Phillips County Museum News for December 2, 2020

It’s the season for the receiving and sending of Christmas cards. The Museum archives have a wonderful box or two of old Christmas cards. At home we may have saved a special card from grandparents or that someone special. Cards come in all sizes and shapes with a variety of scenes; often the scenes are signed by the artist. An important artist during the 1950’s and 60’s was Tyrus Wong. If you can still find his unused cards today you have hit a jackpot. Wong was Hallmark's artist of the year in the 60’s and Hallmark said he had “intense feeling for the beauty and significance of Christmas”. Wo...