Veterans of Foreign Wars - Booster's Club : Squirrel Club

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Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Title: Veterans of Foreign Wars - Booster's Club : Squirrel Club
Photographer: McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963.
Description: 1947 or 1948 photo of members of the VFW Squirrel Club, assembled on and around a flat-bed truck, either before or after a parade in Burlington. Location is outside of the First Unitarian Universalist Society church at 152 Pearl Street (head of Church Street Marketplace), Burlington, Vt. They are part of the Military Order of the Cootie (MOC), an organization within VFW that seeks to have fun while also visiting the sick and disabled in veterans hospitals and elsewhere. The MOC motto is displayed on the side of the truck: "Keep 'Em Smiling in Beds of White."
Subject: Parades.
Portrait photography.
Trucks.
Veterans.
Burlington (Vt.).
Type of Resource: still image
Genre: photographs
black-and-white photographs
Extent: 1 image
Publisher: University of Vermont, Bailey/Howe Library, Special Collections
Date Captured: 2009-12-02T00:00:00Z
Access Conditions: Commercial use or distribution is not permitted without prior permission of the copyright holder.
Identifier (local): mcalB21F15i01
Digital Format: image/tiff