Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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Children are often depicted as symbols of innocence, peace, and international friendship. As the representatives of the next generation, children have been viewed as the perfect recipients for new ideas on how to stop war and suffering. They are seen as ideal ambassadors from one culture to another in the cause for international understanding. Many groups have recognized that children are often the most vulnerable to war, brutality, and violence, and have sought to utilize children’s abilities as peacemakers to eradicate these wrongs. But many children all over the world have also acted independently as promoters of peace and outspoken witnesses against war. They have participated in peace marches, pageants, and plays. Children have written to world leaders asking for the cessation of war, for the implementation of disarmament, and for peace in their everyday lives. They have developed newsletters, stories, and books for other children, about their experiences in war, and how peace might be achieved in our time.
This exhibit celebrates still another aspect of children’s efforts for peace: their artwork. The pieces included, out of over 1500, envision a world in which all people live together in harmony and equality, and where war has been abolished. The drawings and paintings, gathered by Art for World Friendship in 1947-1978, are by schoolchildren who wished to share some aspect of their lives with children in other countries. The posters were created by older students for a contest in for the 4th annual poster contest, 1939, sponsored by the National Circulating Library of Students' Peace Posters, and show what they saw as the best response to threats of
war and violence. These posters are particularly indicitive of their time period as the youth picked up on the prevalent design elements, happenings (such as the No More War demonstrations in Europe), and peace propaganda that prevailed after World War I. A few items in the exhibit were produced between 1976 and 1987, and some are current pieces; these are included here to show children’s continuing hope for peace and their role in causing it to take root. To read more about the two major initatives that sponsored the creation and showing of the artwork, click here.
An exhibit of art by children and youth belonging to the
Swarthmore College Peace Collection was held in McCabe Library of
Images were given a number as they were scanned; when referring to an image, please give this number as well as any title that is shown. The original drawings and paintings (plus hundreds more from Art for World
Friendship) are stored in the Oversized Collection: Graphics, and may be viewed
in person at the Peace Collection. The exception is the images noted as slides
below; the originals, created in ca. 1964-1965, were were probably sent overseas by the AFW to
be exhibited and were never returned.
Images may not be reproduced without the express permission of the Curator, Wendy Chmielewski (wchmiel1@swarthmore.edu).
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By 14-year-old Sumiko Omura from Shizuoka. Japan [image #1] |
By 14-year-old Samaka Yamaguchi from Japan [image #2] |
"La ninez de Don Benito Jaurez" by 11-year-old Ernesto Gamboa Munoz from Mexico [image #3] |
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By 5-year-old Gerson Firbein from Brazil [image #4] |
By 6-year-old Izumi Mibayashi from Narashina City, Japan [image #5] |
By unknown child [image #6] |
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By 9-year-old Tina Brecher from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA [image #7] |
By third grader John Lee from Burlington, Massachusetts, USA [image #8] |
By third grader Diane M. ____ from Burlington, Massachusetts, USA [image #9] |
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By third grader Antoine ____ from Burlington, Massachusetts, USA [image #10] |
"People Who Help Us Learn"by 8-year-old Mike Reinert from Naturita, Canada [image #11] |
"Clown With Ball"by Teresa Rousseau from Lansing, Michigan, USA [image #12] |
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By 9-year-old Bryan Sakai from Media, Pennsylvania, USA [image #13] |
By 11-year-old Barbara Ahlgren from Sacramento, California, USA [image #14] |
"American Square-Dancing"by 9-year-old Emily King from Delaware, Ohio, USA [image #15] |
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By 9-year-old David Kulda from Burlington, Massachusetts, USA [image #16] |
By fourth grader Kevin Creyts from Fairfax County, Virginia, USA [image no. 17] |
