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The City Beautiful Commission was founded in 1930. The first of its kind in the country, the City Beautiful Commission was defined as “good outdoor housekeeping”. The Commission was the brain-child of E.H. Crump. He felt that the best way to keep…

The City Beautiful Commission was founded in 1930. The first of its kind in the country, the City Beautiful Commission was defined as “good outdoor housekeeping”. The Commission was the brain-child of E.H. Crump. He felt that the best way to keep…

The City Beautiful Commission was founded in 1930. The first of its kind in the country, the City Beautiful Commission was defined as “good outdoor housekeeping”. The Commission was the brain-child of E.H. Crump. He felt that the best way to keep…

The City Beautiful Commission was founded in 1930. The first of its kind in the country, the City Beautiful Commission was defined as “good outdoor housekeeping”. The Commission was the brain-child of E.H. Crump. He felt that the best way to keep…

The City Beautiful Commission was founded in 1930. The first of its kind in the country, the City Beautiful Commission was defined as “good outdoor housekeeping”. The Commission was the brain-child of E.H. Crump. He felt that the best way to keep…

The City Beautiful Commission sponsored a contest to create a cartoon character and slogan to promote the Commission’s anti-litter campaign. Seven-year-old, second-grader, Stephen Hessler won the City Beautiful Commission’s anti-litter contest. The…

In this letter Lee Meriweather writes to his mother Liz begging for forgiveness for an offense he committed. We aren’t privy to exactly what Lee did, but we know it was something he regretted if only because it broke his mother’s heart. This shows…

This letter is from Liz’s other son, Avery. He has enclosed a speech he plans to make to win an award at his school. The name of the speech is “The Demon Drunk,” so Avery at least dabbled in the temperance movement. Since Avery has sent his speech…