A Small Town’s Saturday Night – LIFE visits Franklin, Indiana. Franklin’s ga white way is as crowded and lively on Saturday night as New York’s Broadway. The Dunn Family makes it weekly trip to Franklin. Glenn Dunn, Mrs. Dunn, 4 sons and daughter Ila Deen Dunn are pictured. Political forum of Franklin is Goldsmith’s barbershop, where Glenn Dunn gets haircut. Discussing election are Dr. Oran Province, Merchant Isaac Bice, Editor Jean Bradnick of Franklin’s Daily, City Attorney Richard LaGrange, Grain Elevator Operator I.S. Valentine. Ila Deen Dunn enjoys a 10 cent soda with her boy friend, Mayo Heath at the City Paint and Drug store. Weekend treat for each of the Dunn boys is a Miller-Yarling cone holding 3 dippers of ice cream for 5 cents. The boys are James, 15; Kenneth, 11; Richard, 13; and Hugh, 9. The 4-H Band in green-and-yellow caps and white uniforms, play on the square from 8 to 9. The college hangout is The Nook, near Franklin College campus. The dog is a stray adopted by Phi Delta Theta house. The high-school hangout is Nick’s Candy Kitchen, run for 19 years by Nick Banos, a Greek. The duck-pin bowling alley is Franklin’s newest and most popular indoor sport. Lover’s lane has been a favorite spot for spring and autumn petting since horse-and-buggy days. ….. 1940 LIFE Magazine Article, A4952A.

This Item is an original seven page Magazine article, taken from a vintage magazine of the year indicated. The article is complete and opens the door to the time during which it was written and the social beliefs of that era. The scan of this item was taken through plastic film, however it is an accurate representation of the item. The nominal size is 10. 5 inches by 14 inches.

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Buy A Small Town’s Saturday Night – LIFE visits Franklin, Indiana. Franklin’s ga white way is as crowded and lively on Saturday night as New York’s Broadway. The Dunn Family makes it weekly trip to Franklin. Glenn Dunn, Mrs. Dunn, 4 sons and daughter Ila Deen Dunn are pictured. Political forum of Franklin is Goldsmith’s barbershop, where Glenn Dunn gets haircut. Discussing election are Dr. Oran Province, Merchant Isaac Bice, Editor Jean Bradnick of Franklin’s Daily, City Attorney Richard LaGrange, Grain Elevator Operator I.S. Valentine. Ila Deen Dunn enjoys a 10 cent soda with her boy friend, Mayo Heath at the City Paint and Drug store. Weekend treat for each of the Dunn boys is a Miller-Yarling cone holding 3 dippers of ice cream for 5 cents. The boys are James, 15; Kenneth, 11; Richard, 13; and Hugh, 9. The 4-H Band in green-and-yellow caps and white uniforms, play on the square from 8 to 9. The college hangout is The Nook, near Franklin College campus. The dog is a stray adopted by Phi Delta Theta house. The high-school hangout is Nick’s Candy Kitchen, run for 19 years by Nick Banos, a Greek. The duck-pin bowling alley is Franklin’s newest and most popular indoor sport. Lover’s lane has been a favorite spot for spring and autumn petting since horse-and-buggy days. ….. 1940 LIFE Magazine Article, A4952A. at Amazon

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