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!
Franklin Bates the Medina County Artist in Many Sides
Franklin Bates a 71 year old Medina County artist has shown many talents from water color to engineering and lecturing He painted with stars like Bob Hope and Joan Leslie after WWII and his work is honored at Gallery Blue Bates has worked as a steeplejack machinist cameraman and inventor He overcame near blindness to continue teaching painting and helping the blind and leukemia victims He has displayed and taught across the country and earned a place in the American Society of Artists and the Cascade Club of Akron Despite hardships he remains active with a life long devotion to art and community
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medina County
Franklin Bates
Bob Hope
Red Skelton
Eddie Cantor
Joan Leslie
Hollywood Guild
Miss Leslie
Gallery Blue
Bates
Medina
New York City
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Public Square
U.S
China Sea
Tim
Lodi
Container Corporation of America
Kansas and Missouri Teachers Association
Kansas City
International Printers of America
Grace Zay
Fred Graff
New Jersey
California
Ohio State
UCLA
Belle
Cowboy Hall of Fame
Society For the Blind
Cascade Club of
Akron
American Society of Artists
Springboro