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Author: William L Bird; National Museum of American History (U.S.)
Publisher: [Washington, D.C.] : Smithsonian National Museum of American History Behring Center, 2001.
Series: Virtual exhibitions.
Edition/Format:  eBook : Document : National government publication : EnglishView all editions and formats
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A virtual exhibition providing a cultural and artistic context for the "paint-by-number" hobby that became popular in the United States and elsewhere during the 1950s.
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Genre/Form: Exhibition catalogs
History
Exhibitions
Material Type: Document, Government publication, National government publication, Internet resource
Document Type: Internet Resource, Computer File
All Authors / Contributors: William L Bird; National Museum of American History (U.S.)
OCLC Number: 46699112
Notes: Title from home page (viewed Apr. 9, 2001). Browser used: Internet Explorer 5.5.
Exhibition curator: William L. Bird, Jr.
Description: 1 online resource (vii, 135 pages : illustrations (chiefly color))
Details: Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Contents: Introduction --
Every man a Rembrandt --
The new leisure --
The picture's place --
The unfinished work --
Post-a-reminicence --
Bibliography, links & credits.
Series Title: Virtual exhibitions.
Other Titles: Paint by numbers
Accounting for taste in the 1950s

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A virtual exhibition providing a cultural and artistic context for the "paint-by-number" hobby that became popular in the United States and elsewhere during the 1950s.

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