"Rose-Breasted Grosbeak"by Sandy ____ from Alexandria, Virginia, USA [image #18] |
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By 10-year-old Patti Bailey from Royal Oak, Michigan, USA [image #19] |
By 17-year-old Vikki Dearmin from St. Petersburg, Florida, USA [image #20] |
By 17-year-old Michael Eugene Tabron from Augusta, Arkansas, USA [image #21] |
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By 17-year-old Kuni Nuechterlein from Michigan, USA [image #22] |
By 18-year-old Ronnie Garland from St. Petersburg, Florida, USA [image #23] |
"Jamesetta"by 15-year-old Frankie Murry from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA [image #24] |
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By 17-year-old Joan Christman from St. Paul, Minnesota, USA [image #25] |
By 15-year-old George Wilson from Chicago, Illinois, USA [image #26] |
By 12-year old from the Soviet Union(?) [image #27] |
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By 12-year-old Vibeke Oleson from Herlev, Denmark [image #28] |
By unknown child from the Soviet Union(?) [image #29] |
By 12-year-old Mikael Bergseije from Kvissleby, Sweden [image #30] |
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By 12-year-old Ingrid Olsson from Malmo, Sweden [image #31] |
By 11-year-old Gert Bladin from Hudiksvall, Sweden [image #32] |
By 11-year-old Hans-Olov Andersson from Hudiksvall, Sweden [image #33] |
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By 12-year-old Barhel Jentrsch from Essen, Germany [image #34] |
By 14-year-old(?) from the Soviet Union(?) [image #35] |
By unknown child [image #36] |
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"Bird"by 12-year-old Sivanamdam K___ from Vellanad, Kerala, India [image #37] |
"A Swimming Pool"by 8-year-old Nobuko Ishiguro from Tokyo, Japan [image #38] |
By 12-year-old Susan Terry from Sandy Bay, Tasmania, Australia [image #39] |
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"Jazz"by Glenn Cannon from Media, Pennsylvania, USA [image #40] |
By Toni Lee from Media, Pennsylvania, USA [image #41] |
By high schooler from Media, Pennsylvania, USA [image #42] |
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By high schooler from Media, Pennsylvania, USA [image #43] |
By junior high schooler Peggi Dearborn from Media, Pennsylvania, USA [image #44] |
By junior high schooler Bob Mickle from Media, Pennsylvania, USA [image #45] |
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"Aladdin" by unknown child from |
"Fisherman" by unknown child from |
"Buddhist Procession" by unknown child from |
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"Snowman" by unknown child from the |
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"Playground" by unknown child from |
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"Waving to the Queen" by unknown child from the |
"Ghost" by unknown child from |
"Brickworks" by unknown child from |
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"Carnival Dancers" by unknown child from |
"New
Year Tree" by unknown child from the |
"Rain"
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"Potter" by unknown child from |
"Man Behind Plow" by unknown child from |
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"Yellow
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"Freighter" by unknown child from |
"African Woman" by unknown child from |
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"Boatman"
by unknown child from Tangayika [image #112; slide 19] |
"Run from Danger" by unknown child from |
"Girl
in Cart" by unknown child from |
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"Rugby Players" by unknown child from |
"Doctor" by unknown child from |
"Richard in the Snow" by unknown child from |
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"Lavendar House" by unknown child from Northern |
"Me" by
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"Near the Spring Water" by unknown child from |
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"Man
Dancing" by unknown child from New Zealand [image #121; slide 28] |
"Cat"
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"A
Home" by unknown child from |
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"Market Place" by unknown child from |
"Marriage Scene" by unknown child from |
"Car Carrying Pipe For the Water Supply" by unknown child from |
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"From My School Window" by unknown child from |
"Farmers Working" by unknown child from the |
"Village" by unknown child from |
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"Family of Pigs" by unknown child from |
