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American Experience | Jubilee Video: Paint by Numbers | PBS

Duration: 02:00
Program: American Experience #1606
Broadcast Date: Feb. 14, 2012

In 1954, Brownie Wise inaugurated the Tupperware Homecoming Jubilee. Tupperware dealers from across the country came to the company's Kissimmee, Florida, headquarters for classes and motivational events.

For the 1960 Jubilee, participants follow instructions to paint a pair of massive patriotic portraits.

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