Wishing you all a great day, even if we are celebrating differently from the usual. Of course our Canadian friends had their Thanksgiving last month, and our friends from France don't celebrate it at all, but I hope the rest of us celebrate as best we can, with or without our usual friends and family. This metal turkey was added to the window of the jewelry store in downtown Redlands, the one that had the copper mesh pumpkins before. I decided to play with the images for a Thanksgiving greeting. 11/26/20 My website: www.sparhawkphotography.com
Yesterday's post of the California Theater of the Performing Arts in San Bernardino, CA showed the front view of this historic theater. This post shows the paintings found on the two sides of the same building, two views of Will Rogers, famous American film and stage actor, vaudeville performer, humorist, cowboy, and newspaper columnist. Rogers gave his last public performance in this theater on 6/28/35. The benefit for which he performed was for the Salvation Army, with funds intended for families in need during the great depression. Six weeks later, on August 15, he was killed in an airplane crash near Point Barrow, Alaska. The two paintings were done by famous artist and muralist Kent Twitchell. 11/25/20 My website: www.sparhawkphotography.com
I had an appointment for servicing my car yesterday in San Bernardino. Afterwards I went downtown and took a few photographs. This is one of the few historic buildings left in the city (for years the city fathers believed in tearing down the old and building new, with the destruction of the historic). This old theater was built in 1928 as a vaudeville and movie palace. Over the many years it has played host to many major screen and stage stars. To the current day (aside from Covid closures) it has hosted top quality musicals, plays and top touring groups. It is the home of a Mighty Wurlitzer Organ, the only one in Riverside and San Bernardino Counties and one of very few in all of Southern California. 11/24/20 My website: www.sparhawkphotography.com
