1940s: The Windmill
Title
1940s : The Windmill
Description
This image is a photograph used in the book Auburn , a Pictorial History of the Loveliest Village by Mickey Logue and Jack Simms , 3rd edition , 2013 , depicting the history of the city and the university . From page 204 : A beer joint that got its name from the huge blades out front was a popular hangout on U.S . Highway 29 a few hundred yards from Dean Road . The Windmill was off-limits to coeds , but offered male students and other customers cold beer and the warmth of an old stove . Veterans liked to hoist a few and tell war stories there. One former patron recalled observing "whooping and hollering " but no fighting at the Windmill in the late 1940s . However , a decade earlier , the operator was indicted by a grand jury on charges of running a "disorderly house " the Lee County Bulletin reported . Photo source : Auburn University Archives .
Date
ca. 1940s
Place
Auburn – Lee County – Alabama
LC Subject Headings
Auburn (Ala.) Auburn University Alabama -- History Bars (Drinking establishments) -- Alabama
EOA Categories
Business & Industry -- Service Industries Geography & Environment -- Human Environment -- Cities and Towns History -- 1946-1987: Post-World War II and the Era of Civil Rights
Original Medium
black and white photograph , 1212 x 812 pixels
Type
Image
Format
JPEG
File Name
186A.tif
Citation
Logue , Mickey and Simms , Jack . Auburn , A Pictorial History of the Loveliest Village . 3rd edition . 2013 .
Repository
Auburn University Libraries . Special Collections and Archives .
Digital Publisher
Auburn University Libraries
Language
eng
Rights
This image is the property of the Auburn University Libraries and is intended for non-commercial use. Users of the image are asked to acknowledge the Auburn University Libraries. For information about obtaining high-resolution copies of this and other images in this collection, please contact the Auburn University Libraries Special Collections & Archives Department at achives@auburn.edu or (334) 844-1732.
Submitted by
Coates , Midge
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