Kathy Grove The Other Series After Thomas Hart Benton, 1997 Lithograph Collector’s Circle Purchase, 2010 When you look at Kathy Grove’s 1997 screenprint, The Other Series After Thomas Hart Benton, what you see is a reimagined view of Thomas Hart Benton’s 1939 painting, Persephone. Benton was an American Regionalist, known for depicting sweeping views…
Clarence Daniel Batchelor A Man Talking with His Friends, c. 1935 Pen and ink From the Permanent Collection of the Wichita Falls Museum of Art at MSU Texas In his picturesque illustration, A Man Talking with his Friends, artist and Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist Clarence Daniel “C.D.” Batchelor captures the feeling of a calm…
Think Bigger. The Armadillo is a famous Texas icon, but wasn’t always that small speed bump Texans are so familiar with. More than 300,000 years ago, Glyptodon was the largest Armadillo and grew to the size of a small car! Whiteside Museum of Natural History 310 N Washington St Seymour, TX 76380 (940) 889-6548 https://www.wmnh.org/…
Think fluffy. Tyrannosaurus rex had feathers, just like their modern-day relatives, the birds. Unlike birds of today, T-rex could not fly but had feathers for insulation. Whiteside Museum of Natural History 310 N Washington St Seymour, TX 76380 (940) 889-6548 https://www.wmnh.org/ https://www.facebook.com/WhitesideMuseum/
Wright Brand Food, now known as Tyson Foods, is still one of the major employers in Vernon, Texas. Five generations of family members worked for the company. Tyson Foods is currently working to keep the USA supplied with pork products. The Wright Family has always been committed to improving the City of Vernon and helping others.…
While studying accounting at Columbia University in New York City, Electra Waggoner Biggs discovered her true talent was sculpting. She became a world-renowned artist. The photo above, from Texas Tech University, is her famous “Will Rogers on Soapsuds” sculpture. This link teaches you how to sculpt clay: https://www.wikihow.com/sculpt-clay. Another good resource is: https://www.artistsandillustrators.co.uk/how-to/sculpture/252/beginners-guide-to-sculpting-in-clay. Red River…
This may not look like a cowboy boot, but it is a boot that launched a company to success in 1925, held off economic depression for The City of Nocona, and secured Miss Enid Justin’s fame as the Lady Bootmaker of Texas. When oil was discovered near Nocona, she reimagined the cowboy boots her factory…
Bowling ball, shoes, and bag owned by Clarence Sweeney when he managed the Spudders Bowling Alley on Scott Street in Wichita Falls, 1931-1932. Clarence retired from the oil field leasing business in 1931. Reimagining his career, Clarence managed the first bowling alley in Wichita Falls, Spudder’s Lanes on Scott Street, 1931-1932. What a change from…
Willie May Kell was the second oldest Kell daughter. She was born Sept. 9, 1888, in Clifton, Texas and died on Feb. 24, 1980, in Wichita Falls, Texas. She attended the University of Texas in Austin and was the first woman to earn athletic letters from UT, in tennis. She was the founder of the…
The Kell House was built with gas lines, electricity, and indoor plumbing. Consider how advanced this was for 1909. While this is not the original Kell family stove, it is correct to the time period. This ‘Cribben & Sexton Universal’ cast iron cooking stove has eight burners and was made to burn wood on the…
The Kell House Museum has all three levels of landmark designation possible: a Wichita Falls Landmark, a Texas Historical Commission (THC) Historical Marker, and it is on the National Register for Historic Places. THC has been designating historic sites since 1856. As of January 1, 2020, there are 16,934 Historical Markers in the state of…
The Wichita Falls Fire Department has made great strides in the development of safety. In the 1800s, all firefighters had for protection was a helmet, a flannel shirt, and rubber boots. Today, a firefighter wears a Normex Bunker Coat and pants, gloves, hood, and reinforced helmet. A major improvement is the self-contained breathing apparatus that…