Yesterday, December 7, 1941—a date which will live in infamy—the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.—President Franklin D. Roosevelt
Speaking of infamy on this Pearl Harbor Day, let's take a long look at the artistic selections from the 1941 yearbook of The Dutch Treat Club! It's very timely theme is Dutch Treat Club Total Offense 1941 and surely it lives up to its name. The club's members do what they do every year, privately producing a volume of ribald humor that was too racy for general consumption and staging a one-off public performance—this year with George M. Cohan—that was probably very entertaining and still racy. War was clearly in the offing here. Everyone must have sensed that, even before Pearl Harbor.
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| Dutch Treat Club Total Offense 1941 |
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| Endpaper |
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| Title Page |
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| Aviation Terms Frank Godwin |
Wait for it...
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| Memories Tony Sarg |
Leave it to the puppeteer!
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| Memories Tony Sarg |
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| Happy Landing Dean Cornwell |
A pop-up by Tony Sarg:
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| Tony Sarg |
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| Tony Sarg |
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| Offense Terms Otto Soglow |
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| Peace—It's Wonderful! James Montgomery Flagg |
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| At Ease |
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| "The Pursuit of Sappiness" The 1941 Dutch Treat Club Show |
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| John E. Sheridan |
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| Russell Patterson |
The following information has not been independently verified:
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| The actual press run was probably 1,250. |
Note: This time Stephen Kroninger has really outdone himself, photographing all the visually-compelling pages of the 1941 Dutch Treat Club yearbook. Once again, Stephen, I thank you.
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