Chez Paree Postcard
Object NamePostcard
Cartoon
Historic Owner
Richard K. Gaines
Association
USS Intrepid (CV/CVA/CVS-11)
Date1943–1944
PeriodWorld War II
Mediumpaper, ink
ClassificationsCommunication Artifacts
Credit LineCollection of the Intrepid Museum. Gift of Maud Gaines Tarrant, daugter of Intrepid's first executive officer. A2013.231
Object numberA2013.231
DescriptionExtent: 1 folderPostcard; Chez Paree postcard from Roger to Captain Thomas L. Sprague in regard to prices for shellback certificates, 1943.
- Names of USS Intrepid crew members, including Sprague and Executive Officer Richard Gaines, have been inscribed next to many characters in the crowded restaurant scene on the front of the postcard. Photographs of famous entertainers line each edge of the image. The postcard appears to be a World War II-era reproduction of the original.
Cartoon; T.L. Sprague and R.K. Gaines photographs and juxtaposed with cartoons of an aircraft carrier and a bomber aircraft (2), 1943
- Cartoons are captioned “Watch out, Hiro…Here We Come!!!” and “Here, honorable ‘Tojo’, fresh ‘eggs’ from the U.S.A.!!”
On View
Not on viewCollections
Edward C. McConkey
May 19–September 7, 1966
Object number: A2019.23
Edward A. Ritter
November 10, 1944
Object number: P2019.57
