Pittsburgh Valley, Manor Township, Student Art Poster
Description
Poster displaying artwork of five eight-grade students who attended the Pittsburg Valley one-room school in Manor Township in 1933. Black and orange colored construction paper airplanes "Spirit of St. Louis" are by Ralph Richter and James Frey. There are three other square paper designs of black, orange, green and blue.
On the back, artwork has been removed, but the following Grade 8 students' names are written: Lottie Ressler, Cleo Sourbeer and Ralph Richter.
Provenance
Note clipped to poster display: "Randy, This is one of the 9 or 10 art work done in one rm school manor twp (Little Pittsburgh 1933) Are you interested? I must find good home for them as I promised the teacher I would. Clyde."
A) Linoleum print of door "East Orange Street" by Melissa M. Coleman (signed). Black ink on off-white/beige laid paper. See photocopy in accession files.
A) Linoleum print of "Passmore's House 1760" by Melissa M. Coleman (signed). Black ink on off-white/beige laid paper. See photocopy in accession files.
B) Front of mat (in 2 pieces now), title and signature on mat.
Slight discoloration (brownish) along top corners on front caused by yellowing (orange) tape adhesive remnants on back side. Black marks front left side and three on back.