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1950s Oil Painting by Alf. R. Becker

Oil painting by Alf R. Becker from a poopular Norman Rockwell theme featuring a young bog outside a window advertising ‘Puppies $15.00’.

Object Number : 2010.0010.0001
Type : misc.
Decade : 1950 - 1959
Object Height : 35 in.
Object Width : 22 in.
Object Depth : 1 in.
Object History :

This particular image was painted by Alf R. Becker in the 1950s for his friend, John L. McCarthy (deceased), former vice president of the Iron Workers Union.  McCarthy was a longtime resident of St. Louis and was born in East St.Louis in 1904.

 

Status : Exhibit
Location : Main Street
Status Location : Tavern Storefront
Donor Name : Juanita McCarthy
Condition :

Excellent

 

First Contact Date : 5/6/2010
First Contact Description : E-mail asking if we have interest in the painting
Follow Up Date : 5/7/2010
Follow Up Description : E-mail saying will ship painting
Deed of Gift Form Received : 6/26/2010
Object Received Date : 5/20/2010
Object Cataloged Date : 2/14/2016
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