Untitled by Douglass Crockwell [Copy 1], 1949

Item — Container: art rack

Identifier: MS0056-020031

Staff Only

Scope and Content Note

From the Series:

Series III is comprised of diversely formatted 4-H materials. It includes photographs, publications, correspondence and articles on boys' and girls' club work from 1915 through 1917, Extension Subcommittee on 4-H Club Work reports, impact studies and bibliographies, and Youth Staff Development and Training intern reports. It contains 4-H sheet music, 33.3 RPM records of radio spots, 4-H club songs on 78 RPM records, and National 4-H Week kits and posters. The sheet music is arranged chronologically. However, songs published the same date are arranged alphabetically by the composer or lyricist's name. Songs published by the same composer or lyricist the same year are arranged alphabetically by title of the song. The National 4-H Leader O.H. Benson's personal file in which the items are not sorted by date or subject was divided into 27 folders in order to maintain the original arrangement. All other dated materials are arranged chronologically. Many of the photographs are not dated and so are arranged by decades based on best estimates. The one poster that is not dated has been placed at the end of the poster collection.

Dates

Creation: 1949

Conditions Governing Access

Contact Special Collections for access.

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

A 4-H boy with a Jersey cow stands by a wooden fence. A 4-H girl, wearing an apron and seated on the fence, holds a glass of milk and a plate of cookies that they are ready to eat. Farm buildings appear in the background.

Custodial History

Displayed as a part of exhibit of original National 4-H Calendar and Poster Art in Heritage Hallway, J. C. Penney Hall, National 4-H Conference Center, Chevy Chase, Maryland from 2005 to 2024.

One of seven pieces of National 4-H Calendar art displayed in a historical exhibit detailing the National 4-H Calendar Program. This exhibit was created for the 2012 National 4-H Conference and was also displayed at the 2012 Mid Atlantic All Stars meeting in Maryland and the 2012 National 4-H Hall of Fame at the National 4-H Youth Conference Center in Chevy Chase, MD. Washington DC area Phi Upsilon Omicron group gave $150 toward restoration/preservation of this piece. Design selected as one of six by delegates to 2014 NAE4-HA Conference to appear on set of historic 4-H post cards to be sold by National 4-H Supply Service in 2016. Displayed in Heritage Hallway at National 4-H Conference Center since 2013.

Dimensions

Oil on canvas, 28 x 22 inches. Original frame restored after donation from D.C. Area Alumni Chapter of Phi Upsilon Omicron through the National 4-H History Preservation Program.

General

1951 National 4-H Calendar Art by Brown & Bigelow. The calendar came in two versions: a full-sized wall calendar with individual months at the bottom and a smaller calendar with individual monthly pages. Both carried the same featured image.