VFW Post 3854 Opening Ceremony Photograph, 1950s
- Image
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- Created Date
- c. 1950
- Description
Photograph of the opening ceremony for the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 3854 located at 7401 Lincoln Avenue in Skokie, Illinois in the 1950s. Shown: unidentified celebrants in military dress uniforms with American flags and VFW flags in front of the Skokie Valley VFW Post 3854 building. Note the drum and bugle corps on the far left. This photograph is part of the collection of the Skokie Historical Society.
- Contributing Institution
- Skokie Public Library
- Collection
- Skokie History Project
- Subjects
- Clubs
Flags
Parades
Veterans -- Illinois
Bugles
Community organizations
Drum and bugle corps
Drums
Lincoln Avenue
Musical instruments
Musicians
Skokie Valley Post 3854
Uniforms
Veterans of Foreign Wars - Location
- Skokie
Illinois
United States - Type
- image
- Format
- Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG), 300 DPI, 24-bit color (16.7 million colors), Agfa Duoscan T1200, Adobe Photoshop v.6.0Paper
- Language
- English
- Rights
- This item may be protected by copyright and is made available here for noncommercial research and education purposes. You are responsible for ensuring your use of this image is in line with all applicable law and rights. Where copyright may fall to the Skokie Heritage Museum, we authorize a free CC-BY-NC-SA license. For commercial licensing, please contact the Skokie Heritage Museum.
- Chicago citation style
- VFW Post 3854 Opening Ceremony Photograph, 1950s. c. 1950. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://www.idaillinois.org/cdm/ref/collection/skokiepo02/id/1995. (Accessed March 29, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- (c. 1950) VFW Post 3854 Opening Ceremony Photograph, 1950s. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://www.idaillinois.org/cdm/ref/collection/skokiepo02/id/1995
- MLA citation style
- Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://www.idaillinois.org/cdm/ref/collection/skokiepo02/id/1995>.