Father’s Day at two Table Rock museums

  • Bob Blecha of Auburn, Nebraska takes a look at country school teacher Alice Covault’s overall-clad pupils in 1927. Bob later went to the same school, District 51.
    Bob Blecha of Auburn, Nebraska takes a look at country school teacher Alice Covault’s overall-clad pupils in 1927. Bob later went to the same school, District 51.
  • Overalls on clothesline at exhibit entrance.
    Overalls on clothesline at exhibit entrance.
    As a slow but steady stream of visitors came to our annual Father’s Day open house at the Table Rock museums, I realized the difference between a big city museum and a little town museum. At a big city museum, I would have been selling tickets or conducting a paid tour. Here, those are free. At a big city museum, it is unlikely that I would have known any one of the museum visitors. Here, if ...

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