Here’s a recipe for Four Bean Salad that was clipped from a newspaper, 1950’s or 1960’s would be my guess for the published date. Recipe is typed below along with a scanned copy.

FOUR BEAN SALAD

1 sm. can kidney beans, drained
1 sm. can lima beans, drained
1 sm can wax beans, drained
1 sm can green beans, drained
2 cups sugar
1 cup vinegar
1/2 cup chopped onion
1/2 cup chopped celery

Bring sugar and vinegar to a boil. Remove from heat and pour over onion and celery. Add all of the beans to this and refrigerate for at least 2 or 3 hours.

The longer it is refrigerated, the better it tastes.