Sailors in a Japanese Restaurant
Object NamePhotograph
Historic Owner
James E. Boesch
Association
USS Intrepid (CV/CVA/CVS-11)
Date1966–1968
PeriodVietnam War; Cold War
Mediumphotographic paper
ClassificationsCommunication Artifacts
Credit LineCollection of the Intrepid Museum. Gift of James Boesch PH3 66-68. P2020.28.43
Object numberP2020.28.43
DescriptionPhotograph, Black and white; Official horizontal image of a Japanese waitress at a table in a restaurant. She is holding chopsticks and preparing food. There are beer bottles and bowls in the foreground and three sailors in white shirts seated in the background. There is another waitress in the background. Both waitresses are wearing traditional clothes and have dark hair tied in a bun.Back has “Waitress Making Sukiyaki // Tokyo, Japan // J.E.B” handwritten in black ink.
On View
On viewCollections
United States Office of War Information
1943
Object number: 00.2011.001
