The Snapshots in Time Collection
Scrapbook Page with Matchbooks from Smyrna Army Air Base and Notable 1940s Hotels/Nightclubs
This scrapbook page includes a matchbook from the Officers' Club at Smyrna Army Air Base, Tennessee, home of the Army Air Forces' four-engine pilot advanced flying school during World War II, where crews trained on aircraft such as the B-24 Liberator before combat deployment. Alongside it are matchbooks from a Midland, Texas hotel and celebrated hotels, restaurants, and nightclubs of Los Angeles, Long Beach, and Miami Beach, together tracing the training postings and leisure travels of a U.S. Army Air Forces airman in the 1940s. Project: 218630