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"A Big Day" by William C. Griffith, 1955

 Item — Container: art rack
Identifier: MS0056-020038

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: 1955

Conditions Governing Access

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

A teenage 4-H boy and his swine project at the state fair. A teen girl looks on admiring the hog from outside the pen. The boy holds a brush and looks at his swine. State fair pennants hang in the background.

Custodial History

This painting was picked by the 4-H Center sales staff to hang in the hallway near their offices. It hung outside of the Health Conference Room on the third floor of J. C. Penney Hall from 2005 to 2024.

Dimensions

Oil on canvas, 26-3/4 x 20-1/2 inches. Original frame.

General

1957 National 4-H Calendar Art by Brown & Bigelow. The company offered multiple options: a large wall calendar for school and businesses in three sizes (11 x 22-3/4 inches, 16 x 33 inches, and 22 x 45-1/2 inches); an Art Mount 4-H Record; and a Memory Calendar.

Repository Details

Part of the National Agricultural Library Special Collections Repository

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