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ITEM VIEW: CG151990
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14 Rue Magellan
Paris, France
Type: Other
Status: Closed
Open: 1944-45 ?, Close: 01.1946
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| L´Armorial Club , also called Armorial Officer´s Club or Allied Forces Night Club, was a night club with gambling, operated and managed by civilians .Settled at Rue Magellan 14 where was formerly the Cinema Washington Palace which closed in 1936. According the magazine The Billboard 03.30.1946 : “ Jim Witteried boasts of being the largest night club, dance hall and bar in the world…. Witteried, during May 1945, according to a army citation, organized the following clubs: Colisseum G.I. Night Club…., G.I. Tower Club, ARMORIAL OFFICER´S CLUB…, and Prado Officers Club.. Clubs drew about 8000 G.I.´s and officers nightly against a seating capacity of 4000, calling for a double turnover every night…Due to the deployment, three of these clubs were closed in December, 1945, and January,1946.The Coliseum G.I.club is still running. Clubs were operated and managed exclusively by civilians without any subsidies from the U.S. Army and were strictely for G.I.´s and their guests.” |
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CG151990 Obsolete
Denom: 1000
Added: 2015-10-23
Last Update: 2021-05-21
Color: Red
Contributed by: Carlos Pascoal
1000 FRF
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