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Aloysius McDonough donates a King Strang portrait to the Historical Society, 1958

Also 1958 King Strang portrait donation

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TypeEvent
Date1958-04
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Date
1958-04
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Where
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Summary

The April 1958 Beaver Beacon reports that Aloysius McDonough donated an oil portrait of King Strang to the Beaver Island Historical Society.

Evidence and limits

This is a newspaper-reported donation. The issue does not provide an accession record, portrait dimensions, provenance, or present location.

Sources

  1. Reports that Aloysius McDonough, formerly of Beaver Island, donated an oil portrait of King Strang made at his Chicago studio to the Historical Society. It does not provide the portrait’s dimensions, provenance, accession record, or present location. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1958-04_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held three-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the reported donation; it does not expand the object or collection record.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1958-04_Beaver-Beacon

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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Aloysius McDonough donates a King Strang portrait to the Historical Society, 1958”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-king-strang-portrait-donation-1958/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, April 1958, “KING STRANG PORTRAIT.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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