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1237 | Bird Carvings by Wendell Gilley Exhibit Sign |
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| Description: Sign at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia for Wendell Gilley's Downeast Bird Carvings exhibit, October 29, 1976 through January 9, 1977. | |
1494 | Wendell and Addie Gilley Entering the Gilley Museum on Opening Day |
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| Description: Wendell and Addie Gilley, guests of honor at the museum's opening day, walk up the front walk | |
1495 | Wendell and Addie Gilley at Opening Day of Gilley Museum |
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| Description: Wendell Gilley waves as Addie enters the front door of the new museum | |
1496 | Wendell and Addie Gilley at the Gilley Museum on opening day |
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| Description: The Gilleys with Steven Rockefeller looking at miniature carvings in a round display case | |
1498 | Addie Gilley with Herons, Opening Day |
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| Description: Addie Gilley examines carving of herons in display case at the museum's opening day. | |
1539 | Wendell and Addie Gilley at the Gilley Museum on opening day |
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| Description: The Gilleys viewing exhibits followed by Steven Rockefeller | |
1560 | Addie and Wendell Gilley with Barn Owl, Shorebirds and Ducks, Opening Day |
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| Description: Addie and Wendell Gilley passing display cases at the museum's opening day. | |
1565 | Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from Lemuel T. Ward, Nov. 8, 1965 |
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| Description: Lemuel T. Ward, the noted decoy carver, wrote this letter to Wendell Gilley after meeting him at an unnamed carving show | |
1238 | Down East Bird Carving Exhibit Announcement |
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| Description: Page from an unknown publication announcing Gilley's exhibit of bird carvings at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia | |
1242 | Philadelphia Inquirer article, Oct. 19, 1976 |
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| Description: Article from the Philadelphia Inquirer's society column by Ruth Seltzer describing the preparations for the exhibit Downeast Bird Carvings by Wendell Gilley. The exhibit was held at the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia. The photograph accompanying the article shows Barbara Tyson, a trustee of the Academy, helping unpack the carved birds. | |
1493 | Ribbon Cutting at Wendell Gilley Museum, July 12, 1981 |
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| Description: Guests of honor, Wendell and Addie Gilley cut the ribbon on the museum's opening day. | |
1578 | Kent County News article, October 20, 1965 |
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| Description: Lists Wendell Gilley as one of America's top craftsmen exhibiting at the Kent County Chapter of the Maryland Ornithological Society show of waterfowl and upland game bird carvings in Nov. 1965. Other carvers exhibiting included Harold Haertel. | |
1579 | Bar Harbor Times article, October 21, 1976 |
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| Description: Wendell Gilley exhibits forty carvings plus carvings-in-progress at the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences in the show "Down East Bird Carvings." | |
1581 | Bar Harbor Times article, November 20, 1969 |
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| Description: Announcement that Wendell Gilley would be attending a bird carving exhibition in Chestertown, Maryland. The carving of a bald eagle family that he entered in the exhibit is depicted. |