"Balcony" by unknown child from |
"Here Comes the Elephant" by unknown child from |
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"A
House at the Wayside" by unknown child from |
"Washday" by unknown child from |
"River Scene" by unknown child from |
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"Girl in Garden" by unknown child from |
"New Year's Grandeur" by unknown child from |
"Barber Shop" by unknown child from |
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"Mother & Child" |
"Woman Doing Dishes" by unknown child from |
"Firemen" by unknown child from |
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"Mother with Baby" by unknown child from |
"Garden" by unknown child from |
"Women Going to Well" by unknown child from |
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"My
Neighbor" by unknown child from |
"Village" by unknown child from |
"Rooftops" by unknown child from |
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"Landscape" by unknown child from |
"Sleeping Cat" by unknown child from the |
Pipers'
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"Villa" by unknown child from |
"Library" by unknown child from the |
"Music Lesson" by unknown child from |
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"Ice
Hockey" by unknown child from |
"Camping Out" by unknown child from |
"The
Bon Dancers" by unknown child from |
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"Flowers" by unknown child from |
"St. Lucia, St. Nicholaus, & Black Pete" by
unknown child from |
"Succoth the Festival of Booths" by unknown child from |
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"Tennis Game" by unknown child from the |
"Football" by unknown child from the |
"We Are Brothers" by unknown child from |
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By 11-year-old Dorothy Wiggins from Birmingham, England [image #163] larger image |
By 11-year-old Goran Sigvardsson from Sweden [image #164] larger image |
By 11-year-old Irene Paukku from Sweden [image #165] larger image |
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By Birgitta Maria Lundqvist from Sweden [image #166] larger image |
By unknown child [name & address in Russian??] [ [image #167] larger image |
By Philip Sabinagelo from Birmingham, England [image #168] larger image |
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By 11-year-old Mark Tovey (?) from Birmingham, England [image #169] larger image |
By 10-year-old Roger Deeks from Birmingham, England [image #170] larger image |
By 11-year-old Christopher Long from Birmingham, England [image #171] larger image |
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By 11-year-old Mark Tovey (?) from Birmingham, England [image #172] larger image |
By 11-year-old Fiona Sweet from Hobart, Tasmania [image #173] larger image |
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"Purim Ball" by 11-year-old Menachem Katz from Israel [image #175] larger image |
By 15-year-old Marie-Louise v.d. Wiel from Heerlen, Netherlands [image #176] larger image |
By 11-year-old Masakazu Makano from Osaka, Japan [image #177] larger image |
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"Woman" by 6-year-old Nora Rottner from Romania [image #178] larger image |
By 13-year-old R. Kutomi from Japan [image #179] larger image |
By high schooler from Media, Pennsylvania, USA [image #180] larger image |
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By unknown child [image #181] larger image |
By high schooler from Media, Pennsylvania, USA [image #182] larger image |
By junior high schooler from Media, Pennsylvania, USA [image #183] larger image |
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By junior high schooler from Media, Pennsylvania, USA [image #184] larger image |
By 17-year-old Carolyn Jones from St. Petersburg, Florida, USA [image #185] larger image |
By 11-year-old Debbie Karbofsky from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA [image #186] |
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By 14-year-old Debbie Karbofsky from Denver, Colorado, USA [image #187] larger image |
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By 7-year-old Maryann Ward from Westfield, New Jersey, USA [image #190] larger image |
By Sandra Smith [image #191] larger image |
By 17-year-old Deb Vida from St. Petersburg, Florida, USA [image #192] larger image |
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"A Night On A Farm" by 9-year-old Kathryn Mitchell from Livonia, Michigan, USA [image #193] larger image |
By 18-year-old Frank Pacello from Arvada, Colorado, USA [image #194] larger image |
By junior high schooler from Media, Pennsylvania, USA [image #195] larger image |
