- Trawlers Coaling, Boulogne, n.d. Walter Elmer Schofield, (1867 – 1944), oil on canvas, H. 30 x W. 36, Collection of the Bucks County Intermediate Unit #22.
Artists from all periods of history tend to paint things they love, or things they can look at in their daily lives. Since Walter Elmer Schofield visited his family along the coast of England many times in his life, he painted the sea often.
Schofield was also known as a landscape painter. Although Schofield specialized in snow scenes, painted in Bucks County and other areas in the Delaware River Valley, he also created marine landscapes frequently painted in Cornwall, England. Schofield usually painted outdoors, en plein air. He was a strapping outdoorsman who stood 6′4″ and loved even the bitterest winter weather. Read More
Ellis Island: A Michener Staff Immigration Story
As a follow up to our recent blog post, “Michener Staff Share Their Immigration Stories“, staff member Hollie Brown, provided me with audio of her great uncle being interviewed by one of her family members. This excerpt shares part of her great uncle’s story of his arrival to Ellis Island from Russia in the 1920s. The audio was taken sometime in the 1960s.
Remember, if you have a story, please be sure to share it with us! The exhibition, Ellis Island: Ghosts of Freedom will be up through October 10, 2010.