The Breakfast Club in Action

(From the 1942 "Breakfast Club Family Album")


Top Left: Here is one of those studio interviews with a youngster telling all.

Top Right: Charlie Butler, the first Breakfast Club engineer.

Bottom Left: "Who's the boss, you or your husband?" asks Don and goodness knows what answer he got.

Bottom Center: Walter is ready to cue in the orchestra as Don returns from the audience.

Bottom Right: The M.C. rates a kiss on the stage at a personal appearance.

Below: "Let's draw straws" and Nancy Martin gets the short one (top left).
The Vagabonds sing much better when properly refreshed (top center). If you have a magnifying glass you might read those signs (top right).
Governor Dwight Green of Illinois addresses the Breakfast Clubbers at a bond rally (bottom left).
Jack Baker becomes "Sir Knight of the Morning" at the St. Paul Winter Carnival (bottom, second from left).
Joe Louis gets Don's autograph backstage at a Will Rogers Memorial Show (bottom; second from right).
What did the Mayor of Minneapolis say to the Mayor of Chicago before theyb went on the air? Don won't tell (bottom right).


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