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Public choice at Carnegie Institute's 1945 exhibition of paintings at Pittsburgh was this picture of a farmer strumming his guitar for the amusement o(...)
Public choice at Carnegie Institute's 1945 exhibition of paintings at Pittsburgh was this picture of a farmer strumming his guitar for the amusement o(...)

Public choice at Carnegie Institute's 1945 exhibition of paintings at Pittsburgh was this picture of a farmer strumming his guitar for the amusement o(...)

Date2/5/1945
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Original Toronto Star caption: Public choice at Carnegie Institute's 1945 exhibition of paintings at Pittsburgh was this picture of a farmer strumming his guitar for the amusement of his little girl. The painting was awarded the exhibitions popular prize
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
      Object NumberTSPA_0104311F
      Strumming his $1,000 guitar in his flat above garage near Queen and Parliament is Toronto rock singer Murray McLauchlan
      Strumming his $1,000 guitar in his flat above garage near Queen and Parliament is Toronto rock singer Murray McLauchlan
      Darrell, Dick
      11/29/1973
      Don Soloman and his 40-by-90-inch acrylic-on-canvas work Slow Roll, part of an exhibition of eight of the American-born artist's 'organic' paintings o(...)
      Don Soloman and his 40-by-90-inch acrylic-on-canvas work Slow Roll, part of an exhibition of eight of the American-born artist's 'organic' paintings o(...)
      Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
      1/29/1982
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      Mr. and Mrs. Gordon H. McCullough of Etobicoke admire the two Cornelius Kriefhoff paintings that cost them $17,000 at the Collectors' Choice auction at the St. Lawrence Hall last night. The auction was estimted to have raised close to $50,000 for the National Ballet School scholarship fund. The bidding was fast and furious as Metro's 400 went all out for the paintings and antiques.
      Darrell, Dick
      10/24/1968
      Native strumming a home-made guitar is descended from the original inhabitants of Australia, the aborigines
      Native strumming a home-made guitar is descended from the original inhabitants of Australia, the aborigines
      Bezant, Graham
      9/2/1967
      Toronto Artist Harold Town is partly concealed here by one of his Silent Lights paintings, which are part of his current exhibitions at the Mazelow Ga(...)
      Toronto Artist Harold Town is partly concealed here by one of his Silent Lights paintings, which are part of his current exhibitions at the Mazelow Ga(...)
      Spremo, Boris
      12/1/1970
      Ojibwa Indian Walter Currie (left), who opened the Royal Ontario Museum's 60th anniversary exhibit of British artist Paul Kane's paintings yesterday talks with his daughter, Leslie, student Philip Fischer (second from left) and Johnny Yesno, and Ojibwa and producer of CBC's Our Native Land in exhibition hall.
      Ojibwa Indian Walter Currie (left), who opened the Royal Ontario Museum's 60th anniversary exhibit of British artist Paul Kane's paintings yesterday talks with his daughter, Leslie, student Philip Fischer (second from left) and Johnny Yesno, and Ojibwa and producer of CBC's Our Native Land in exhibition hall.
      Goode, Jeff
      1/4/1972
      Department of Public Instruction for Ontario, conditions of aiding public schools, high schools, and collegiate institutes, to procure maps, charts, a(...)
      Department of Public Instruction for Ontario, conditions of aiding public schools, high schools, and collegiate institutes, to procure maps, charts, a(...)
      Ontario. Department of Education
      1874
      Donwood Institute's Gordon Bell, ahead of his time (life section)
      Donwood Institute's Gordon Bell, ahead of his time (life section)
      Gower, Patti
      3 November 1991
      Rain, rain, go away. Paul Jebely, a member of Etobicoke Collegiate Institute's football team, does his best to keep dry during a sudden-death qualifie(...)
      Rain, rain, go away. Paul Jebely, a member of Etobicoke Collegiate Institute's football team, does his best to keep dry during a sudden-death qualifie(...)
      Spremo, Boris
      11/16/1998
      Talking pictures: Actors Paul Michael Glazer and Tony Curtis discuss arts and crafts at party Saturday Curtis is selling paintings and Glazer's making a movie
      Talking pictures: Actors Paul Michael Glazer and Tony Curtis discuss arts and crafts at party Saturday Curtis is selling paintings and Glazer's making a movie
      Bock, Tony
      3/2/1991
      A featured work in the exhibition of Group of Seven paintings, which opened at the Art Gallery of Ontario last night, is the portrait of Barker Fairle(...)
      A featured work in the exhibition of Group of Seven paintings, which opened at the Art Gallery of Ontario last night, is the portrait of Barker Fairle(...)
      Fairley, Barker, 1887-1986
      3/23/1970
      Two Harold Town Exhibitions are bing held in Toronto-but neither one includes any paintings
      Two Harold Town Exhibitions are bing held in Toronto-but neither one includes any paintings
      Goode, Jeff
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