Yank Service Center

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Stock #: 320652
Type: Postcard
Era: Divided Back
City: Binghamton
State: New York (NY)
County: Broome
Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)

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Operated by the Advertising Club of Binghamton, Inc. in cooperation with USO. This spacious home, located within two blocks of Binghamton's business district, is open to enlisted men and women of the armed forces of the United States and our Allies. Visitors here have the use of showers, reading rooms, writing rooms, lounging rooms and a dance floor. Ping pong, darts, archery and other games are provided Refreshments are served. All of this is free to service men. Nearly two hundred women and approximately twenty-five men, actively engaged in the operation of the Yank Service Center, are volunteer workers and receive no pay. The property, at 185 Court St., is the former home of Mr. and Mrs. A. Ward Ford of Binghamton, who have loaned it to the Advertising Club for use as a service center for the "duration"

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