The Philadelphia Times newspaper devoted an entire page to the awards ceremony where the newspaper presents a piano to the Wenonah School. The piano was "a handsome oak Steck upright" piano.

Read all about by following the link to the PDF below.

A town of fewer than 500 amasses a total of 411,099 votes to win a piano for the school. The school colors were described as crimson and gold. Is that still accurate?

This photo the Wenonah School second grade in 1952 might include the Steck upright piano won in the contest, compare it to the photo below.

The photo above appeared on the web site below.

https://www.mypianofriends.com/george-steck-upright-piano-serial-160014....

Now -- the whole point of winning a piano was for the music, right? So what did the prize sound like? Here's a sample.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/bv3sRINAdYU

Learn more from this Wenonah Historical Society video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lh0IcrBFUI