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Beaver Island apples support Maddie Leech’s Chicago art project, 2010

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Dates2010-10 – 2010-12
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Summary

Maddie Leech’s project transported Beaver Island apples toward a Chicago art project, with Mike and Gail Weede helping after rough weather disrupted the planned Resolute trip.

Evidence limits

The short report does not identify the art institution, final delivery method, or complete list of apple varieties and contributors.

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, December 2010, "Apples."
    Thanks Mike and Gail Weede and reports that Maddie Leech’s effort to take Beaver Island apples to Chicago succeeded after rough weather curtailed the Resolute’s trip. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2010-12_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue scan confirms the apple-project report and photographs.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2010-12_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island apples support Maddie Leech’s Chicago art project, 2010”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-apples-chicago-art-project-2010/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, December 2010, "Apples." (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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