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Brand/Publisher: Boys Town; informational booklet on Father Flanagan's Boys' Home in Nebraska with text by journalist Bob Considine.
Item: Vintage illustrated booklet titled 'Father Flanagan's Boys' Home--- Boys Town Nebraska' with a painted cover of one boy carrying another and the slogan 'he ain't heavy, Father, he's m' brother!' plus a lower banner reading 'The Original Boys Town—Established 1917.'
Date/Edition: Undated mid-20th-century promotional booklet describing the mission, campus, and programs of the original Boys Town founded in 1917.
Country of origin: United States.
Format: Staple-bound softcover booklet printed in black and white with blue title panels and red accents; front cover in full color, interior pages combining halftone photographs with letterpress text, and a plain back cover.
Campus content: Sections highlight Boys Town's entrance, administration building, welfare department, U.S. post office, reception center, cafeteria for visitors, Philomatic Center, high school cottages, grade school apartment building, high school classrooms, trade school, high school dining hall, and Boys Town chapel.
Further content: Additional spreads show commencement exercises, portraits of founder Father Flanagan and successor Father Wegner, an aerial view labeled Boys Town Today, and scenes of the farm and dairy and animal husbandry operations supporting the community.
Author information: About the author panel profiles Bob Considine, reporter-columnist for International News Service and radio and TV commentator, noting his books including Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo, The Babe Ruth Story, MacArthur the Magnificent, General Wavell's Story, and Innocents at Home.
Closing essay: Final page features a signed message from Considine describing Boys Town's care for homeless, abandoned, and neglected boys, outlining Father Wegner's program of education, trades, religious guidance, direction, love, and care, and emphasizing that the home is supported by free-will donations rather than government or church aid.
Details: Evocative mid-century Catholic charity and education booklet suitable for collections of Boys Town memorabilia, Nebraska history, American social welfare institutions, or religious and juvenile care ephemera.
Keywords: Boys Town Nebraska booklet, Father Flanagan Father Wegner Bob Considine, Catholic boys home charity brochure, juvenile home ephemera, Nebraska social history pamphlet, midcentury USA religious education booklet.
