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Salvation Army
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    • Date Created: 1944
    • Description: 1944 photo of bagged Christmas packages each with the Salvation literature, "The War Cry" destined as gifts to the needy. A member of the Salvation Army to the left hands a bag to a woman . A decorated Christmas tree is behind and portrait painting of "General" William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army, hangs on the wall. Maj. Ed Russell stands on the far right. Portrait can be seen at: http://www.loc.gov/pictures/resource/cph.3b39560/
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


    Strong Theatre (Burlington, VT)
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      • Date Created: 1946
      • Description: 1946 photo of the Strong Building, home of Strong Hardware Co. and the Strong Theatre, as well as a drugstore and ice cream shop. Date on the building is 1902. The marquee reads: Abbott and Costello: "The Naughty Nineties," with Alan Curtis. (The movie came out in 1945.) The building was destroyed by arson in 1970, and rubble at the site was used to help build the Burlington bike path.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


      Theatricals
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        • Date Created: 1947
        • Description: 1947 high school dramatic production. Living room setting with fireplace. Photo #5?
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


        Stores - Interiors - Unidentified
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          • Date Created: 1953
          • Description: Booths in a restaurant (name and location unknown), with jukeboxes at each table. Painting or print of nature scene on the wall.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


          Stores - Windows - Unidentified
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            • Date Created: undated
            • Description: Display window of a "clothing and cosmetics store," as seen in mcalB18F29i22 and -i23. Mannequin is seated among various cosmetics containers, regular and oversized. There's an artist's sketch of two women either in a store or restaurant.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


            Veterans of Foreign Wars
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              • Date Created: 1957
              • Description: 1957 photo of a gathering of veterans and onlookers (mostly children) at Battery Park, Burlington, Vt. Among the several American flags is the standard for the local VFW Howard Plant Post. Several men are in full uniform, some wearing garrison caps; almost all are saluting. The occasion may be Veterans Day, or the 40th anniversary of the death of Howard William Plant, first Burlington casualty in World War I.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


              Veterans of Foreign Wars
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                • Date Created: 1959
                • Description: 1959 photo of 14 veterans, taken at a party at the VFW hall in 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 some women veterans and members of the VFW Ladies Auxiliary. Some are in uniform and wearing garrison caps; others (new inductees, perhaps?) wear dark dresses. A plaque on the wall bears the name of Howard Plant, in whose memory Post No. 782 was founded.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


                  Veterans of Foreign Wars - Ladies Auxiliary
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                    • Description: Undated photo of a ceremony at Battery Park in Burlington, Vt., near the small monument placed there in memory of Howard W. Plant, the first Burlington casualty of World War I. Several band musicians (who happen to be dressed like Canadian "Mounties") stand at attention while other attendees look on. Two women, very likely members of the Ladies Auxiliary, hold American flags, perhaps as "Taps" is being played (see mcalB21F19i04, which complements this scene). The event may have taken place on Veterans Day.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


                    Veterans of Foreign Wars - Ladies Auxiliary
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                      • Description: Undated photo of a "change in command," perhaps, with the passing of the gavel from one lady auxiliary to another. Several veterans look on. Location was probably the VFW hall at 69 College St., Burlington, Vt.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs