Hinesville
Shooting--Georgia--Hinesville
Soldiers--Georgia--Hinesville
Men--Georgia--Hinesville
Signs and signboards--Georgia--Hinesville - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Liberty County, Hinesville, 31.84688, -81.59595
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- The roads that led from Camp Stewart to Hinesville were filled with a variety of entertainment choices, including juke-joints, bars, gambling houses, USO clubs, and entertainment booths, like the one pictured here in April 1941.
This 1941 photograph shows an entertainment booth near Hinesville, Georgia. Four soldiers in uniform stand in the doorway of a structure painted with the words "Gun Club." A sign hangs on the right side of the doorway that reads "Jack for $14.00." The booth to the right reads "Bingo" in large letters. Soldiers who travelled the roads that led from Camp Stewart to Hinesville patronized a variety of entertainment choices, including juke-joints, bars, gambling houses, USO clubs, and entertainment booths. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/counties-cities-neighborhoods/hinesville/m-9718/
- Additional Rights Information:
- Courtesy of the Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, DC
- Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/counties-cities-neighborhoods/hinesville
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia
Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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