Texan Centennial Stamp First Day Album Noted
Dr Herbert G Pfeiffer and Rev Arthur Koerner of Coryell Texas earned state notice for planning and compiling an album detailing the Texas Centennial Stamp First Day Sale in Gonzales on March 2 1936. The volume is a graphic record of designs printing distribution and use with only ten albums produced one selling for 1000 to a Dallas buyer. Miss Ann Toomey contributed historical material.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fredericksburg
Herbert G. Pfeiffer
Arthur Koerner
Coryell
Texas
Gonzales
Dallas
Ann Toomey
Mounted Mason birds donated to Bandera Museum
Frontier Times Museum in Bandera Texas received a case of mounted Mason birds from 1886 donated by Mrs Belle Bridges who died December 28 1936 at age 93. The birds were mounted by Rev Ira B Henry in Mason Texas and are now in good condition. The donation followed Henrys widow in California and Mrs Henry consented to place the collection in the museum after inquiries about shipping.
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Frontier Times Museum
Bandera
Texas
Ira B. Henry
Mason
Belle Bridges
Magon
Bridges
Illinois
Methodist Episcopal Church
Hattie
Ruth Henry
Mason Public School
Henry
Ilinois Prairies
Merriman
Smithsonian Institution
Wash
M. W. University
Garrett Biblical Institute
Evanston
Ilinois
Mason Methodist Church
Nellie
Hollywood
California
M. W. Bridges
Revered Ira B Henry's Mason County bird collection lives on
The article recounts Rev Ira B Henry who skinned and studied mason county birds and collected seventeen specimens later displayed in Frontier Times Museum. The collection passed from James Ranck to Alice Ranck in a wedding gift and eventually to the Bridges home then to the Frontier Times Museum where it remains admired by visitors.
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United States
Smithsonian
Merriman
Washington
Henry
James E. Ranch
Hig
Alice Gooch
Ira Henry
Mason County
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