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Stage Door Canteen photographs, circa 1940s

During a night of entertainment at the Stage Door Canteen, Clarence Davis, a black dishwasher, plays the piano.  One photograph shows a military man standing alongside the Canteen pin-up girls from 1944.  A picture with a note from Lincoln Wilmerton, the stage director of the Canteen in 19...

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Collection:Historical Society of Pennsylvania collection of World War II papers (#1479)
Date:1940-01-01/1949-12-31
Box Number:Box 92
Folder Number:Folder 40
Format: Electronic
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Photographs
Copyright:Please contact Historical Society of Pennsylvania Rights and Reproductions (rnr@hsp.org)
Online Access:https://digitallibrary.hsp.org/index.php/Detail/objects/11198
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Summary: During a night of entertainment at the Stage Door Canteen, Clarence Davis, a black dishwasher, plays the piano.  One photograph shows a military man standing alongside the Canteen pin-up girls from 1944.  A picture with a note from Lincoln Wilmerton, the stage director of the Canteen in 1942, is included.  Also highlighted are photographs of the board of directors acting as bus boys.

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