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Chase Field Swimming Pool

Description: Postcard of the "Swimming Pool, Chase Field, Beeville, Texas" as printed at the bottom of the card. On June 1, 1943, Chase Field was commissioned as a Naval Air Auxiliary Station to train naval aviators during World War II. The base was named for Lt. Cmdr. Nathan Brown Chase, who went down in the Pacific on a training flight in 1925. After the war, Chase Field was closed until 1953, when it was reopened during the Korean War to help with the over-crowding at NAS Corpus Christi. In July 1968, Ch… more
Date: unknown
Partner: Bee County Historical Commission

[Postcard of Failing's Service]

Description: Postcard of Failing's Service in Baker, California. The top image shows the outside of the complex, including the service station, elk den, and cafe, with the text "The Most Modern Airconditioned Place on the Desert. The bottom left image is the interior of the dining room with the text "Cafe and Fountain" and the lower right image is the interior of a bar with the text "cocktail lounge." The black divider between the images reads, "U.S. Hi-Way 91-127, U.P. Bus Stop, Failing's Service Baker Cal… more
Date: 195X
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Postcard of Fujiya Hotel's Dining Room]

Description: Postcard of the dining room of the Fujiya Hotel in Hakone, Japan. "They have more waiters and waitresses than customers" is written on the back.
Date: 195X
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Postcard to Miss Rose Berger]

Description: Postcard photograph addressed to Miss Rose Berger. The postcard photograph shows the business district of Jasper, Texas with several vehicles parked.
Date: 195X
Partner: Angelina County History Center
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