Mother of Pearl Last Supper Replica On Display At Tech
The December Treasure of the Month at Texas Tech Museum is a mother of pearl miniature of The Last Supper. It was loaned by J. T. McCrory of Levelland, who bought it in Jerusalem in 1938 from a Greek curio shop and later passed it to his mother, the late Mrs. J. B. McCrory.
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Peggy Bell
Avalanche-Journal
Texas Tech
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Levelland
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Jerusalem
Doulos Mio
United States
J. B
Pat Sprague
Fort Worth
Miss Sprague
National Geographic Magazine
Early Days Of War In Korea Return To Bitter Defeat Cycle
U S Eighth Army faces a harsh reversal as Chinese forces drive UN troops back, isolating the Eighth in the west from the Tenth in the east. Seven American divisions, plus British and Turkish units, struggle to salvage men and equipment after rapid gains gave way to renewed retreat.
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Chongchon River
Korean Peninsula
Chongchon
The Last Supper carved from mother of pearl on display
The McCrory collection in Lubbock features a two foot by two and a half foot mother of pearl carving of The Last Supper. The piece, carved perhaps in Russia with unknown sculptor, sits in the museum’s first hallway labeled collector J. T. McCrory.
Lake Erie film tour to appear in Lubbock
The second Au dubon Screen tour titled By Erie's Changing Shores comes to Lubbock with matinee at 4 p.m. in the High School auditorium and an 8 p.m. show in the Museum auditorium. Dr. George H. Orians leads a wildlife rich program about Lake Erie with a running dialogue and Q&A.
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Lubbock Gun Club
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Oldsmobilé
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Tex
Sun
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Fortsmann and
Miron
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This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!