Phila.Chapter AWRT Award! Ed Hurst, Steel Pier.Porcelain Box Edith Flinkman Rare

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Up for grabs
A Rare Find.
This was A Award giving to ED HURST.
I Bought this at his Estate sale.
Thought it was interesting.
I use to dance on his show when i was 16 i am 63 now.lol
Anyway. when i got home i read the bottom.
Signed by Porcelain painter Edith Flinkman. I also went to Art school .in Phila. thats where i am from.So Interesting A award presented to American men and woman. also: she was Famous. so i will post a bio on both of them'.The Porcelain Jar is blue and white with a Gold handle.Painted in Gold A W R T President 1981 ~ 1982.underneath Eddie Hurst etc. signed Edith Flinkman. May 19th 1982.wow  this is highly Collectable. from many different Perspectives.the porcelain lidded Jar has independence place on one side other side The Liberty Bell.For the Phil’s. Collectors. so if you Are Part of this Chapter,Ed Hurst ,Steel Pier Fan,Or Tyler school Of Art Alumni Or A collector of Ediths Work. This item will be packaged well and double boxed.
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American Women in Radio and Television is the national, non-profit organization that extends membership to qualified professionals in the electronic media and allied fields. AWRT’s mission is to advance the impact of women in the electronic media and allied fields by educating, advocating and acting as a resource to its members and the industry. Founded in 1951, AWRT has worked to improve the quality of broadcast programming and the image of women as depicted in radio, television and cable.
American Women in Radio and Television, Inc. (AWRT) is a non-profit, professional organization of women and men who work in the electronic media and allied fields.
Hurst was born in
Atlantic City, New Jersey[2]
and graduated from
Atlantic City High School
.
[3]He started his career from 1943 to 1946 at WFPG, in Atlantic City. Hurst then did a radio show on WPEN-AM 950,[2] out of Philadelphia, called The 950 Club with Joe Grady from 1946 (until 1955) before he teamed up with Joe Grady to do The Grady and Hurst Show on Philadelphia TV, which was broadcast in the tri-state area.
The Grady and Hurst Show, which started in 1952, was the first to show teens dancing (from 11 a.m. to noon every Saturday) in a studio. The groundbreaking format influenced programs like American Bandstand[2] and others. The 950 Club on radio, which preceded The Grady and Hurst Show, was the first teenage show to have a studio audience (by invitation only) dance to the music on the air.
Flinkman, Edith, 85, of Boca Raton, FL passed away on March 21, 2010, loving mother of Joanna Cooper and Robert Flinkman; loving grandmother of Meredith Lynn and Richard Loeb Cooper and Jon Marc; great-grandmother to Jon Patrick Cooper. Married to Dr. Leonard Flinkman for almost 60 years. Edith went to Hunter High School and graduated from Tyler School of Art. She was an accomplished china painter and artist