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Veterans of Foreign Wars - Booster's Club : Squirrel Club
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- Date Created: 1956-1957
- Description: Ca. 1956 photo of 11 men, all members of the Squirrel Club--evidently, a boosters club within the VFW with a mission, among other things, to have fun. Most are wearing what looks like a garrison cap put on sideways, with a variety of insignia, decoration, and perhaps the cootie mascot (also on neckties). The men are displaying their beverages of choice: Black Label and Schaefer beer in a can. (Beer in a can had been available since 1935--hardly a novelty item.) Location is probably the VFW hall at 69 College St., Burlington, Vt.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Veterans of Foreign Wars - Ladies Auxiliary
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- Date Created: 1957
- Description: 1957 photo of a member of the VFW Ladies Auxiliary in uniform, which includes a light-colored dress, garrison cap (with Post no. 782 visible), and white gloves.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Veterans of Foreign Wars - Ladies Auxiliary
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- Description: Undated photo of veterans' ceremony, perhaps on Veterans Day, at Battery Park, Burlington, Vt. The car dealership in the background now houses the Burlington Police Dept. The memorial stone and plaque--if it is the same one dedicated to Howard William Plant, first Burlington casualty of World War I--has since been moved to the southeast corner of the park, near the corner of Battery and Pearl Sts. A man playing trumpet (perhaps the same as in mcalB17F11i02), very likely "Taps," faces the memorial, which is enclosed by an iron fence, as other veterans and citizens salute or stand at attention.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Veterans of Foreign Wars - Ladies Auxiliary
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- Description: Undated photo of a VFW Ladies Auxiliary event, with members standing at attention as they listen to a designated speaker. Burlington had ca. 20 organizations for military veterans in the years following World War II.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Veterans of Foreign Wars - Ladies Auxiliary
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- Date Created: 1952
- Description: 1952 photo of a speaker addressing a group of veterans and the ladies auxiliary at the VFW hall, 69 College St., Burlington, Vt. Prominently displayed are several American flags as well as the banner of the VFW Ladies Auxiliary, Howard Plant Post #782. (Howard W. Plant was the first Burlington serviceman to die in World War I.)
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Wakes
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- Description: Casket, possibly for an infant, surrounded wreathes.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Wakes
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- Description: Wake, with open casket and flowers.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Wakes
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- Description: Wake, with the deceased in open casket decorated with flowers.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
War Bond Campaign
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- Description: Store window display promoting the sale of War Bonds and American values, as expressed in the "Four Freedoms" paintings by Norman Rockwell. Other items on display have some connection to World War II and the war effort.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
War Bond Campaign
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- Date Created: 1944
- Description: 1944 photo of several men standing in front of a Railway Express Agency (REA) truck while one points at publicity for the 3rd War Bond campaign. Identity of men unknown, but they are very likely administrators and employees of REA, which had headquarters at 111 St. Paul St., Burlington.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs