Now that spring has finally decided to stick around, I am finding it hard to focus on much other than gardening. My new backyard garden is tilled, planted with sugar snap peas and hopefully poison ivy free. The very flimsy garden fence seems to be all the deterrent Zeb (the dog) needs to steer clear. TheContinue reading “Spring in my Memphis gardens”
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Fugitive at the Museum
Originally posted on The Pink Palace Family of Museums:
October 24, 1950, started as a normal day at the Memphis Museum. Visitors explored the galleries and looked at exhibits of animal heads, glass, documents and fossils. One of those afternoon visitors was James Eddington who made a trip to the museum as part of his…
Memphis Pink Palace Museum Murals – Memphis TN
In museum-related, crowd sourced history news, I submitted the Pink Palace’s PWAP murals done by Burton Callicott to UC Berkeley’s Living New Deal site. While you’re there, poke around and see the long reach and legacy of FDR’s federal programs: Memphis Pink Palace Museum Murals – Memphis TN. You can also read more about theContinue reading “Memphis Pink Palace Museum Murals – Memphis TN”
Memphis’ First Museum
Originally posted on The Pink Palace Family of Museums:
The first museum in Memphis was a room on the second floor of the tower over the entrance to the Cossitt Library. The Cossitt Library was completed in 1893 and was funded though the bequest of Frederick Cossitt. Cossitt was a Connecticut born entrepreneur who maintained…
Caroline Mitchell Carrico 