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| Title | Sign outside Millionair Club offering free Sunday supper, Seattle, ca. 1925 |
| Photographer | Staff Photographer
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
| Date | ca. 1925 |
| Caption | In 1921, Seattle businessman Martin G. Johanson founded The Millionair Club to help the city's unemployed help themselves. Johanson managed the organization which provided nourishing meals and acted as a clearinghouse for temporary jobs. He gave the organization its name because he said that helping others made him feel like a millionaire. He dropped the "e" in the organization's name to keep it from being confused with a prestigious men's club. The Millionair Club still serves Seattle's unemployed with meals, clothing, job training, temporary jobs and medical referrals. |
| Notes | Sign in image reads: Free Supper Here Each Sunday 6:00 P.M. This Place Open From 7 A.M to 7 P.M. Daily, 8 AM to 7 PM Sunday. Restaurant, 112 Main Street, Open 6 AM to 7 PM Daily, 8 AM to 7 PM Sunday. Baggage Checked 5 cents 1st Day 1 cent each add. Day.
Handwritten on sleeve: Seattle - clubs - Millionair.
Caption by MOHAI staff. |
| Subjects | Charitable organizations--Washington (State)--Seattle; Food relief--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle
Pioneer Square (Seattle, Wash.) |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | PI22381 |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction or to inquire about permissions contact photos@mohai.org or phone us at 206-324-1126. Please refer to the Image Number and provide a brief description of the photograph. |
| Credit Line | Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) |
| Repository Collection | Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 glass negative: b&w; 4 x 5 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from print made from original negative as a 3000 pixel TIFF image in 8-bit grayscale, resized to 640 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop 6.0 and its JPEG quality measurement 3. |
