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Veterans of Foreign Wars
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    • Date Created: 1957
    • Description: 1957 photo showing a gathering of veterans and neighborhood children, probably on Veterans Day. An elderly gentleman (seen in mcalB21F12i01), standing at a microphone, is addressing the crowd. The location is Battery Park (DeSoto/Plymouth dealership seen on far left is Brewer Bros. at No. 1-9 North Ave., the north edge of Battery Park), and the crowd is facing the memorial placed there in memory of Howard W. Plant, "the first Burlington boy" to die in World War I.
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


    Veterans of Foreign Wars
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      • Date Created: 1957
      • Description: 1957 photo of 16 veterans (of World War II, most likely) at the VFW hall. This may be a get-together after a Veterans Day observance such as the one seen in mcalB21F12i02.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


      Veterans of Foreign Wars - Booster's Club : Squirrel Club
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        • Date Created: 1947-1948
        • Description: 1947 or 1948 photo of a parade float (made from a flatbed truck) with members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars - Booster's Club Squirrel Club. Location outside of the First Unitarian Universalist Society church at 152 Pearl Street (head of Church Street Marketplace), Burlington, Vt.
        • 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 (unidentified) addressing an audience gathered at a VFW Ladies Auxiliary event. A banner on the far right says Ladies Auxiliary Howard Plant Post 782 (VFW). (Howard W. Plant was the first "Burlington boy," as his memorial states, to die in World War I.)
          • 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


            War Bond Campaign
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              • Date Created: 1944
              • Description: 1944 store window display promoting the 4th War Loan and paying tribute to Luxembourg. One sign reads: Tribute to the Unconquered [...]. Posters display familiar wartime graphics, and one text reads "An open letter to the American people." Intent apparently is to exhort Americans to buy more bonds by showing that countries are fighting Germany's aggression and need further support.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


              WCAX Radio
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                • Date Created: 1945
                • Description: 1945 WCAX radio broadcast with an older woman, three men (one with papers in front of him) and a younger woman seated at a table with microphones.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


                WJOY Radio
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                  • Date Created: 1946-1947
                  • Description: 1946 or 1947 photo of country western group of musicians in the ABC WJOY radio studio with banner. Photo #2.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


                  WCAX Radio
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                    • Date Created: 1945
                    • Description: 1945 WCAX radio broadcaster with the American Quiz and Answer Book and a dictionary laid in front of him on the the table.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


                    Weddings
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                      • Description: Man and woman (wedding couple?); he in military uniform, stand outside a building with massive stone pillars. Dated 1944.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs