Picture America Poster Report for Jamestown City Library

Displays
The Jamestown City Library has continuously displayed at least 12 of the posters at a time since we received them. We alternate these posters as well as alternating a "featured" poster every month. The "featured" poster is prominently displayed on an easel with the information about the featured poster from the Teachers' Resource Guide below to the poster on a dictionary stand. We first featured the posters at a Library Trustee meeting that we hosted in October 2008.

Programs
On the afternoon of February 21, 2009, we presented a special "Picturing America's Presidents" program. At this program, for children of all ages, we talked about nine of America's Presidents - the first 8 and the 16th. Using information from the Teachers' Resource Guide, we especially featured (described and discussed) three of the "Picturing America" posters that portrayed two of our most famous presidents - poster 3B "George Washington (Lansdowne Portrait), 1796" by Gilbert Stuart, poster 4A "Washington Crossing the Delaware, 1851" by Emanuel Leutze, and poster 9B "Abraham Lincoln, February 5, 1865" by Alexander Gardner. We also talked about interesting facts about each of the nine featured presidents and gave one of the new commemerative Presidential Dollars to each child who was present. These commemerative dollars were donated by the Jamestown State Bank. The afternoon concluded with refreshments. The program was a success with an attendance of 16 people. We plan to do similar programs at least once a year if not twice a year featuring groupings of the "Picturing America" Posters.

Future Plans
We plan to continue displaying the "Picturing America" collection alternating the "featured" monthly poster. We also plan to present a yearly program featuring (describing and discussing) three or four of the posters at a time. Some of the possible combinations being considered are scenic posters, architectural posters, and well known masters.