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Pony Express & Other St. Joseph Historic Clippings Notebook, St. Joseph MuseumEntry/Object ID
2009.3.559 CDescription
Pony Express & Other St. Joseph Historic Clippings Notebook, Re: St. Joseph Museum.
News Clippings most probably from an old scrapbook in the possession of Don Reynolds that he dismantled and saved certain St. Joseph-related articles. Clippings were fragile & crumbling. Photocopies made of the articles and compiled into a notebook. 09.3.559.
1. African Mural at St. Joseph Museum, January 2, 1944
News photo of mural at Museum when located at 105 North Nineteenth St.
Caption: African Mural at St. Joseph Museum...This scene showing African lions is the design for the fourth & last in a series of murals at the museum at 105 North Nineteenth Street. Harry E. Wright is the artist. This mural is in the African hall on the second floor.
2. Work of Museum's Staff Artist Being Displayed., c. 1940's
News photo of Harry E. Wright and some of his natural history artwork and news story announcing an exhibit of 31 of Wrights oil and water color paintings. They included painting of scenes around St. Joseph, the old Whitmer home in Oregon, Mo and a covered bridge in Platte City, Mo. The names of the paintings are listed. Wright was a student of the art institute in Chicago. He had been with the museum for 4 years at the time of this article.
3. The Flag Goes Up at the News St. Joseph Museum,
News photo of Police Judge Fred Wanger, raising the flag in front of the former A. J. August home, 105 N. 19th Street, now the new home of the St. Joseph Museum.
4. St. Joseph Museum May Occupy A. J. August Home
News Photo of home at 105 N. 19th St.
Caption: The St. Joseph Museum may have a home of its own through the generosity of the A. J. August estate. The imposing brick structure, the home of the late A. J. August, has been offered to the museum board by Mrs. Clarence J. Strouss of Youngstown, Ohio, who was the former Miss Elaine August. She offers the home at Nineteenth and Felix Streets as a memorial to her parents and to her brother, Stanley A. August.
5. Museum Offered Residence of the Late A. J. August,
News story for above. Parents are Albert J. & Sarah Weil August. The recent donation Kenyon V. Painter collection of animals and birds was mentioned.
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Nineteenth Street, 105 North, St. Joseph Museum, Natural History, Wright, Harry E., August ResidencePublication Details
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St. Joseph News-Press & other newspapersPlace Published
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St. JosephState/Province
MissouriDate Published
1940 - 1944Call No.
PonyExpress STNotes
Date: 1944
Copy No.: 1Relationships
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Person or Organization
Harry E. WrightPerson or Organization
Albert AugustPerson or Organization
Stanley A. AugustPerson or Organization
Sarah Weil AugustPerson or Organization
Elaine AugustPerson or Organization
Kenyon V. Painter