"Keeping America Beautiful" by Harold N. Anderson, 1957

Item — Container: art rack

Identifier: MS0056-020039

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: 1957

Conditions Governing Access

Contact Special Collections for access.

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

The artwork for 1959 salutes 4-H community service, showing two 4-H boys hanging a sign, "4-H ‘Our County’ (name of county for which the calendars are printed appears here) Welcomes You. Please Help Keep Our Highways Safe and Clean." A girl in a green 4-H jacket waits with a paintbrush in hand to repair any damage to the sign or post during the hanging process. The county agent supervises the job as two 4-H’ers in the background paint a trash can.

Custodial History

Displayed in exhibit of original National 4-H Calendar and Poster art in the Heritage Hallway, J. C. Penney Hall, National 4-H Conference Center, Chevy Chase, Maryland from December 2013 to 2024.

Dimensions

Oil on canvas, 42-1/2 x 32 inches. Original painted frame restored via donation from Sandra Lignell, retired 4-H staffer.

General

1959 National 4-H Calendar Art by Shaw-Barton. The company's calendar options inclduded a community calendar, leader and member's calendar, or a family calendar. Calendars were custom printed with the name of the county (on the sign) where they were sold.