 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
|||||||
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
||||||
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
||||||
 |
|
||||||||||
Photos from
Marlin Perkins Centennial Week
Honoring the 100th anniversary of Perkins'
birth in 1905
Sponsored by the Carthage Public Library & the Powers Museum
March 28 — April 2, 2005
 |
 |
R.
Marlin Perkins in front of his birthplace at 902 S Main, Carthage,
Missouri, date unknown (from childhood scrapbook of Marian Louisa
Powers). |
R.
Marlin Perkins relaxing in home of fellow CHS 1923 classmate Marian
Louisa Powers Winchester, 314 Euclid, Carthage, Missouri, c 1974. |
 |
 |
| Portion of Marlin
Perkins photographs previously on view at Memorial Hall, now on
loan through spring at the Powers Museum and found in the meeting
room. |
Weekday walking tours went from
Central Park to the birthplace of Marlin Perkins at 902 S Main Street,
just two blocks south of Carthage High School. Perkins was a member
of the Class of 1923 along with lifelong friend and Grant Street
neighbor, Marian Powers. |
 |
 |
| Flowers at Marlin Perkins Statue in Central
Park. Placed in honor of Perkins' birth centennial by Richard Bliss,
formerly of Carthage. The marker reads: Marlin Perkins March 28,
1905 - June 14, 1986. "His life was gentle, and the elements so
mix'd in him that nature might stand-up and say to all the word,
"This Was a Man!' " (Shakespeare) Sculpted by Bob Tommey and Bill
Snow, 1988. |
Marlin Perkins Statue in Central Park, March
28, 2005 |
 |
 |
| Children's Librarian Deb Haynes cuts birthday
cake served to those watching "Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom" programs
at the Carthage Public Library. |
|
 |
 |
| Zoo Parade game and coloring book developed
while Marlin was director of the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago, 1946–1962.
|
Game, puzzles and book developed during run
of "Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom" television program. These and
the Zoo Parade game where available for play on Saturday of the
centennial week. They will now be accessioned into the Powers Museum
collection for preservation. |
 |
 |
| Wonders of Wildlife educator showed off "Ozark
Critters" during Saturday afternoon's program around the Central
Park Bandstand. |
Wonders of Wildlife staffers travelled in style!
Behind the van is the Masonic Lodge at Maple & 7th (now destroyed).
|
 |
 |
| As the afternoon came to a close, Dianne Moran
of Richwoods, MO, presented a wonderful program complete with "bio-facts"
that were displayed under one of the picnic shelters in Central
Park. |
Eric Peer of Carthage was a willing helper
to Ms. Moran's demonstration. |
 |
 |
| With the Jasper County Courthouse as a backdrop,
Powers Museum Director/Curator led a noon walking tour of the courthouse
square. When Marlin's father passed away in 1935, his funeral was
held in the courthouse, a tribute to Judge Joseph Perkins' many
years of service to the county. |
Eric and Alan Peer rest up for the walking
tour while other participants gather. The west side of the courthouse
square is visible in the background (300 S Main block). |
 |
|
| A popular feature
of Saturday's activities was the Marlin Perkins biography trail.
It started at the Carthage Public Library entrance (the library
is celebrating its centennial this year, too) and made its way through
the library gardens and then ended with a goodie trunk at the Perkins
statue. Each animal sign had a biography fact attached. This summer
the trail will be placed on the grounds of the Powers Museum during
Marian Powers Centennial Week in mid-June. |
|
Photographs provided by Richard Bliss, Dave McCoy and Michele Hansford. All rights reserved by photographers.
Copyright © 2009 Powers Museum
1617 West Oak • P.O. Box 593 • Carthage, MO 64836
e-mail:infonow@powersmuseum.com
| phone: 417-237-0456
All Web site design, content and solutions are property of Powers Museum
Return to:
