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Date Added: May 16, 2008 03:08:02 PM
BALTIMORE -- Screen painting in East Baltimore won't die, not on Elaine Eff's watch. The folklorist has been on a crusade for three decades to preserve the kitschy art -- landscapes painted on rowhouse window screens.

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