STEPHENVILLE (January 9, 2016) — Enjoy a doubleheader weekend at Tarleton State University’s W.K. Gordon Center for Industrial History of Texas on Jan. 16 and 17 when Jan Siegel Hart presents a living history program on Russian immigration and On the Flipside founder Kelly Williams shares her experiences in photography.
Hart’s program, “Hanna, The Immigrant: A Living History Program,” takes place at 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 16. She’ll share the story of Hanna, a Jewish woman who emigrates from Russia with her husband at the turn of the 20th century through the Port of Galveston and settles in Dublin, Texas, as well as humorous anecdotes of her daughter, Minnie.
The program coincides with the final weekend of Forgotten Gateway: Coming to America through Galveston Island, a traveling exhibition of the Bullock Texas State History Museum in partnership with Humanities Texas.
At 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 17, Williams will talk about the growing industry of experiential photo booths and techniques used in special event photography.
Both events are free. No reservations are required.
The W.K. Gordon Center, a Tarleton museum and research facility located in the historic ghost town of Thurber, is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays and from 1 to 4 p.m. Sundays. The center is located at Exit 367 on Interstate 20 between Fort Worth and Abilene. For more information, visit www.tarleton.edu/gordoncenter or the museum’s Facebook page.
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