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| Identifier | bfghaclipping2.pdf |
| Title | First Children's Garden Fair winners to receive Vail Prize |
| Creator | Kendzierski, Richard
Vorpe, William G. Kendzierski, Richard
Vorpe, William G. Kendzierski, Richard
Vorpe, William G.
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| Description | A clipping from the Plain Dealer dated Sunday, September 18, 1966 from the Benjamin Franklin garden house archives is titled, "First Children's Garden Fair Winners to Receive Vail Prize" describes the first fair sponsored by the Greater Cleveland Garden Center and the Cleveland Public Schools garden program. The official awards program will be held on October 24, 1966 at Higbee's auditorium. Thomas "Vail is publisher and editor of the Plain Dealer. His wife [Iris Vail] is program chairman of the [garden] center. The children's fair was her idea."--from the article. There are two photos with captions. The first caption reads:
"Ribbon Snippers--Gathered around the scissors that opened the Children's Garden Fair are, left to right, first row, pupils Michael Foremen and Geraldine Powers of Wade Park School and Robin Daus of Onoway School; second row, Kathy Seich, Harvey Rice School; Mark Malonek, Henry W. Longfellow School; Mrs. Thomas Vail, Schools Supt. Paul W. Briggs and Gov. James A. Rhodes; back Mayor Ralph S. Locher and Mrs. William H. Evans, chairman of school gardens for the Garden Center of Greater Cleveland."
The second photo caption, that describes two photos to the right reads:
"Funny Fair Finds -- Michael Riley, left, and Cathy Moltz came to the Children's Garden Fair yesterday and found these two prize-winners: a rabbit made from onions, peppers and pea pods and a hat made of real flowers." |
| Original Date | 1966-09-18 |
| Citation | The Plain Dealer, 18 September 1966, p. 8-AA. |
| Time Period | Decline and Comeback: 1960-1990
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| Location Depicted | Old Brooklyn (Cleveland, Ohio)
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| Subject | Agriculture
People associated with agriculture
Cleveland Public Schools Horticulture Program
Gardening
Gardens
School gardens
Schools
Tract garden
Public schools
Cleveland Public Schools
Students
Summer
School children
Teenagers
Government officials
Vail, Tom
Garden Center Of Greater Cleveland
Cleveland Botanical Garden
Plain Dealer
Rhodes, James A.
Locher, Ralph
Briggs, Paul Warren
Agricola award
Agricultural exhibits
Peppers
Peas
Onions
Hats
Flowers
Caricatures
Rabbits
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| LC Subject Headings | Agricultural education
Agricultural exhibitions
Agriculture -- Competitions
Agriculture -- Ohio -- Newspapers
Agriculture--Study and teaching--Activity programs
Benjamin Franklin Elementary School (Cleveland, Ohio)
Children's gardens -- Ohio
Demonstration gardens
Food supply
Harvesting time
Local foods
School gardens
Urban agriculture
Vegetable gardening
Vegetables in art
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| Object Type | articles
clippings
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| Repository | Cleveland State University. Michael Schwartz Library. Special Collections.
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| Repository Collection | Benjamin Franklin School Garden House Archives
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| Repository Homepage | http://web.ulib.csuohio.edu/SpecColl/ |
| Donor | Ohio State University Extension, Cuyahoga County
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| Copyright | http://www.clevelandmemory.org/copyright/ |
| Format | pdf
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| Language | English
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| Further Reading | For information on the history of Benjamin Franklin school garden go to: http://images.ulib.csuohio.edu/u?/urbanfarm,210 |
