Items of Interst

Items of Interest about Frank Vietor

Frank served in the African and Italian theater during WWII, first as a photographer and later as a staff artist, making contrasts and comparisons of Allied and enemy aircraft in a pocket reference called "Friend or Foe." A modest man, Frank wouldn't admit that he saved many Allied lives with this tiny book.

Example of the pocket reference Friend or Foe book.

After the war, Frank worked as an advertising designer, an illustrator and was a partner in "Bradford and Vietor Advertising." After their retirement Frank stayed in touch with Jim Bradford as they worked together making childproof wooden toys for children. This was the spin-off of Jim's involvement with Rotary. They made toys for the Concord Neighborhood Center Toy Workshop for over ten years. Frank and Jim worked with J. K. Tremps to design and build the toys.

Example of some of the wooden toys built for children.

Frank and his wife Jean were the first in the area to use topographical mapping to hunt for fossils, and have a collection rivaling most museums. Frank's love of photography and nature was evident in hundreds of slides of wildlife in natural surroundings. Many were taken while silently boating along Indiana waterways, or waiting patiently for a butterfly to open its wings.

Example of a Crinoid fossil collected by the Vietors.

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Sources of information: From interviews with Frank Vietor

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