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Exhibit Closing: G.I. Joe: America’s First Action Figure
Exhibit Closing: G.I. Joe: America’s First Action Figure
Closes Sunday, March 9 For centuries, children have collected and played with toy soldiers. Early examples of soldiers made from stone, clay, or metal can be traced back to the time of ancient Egypt. By the late 19th and early 20th centuries, mass-produced toy soldiers made of lead, tin, cardboard, or molded plastic could be […]
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Second Friday Lecture: Wildfire, Miss Clampitt, and the Wonder Girl from the West: Early Women Sculptors of Abraham Lincoln
Second Friday Lecture: Wildfire, Miss Clampitt, and the Wonder Girl from the West: Early Women Sculptors of Abraham Lincoln
Friday, March 14 | 12pm – 1pm | Presented by Mr. Dave Wiegers In the middle of the 19th century, women were not generally a force in American sculpture. Art, and especially sculpture, were a male-centric occupation. Three women sculpted images of Abraham Lincoln in the 1860s and 1870s, and each has an interesting story. […]
