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Another Day, Another Dollar: The Legacy of the Civilian Conservation Corps in the Texas Panhandle
Feb 11, 2012 - Feb 2, 2013
On March 31, 1933, the unemployment relief measure known as the Emergency Conservation Act was passed and the most popular of all New Deal programs, the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), was born. |
Taste Makers on the Southern Plains: Furniture and Decorative Arts from the Bugbee Collection
Sep 15, 2012 - Apr 6, 2013
The exhibition showcases Charles H. and Grace Dow Bugbee's Rococo Revival, Renaissance Revival, Colonial Revival and Arts & Crafts furniture in addition to family heirlooms such as a desk once owned by President George Washingtons Secretary of War, Henry Knox, and Minton ware and art glass once owned by U.S. Army General Richard Henry Pratt. |
Bob Walters: Cowboy, Horseshoer, Photographer
Sep 15, 2012 - Feb 2, 2013
Retired horseshoer and cowboy Bob Walters of Dimmitt cowboyed on the J A, R O, Matador, and 6666 ranches from 1950 to 1966. He carried a camera with him in his warbag snapping photographs of cowboy life across the American West. Never considering himself an art photographer or cowboy photographer, Walters simply sought to record a part of American history during a time when most thought cowboys had disappeared. |
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