"Parade of Progress" by Harold N. Anderson, 1966

Item — Container: art rack

Identifier: MS0056-020057

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: 1966

Conditions Governing Access

Contact Special Collections for access.

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

4-H float in parade. Two 4-H Boys are planting a tree and a 4-H girl is working with young children. Two other 4-H’ers ride horses on either side of the float.

Custodial History

The painting hung in the Heritage Hallway across from the Board of Directors meeting room from 2004 to 2024. 4-H was contacted in 2016 by Lou Perry, the Connecticut 4-H alum who posed for the horseback-rider at the left of the painting. The artist took multiple photos of him riding the white horse of the artist’s choosing.

Displayed in the exhibit of National 4-H Calendar and Poster Art in the Heritage Hallway, J.C. Penney Hall, National 4-H Conference Center, Chevy Chase, Maryland.

Dimensions

Oil on canvas, 37 x 33 inches. Framed and matter under glass with painted frame; conservation possible through donation from David Pyle, rtired 4-H state staff.