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The booklet from which the following pages are drawn, "North Platte Canteen," by James J. Reisdorff,
has recently been updated. Reisdorff currently lives in David City, Nebraska, and continues to publish
other railroad-related publications via his small publishing firm called
South Platte Press.
Limited quantities may be available from:
9½ x 8½ softcover format, 36 pages.  Anyone who may recognize any unidentified canteen workers or service personnel in any of the photos on the following pages, or if you have any corrections to offer, are invited to contact James J. Reisdorff, the Lincoln County Historical Museum or send email to: Martin Steinbeck. |
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Inside Cover •
•Acknowledgements •
•Foreword •
•Introduction •
•North Platte's Red Cross Canteen, circa 1918 •
•North Platte UP station circa 1930 •
•San Francisco Challenger •
•Establishing the Canteen •
•William M. Jeffers •
•Canteen Duties •
•The Volunteers •
•A Morale Booster •
•Entertainment Inside the Canteen •
•Birthday Cake Tradition •
•The Platform Girls •
•Relaxing Inside the Canteen •
•The North Platte Canteen Organization •
•The Magazine Table •
•The Canteen Room •
•ALL ABOARD! •
•Send-Off •
•Mac the Medic Cartoon •
•Canteen Food Statistics •
•Army Signal Corps Film •
•Radio Broadcasts from the Canteen •
•Area Youth Contributed to the Canteen's Success •
•The Canteen Honor Roll •
•Only a Few but Representing So Many •
•Thank You Correspondence •
•Closing of the Canteen [ - April 1, 1946] •
•Scenes from the 1967 Canteen Reunion •
•Demolition of the Depot •
•Preserving the Memories •
•Historical Marker •
•Parting Thoughts •
•Canteen Update •
•Back Cover •
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