Black and white cartoon of eight men sitting around a table playing poker

Poker in the Ready Room

Object NameCartoon

Artist Edward A. Ritter

Association USS Intrepid (CV/CVA/CVS-11)

Date1944

PeriodWorld War II

Mediumpaper, ink

ClassificationsCommunication Artifacts

Credit LineCollection of the Intrepid Museum. Gift of Edward Arthur Ritter and Valerie Junge. 2009.35.30

Object number2009.35.30

DescriptionCartoon; Horizontal original black and white photograph of an Edward Ritter cartoon or comic that depicts a group of Navy aviators playing poker in a ready room. There are eight pilots sitting around a square table. All of the men have light skin and all but two have dark hair. Four men are wearing caps on their heads. Most men hold a hand of cards and have poker chips in stacks on the table in front of them. At left is Snipo, a character who appears throughout Ritter's work. He is smiling behind his hand of cards. One man, in the back right corner of the table has a hand covering his face. Another on the right side of the table is smoking a pipe and the man to his left smoking a cigarette. In the background behind the table, life jackets and flight helmets hang on the wall as well as pictures hung up for display.

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