In the gallery of thumbnail images in this post are images of 12 watercolors painted in 1954 by Mother (Marion Gunderson). In Mother’s 1954 journal, there are 23 dates for which she has entries indicating she painted on those dates.
Also in the gallery below are images of the 1954 yearbook of the Rolfe, Iowa, school district. Links to other Rolfe yearbooks are in the “Categories” column at this blog’s homepage. More yearbooks will be added periodically.
If you have photos and/or video that relate to Rolfe’s history (in general, or Main Street, agriculture, rural life, the schools, including D.M.T., etc.), and you’d like me to share them at this blog, feel free to contact me. My email address is mariongundersonart@gmail.com. Even snapshots like this photo below!
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SUMMER 1954 — SLUMBER PARTY TIME! L to R: Judy Wagner (Larson), Pam Jordan (Wolfe), Rachel Heald (Perry) and Clara Gunderson (Hoover). This photo was taken about a year before I (Louise) was born, and about two years before my family moved into a new house at almost the same exact location. The car is a 1953 Oldsmobile. These girls are included in the sixth-grade class photos on pages 18 and 19 of the 1954 Rolfe yearbook (below). (Click on image to enlarge.)
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Making the Thumbnail Images Larger
1) To see the thumbnail images in slideshow view, click on one of the images. Then navigate forward or backward through the images.
2) To magnify the images even more, once in slideshow view, click on the “Permalink” button.
3) After clicking on the “Permalink” button, if you want to enlarge further, hover your mouse cursor over the image. As you move the cursor over the image, if you see a moving “+” sign, it means you can enlarge the image even further by clicking on it. (A “-” sign means you can’t enlarge it further.)
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- Tulips (originally painted for Dr. E.O. Loxterkamp of Rolfe)
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- Pheasant and Butterflies (and Mother’s paints)
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- Hollyhocks*
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- Farmstead Outbuildings
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- Six Macho Men
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- Twisted Tree*
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- Red Hotel (perhaps Humboldt, Iowa)
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- Fighting Roosters
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- The Monk*
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- Angel in Wine and Blue*
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- Churchyard*
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- Zinnias*
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*An asterisk after any watercolor title indicates that prints are available of that particular watercolor. The profits from the prints go to the Rolfe Public Library where Mother worked for 35 years.
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Marion Gunderson Art (and the Farmer's Daughter) 
May 14, 2012 at 10:07 am |
Nice paintings! Iowa is a great state – I just designed an Iowa poster- check it out: http://50statesdesignproject.wordpress.com/2012/05/12/38-enlightened-iowa/