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In the 1940s, WFRB – the first radio station in Baltimore, Maryland – ran a regular program for children called “The Hobby Club of the Air.” Sometimes called “Uncle Frank’s Hobby Club,” the show was developed and presented by Frank Woodfield, a man who was considered one of Maryland’s leading educators of the time and a former director of the Maryland Academy of Sciences. For five years, “Uncle Frank” helped kids avoid delinquency by teaching them to develop their hobbies and exposing them to new hobbies. The program was sponsored by Rice’s Bakery.

Telecasting. (1947, November 10). Programs. Broadcasting Magazine, 65. http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/Archive-BC-IDX/47-OCR/1947-11-10-BC-OCR-Page-0065.pdf#search=%22hobby%20club%22 Accessed July 23, 2015.

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The Rialto Dance School was located in Montreal, Canada, and was active in the 1930s. The Rialto Dance School often hosted recitals open to the public, and often advertised their classes and performances in the local newspaper, the Montreal Gazette. 

This pin was most likely worn by a student of the Rialto Dance School, which offered lessons for various types of dancing to students of all ages. 

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The Reed Club was a political club formed in support of Thomas B. Reed's presidential campaign. Thomas B. Reed was the Speaker of the House in 1896 and a native of Portland, Maine. He ran against William McKinley for the 1896 Republican nomination for president and lost.

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According to The Nation’s Health magazine from September 1922, the nutritional state of every child should be maintained through a variety of measures. With regards to milk, “each child should have never less than a pint of milk a day, and a quart where possible.” (pg. 570). Although the nourishment of children as always been important, the Depression brought about even more concerns about the health of children and the economic stability of farmers in general and dairy owners in particular. An article from the Schenectady Gazette (August 25, 1934) explained that there would be a state-wide campaign for milk consumption. The quota was set at one “quart of milk a day for every child and a pint for every adult.” (pg. 4). Schenectady, to support this campaign instituted a “milk month” for October where citizens could participate in milking contests, talks about the benefits of increased consumption, and special programs and talks in schools to emphasize the health benefits found in milk. Furthermore, the drinking of larger quantities of milk not only helps the diary farming industry, it is also “the cheapest food in the world that contains the equivalent food and health values.” (ibid).

Gillett, L.H. (1922, September). Economic standards in nutrition. The Nation’s Health, 4(9). 569-571.

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John Lennon discovered David Peel in 1971 when Peel was playing in Washington Square Park in Greenwich Village. John Lennon produced an album for David Peel called The Pope Smokes Dope, which was released on April 17, 1972 through Apple Records. John Lennon, Yoko Ono and the Lower Eastside Band performed with Peel on one of the album tracks, “The Ballad of New York City.” The album was banned in many countries and has since become a collector’s item. 

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The Philadelphia Art Museum began as a continuation of the Centennial Exhibition of 1876, America’s first World’s Fair. The Memorial Hall, constructed as an exhibition art gallery, was kept open as a Museum of Art and Industry. For the first twenty years of the museum’s existence the collections focused not only on industrial objects, but also decorative art objects. The art objects were European and included ceramics, textiles, paintings, etc. The museum continued to obtain collections from various collectors throughout the twentieth century to increase and diversify their holdings. Today the museum is one of the largest in the country and olds more than 227,000 objects. Some of the artists that are held at the Philadelphia Art Museum include Picasso, Duchamp, Rodin, Robert Adam, Greco, Rubens, Turner, and Dali.