A 2017 advertisement and photograph for the Ned Smith Center, 176 Water Co. Road, Millersburg [Upper Paxton Township], Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.
This photo/ad appeared in the Elizabethville Bicentennial Program Book, 2017.
The Ned Smith Center
congratulates its neighbor on their 200 year celebration
Connecting nature, people and the arts.
According to the Ned Smith Center web site:
E. Stanley “Ned” Smith was born Oct. 9, 1919 in Millersburg, Pennsylvania, a small town on the Susquehanna River north of Harrisburg. A self-trained artist and naturalist, in his 46-year career he created thousands of astonishingly accurate drawings and paintings of wildlife for books, magazines and other publications, as well as dozens of limited edition prints….
For many years, Ned Smith battled heart disease; in the spring of 1985, while working in the garden of their Millersburg home, he died of a heart attack at the age of 65. Since his death, the value of his work has continued to rise. Original paintings now command prices in excess of $60,000 and some popular prints have a resale value of more than $5,000. From Marie’s initial desire to find an institution to house her extensive collection of Ned’s art eventually grew the idea for the Ned Smith Center for Nature and Art, which uses Ned’s many overlapping interests and talents as a springboard for bridging the worlds of art and natural science. Marie died unexpectedly in January 2002, less than two weeks before Pennsylvania Gov. Mark Schweiker presented a check for $2 million to the Ned Smith Center toward construction of the facility that would be the fulfillment of her dream.
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For availability of copies of the Elizabethville Bicentennial Program Book, contact Elizabethville Area Historical Society.
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