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Printed black and white postcard of a drawing of a nightclub scene titled "Chez Paree" with pho…
Chez Paree Postcard
Printed black and white postcard of a drawing of a nightclub scene titled "Chez Paree" with pho…
Printed black and white postcard of a drawing of a nightclub scene titled "Chez Paree" with photographs of faces on either side

Chez Paree Postcard

Object NamePostcard Cartoon
Historic Owner
Date1943–1944
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 folder

Postcard; 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.!!”
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