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By 9-year-old boy from Littleton, Colorado, USA [image #196] larger image |
By 17-year-old Carolyn Jones from St. Petersburg, Florida, USA [image #197] larger image |
By 17-year-old Diann Franks from St. Petersburg, Florida, USA [image #198] larger image |
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By 17-year-old Melinda Ledbetter from Whittier, California, USA [image #199] larger image |
By 8-year-old Edna McConnell from Cheltenham, Pennsylvania, USA [image #200] larger image |
By unknown high schooler from Media, Pennsylvania, USA [image #201] larger image |
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By 10-year-old Robin Brownfield from Stony Brook, New York, USA [image #211] larger image |
By 9-year-old Terry Greenberg from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA [image #212] larger image |
By 14-year-old Katsuyo Terada from Shizuoka, Japan [image #213] larger image |
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By 18-year-old Robert Thomas from Chicago, Illinois, USA [image #214] larger image |
By 16-year-old Ki Wun Kim from Seoul, Korea [image #215] larger 9image |
By 16-year-old George Suggs [image #216] larger image |
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By 10-year-old Sonny Korenstein from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA [image #217] larger image |
By 17-year-old Robert Samuels from Chicago, Illinois, USA [image #218] larger image |
By 12-year-old Bernd Waldhaven from Stuttgart, Germany [image #219] larger image |
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By Edward Losinsky from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, for the 4th annual poster contest, 1939 [image #51] larger image |
By 13-year-old Aldon Annis of Kansas City, Missouri, USA, for the 4th annual poster contest, 1939 [image #52] |
By Wayne Hyatt from Collingswood, New Jersey, USA, for the 4th annual poster contest, 1939 [image #53] |
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By 15-year-old Leonard Thomas Walter from Middlesex, Connecticut, USA, for the 4th annual poster contest, 1939 [image #54] |
By 13-year-old Phyllis F. Nathan from Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA, for the 4th annual poster contest, 1939 [image #55] |
By 16-year-old Ernest Clifford Brinkley from Norristown, Pennsylvania, USA, for the 4th annual poster contest, 1939 [image #56] |
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By 17-year-old Phyllis Hostetter from Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, for the 4th annual poster contest, 1939 [image #57] |
By 17-year-old Bennie Hatten from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, for the 4th annual poster contest, 1939 [image #62] |
By Lenore Whitson from Knoxville, Tennessee, USA, for the 4th annual poster contest, 1939 [image #63] |
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By 26-year-old William Randolph Thornton from Melrose, Massachusetts, USA, for the 4th annual poster contest, 1939 [image #64] |
By Jean Hayden from Blandford, Massachusetts, USA, for the 4th annual poster contest, 1939 [image #65] |
By 17-year-old George Mavracich from Youngstown, Ohio, USA, for the 4th annual poster contest, 1939 [image #66] |
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By 18-year-old Robert Dunton from Watertown, Massachusetts, USA, for the 4th annual poster contest, 1939 [image #67] |
By Howard Franklin Downing from Westview, Pennsylvania, USA, for the 4th annual poster contest, 1939 [image #68] |
By Ellen Petrzelka from Chicago, Illinois, USA, for the 4th annual poster contest, 1939 [image #69] |
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By 18-year-old Lawrence D. McIntyre from Buffalo, New York, USA, for the 4th annual poster contest, 1939 [image #70] |
By 14-year-old Billye Wayne Baxter from Waco, Texas, USA, for the 4th annual poster contest, 1939 [image #71] |
By Donald Harkar from Dayton, Ohio, USA, for the 4th annual poster contest, 1939 [image #72] |
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By 20-year-old Frances Irene Feldman from Huntington, Massachusetts, USA, for the 4th annual poster contest, 1939 [image #73] |
By 17-year-old Walter Reynolds from Flushing, New York, USA, for the 4th annual poster contest, 1939 [image #74] |
By 17-year-old Robert Schroer from Kenmore, New York, USA, for the 4th annual poster contest, 1939 [image #75] |
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By 15-year-old Emily Rae from Llanerch, Pennsylvania, USA, for the 4th annual poster contest, 1939 [image #76] |
By 14-year-old Madeline F. Littlefield from Dormont, Pennsylvania, USA, for the 4th annual poster contest, 1939 [image #77] |
By 18-year-old William Witman Kinsley from Robesonia, Pennsylvania, USA, for the 4th annual poster contest, 1939 [image #78] |
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By 21-year-old William Edward Julison from Grand Forks, Michigan, USA, for the 4th annual poster contest, 1939 [image #79] |
By 15-year-old William P. Brewster from Dormont, Pennsylvania, USA, for the 4th annual poster contest, 1939 [image #80] |
By 18-year-old Leslie Stonehart from Santa Maria, California, USA, for the 4th annual poster contest, 1939 [image #81] |
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By 19-year-old Betty Helen Ellis from Wayne, Nebraska, USA, for the 4th annual poster contest, 1939 [image #82] |
By Louis Stanich from Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, for the 4th annual poster contest, 1939 [image #83] |
By unknown youth, for the 4th annual poster contest, 1939 [image #84] |
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By Mary Andrade from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, for the 4th annual poster contest, 1939 [image #85] |
By 17-year-old Irene Beil from Renton, Washington, USA, for the 4th annual poster contest, 1939 [image #86] |
By 15-year-old Betty Baisley from East St. Louis, Illinois, USA, for the 4th annual poster contest, 1939 [image #87] |
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By unknown youth for the 4th annual poster contest of the National Circulating Library of Students' Peace Posters, for the 4th annual poster contest, 1939 [image #88] |
By 13-year-old Stanley Bard from Mt. Vernon, New York, USA, for the 4th annual poster contest, 1939 [image #89] |
By Henry Rosenthal from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, for the 4th annual poster contest, 1939 [image #90] |
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By 18-year-old Ursula Edith Zabel from Glenside, Pennsylvania, USA, for the 4th annual poster contest, 1939 [image #91] |
By 20-year-old Mary Lou Plaxco from Denton, Texas, USA, for the 4th annual poster contest, 1939 [image #92] |
By 17-year-old Felix Billingsly from El Paso, Texas, USA, for the 4th annual poster contest, 1939 [image #93] |
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By 13-year-old Marjorie Everett from Flint, Michigan, USA, for the 5th annual poster contest,1940 [image #220] larger image |
By 13-year-old Monica Louise Johnson from Flint, Michigan, USA, for the 5th annual poster contest,1940 [image #221] larger image |
By 15-year-old Edward Davis from Davenport, Iowa, USA, for the 5th annual poster contest,1940 [image #222] larger image |
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By 13-year-old Shirley Rumberger from Driftwood, Pennslyvania, USA, for the 5th annual poster contest,1940 [image #223] larger image |
By 14-year-old Chester Zachlawski from Greenfield, Massachusetts, USA, for the 5th annual poster contest,1940 [image #224] larger image |
By junior high schooler Constance De Meo from Greenfield, Massachusetts, USA, for the 5th annual poster contest,1940 [image #225] larger image |
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By 17-year-old Lester Davis from Emporium, Pennsylvania, USA, for the 5th annual poster contest,1940 [image #226] larger image |
By 13-year-old Charles McClean from Driftwood, Pennsylvania, USA, for the 5th annual poster contest,1940 [image #227] larger image |
Promotional Poster for the 3rd annual poster contest, 1938 [image #61] |
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By unknown child from Wallingford-Swarthmore School District, Pennsylvania, USA, 1987 [image #46] |
By unknown child from Wallingford-Swarthmore School District, Pennsylvania, USA, 1987 [image #47] |
By unknown child from Wallingford-Swarthmore School District, Pennsylvania, USA, 1987 [image #48] |
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By third grader Mercedes Johnson from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, for the YWCA Week Without Violence, ca. 1980s [image #58] |
By fourth grader Courtney Frazier from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, for the YWCA Week Without Violence, ca. 1980s [image #59] |
By fourth grader Eboni Dyson from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, for the YWCA Week Without Violence, ca. 1980s [image #60] |
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By Arturo Lacau from Miami, Florida, USA, ca. 1976 [image #49] |
By unknown child/youth from Miami, Florida, USA, ca. 1976 [image #50] |
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