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Copyright © 2020 by Wendy Waszut-Barrett Thomas G. Moses traveled to Tacoma, Washington, in 1921 to paint scenery for the Tacoma Scottish Rite. That December he wrote, “Arrived in Tacoma at 1:25 P.M. the second day after a delightful ride through the mountains.  Saw my old friend Blackwell and enjoyed the visit with him.” Moses … Continue reading “Tales from a Scenic Artist and Scholar. Part 1132 – Thomas G. Moses and Mr. William B. Blackwell of Tacoma, Washington”

Copyright © 2020 by Wendy Waszut-Barrett In 1921 Thomas G. Moses landed the scenery contract for the Tacoma Scottish Rite. Of the project, he wrote, “It took some work to close the Tacoma job at $6,400.00.  Will come back to do the work myself.” He was to start the Tacoma Scottish Rite project at the … Continue reading “Tales from a Scenic Artist and Scholar. Part 1131 – Thomas G. Moses in Tacoma, Washington, 1921-1922”

Copyright © 2020 by Wendy Waszut-Barrett In 1921,  Thomas G. Moses traveled to Tacoma, Washington, to secure a project. While in the area, he met with other clients about potential work. Moses wrote, “Ran over to Seattle and was pleased to see friend Davis and was surprised to see George Purvis.” This was the well-known … Continue reading “Tales from a Scenic Artist and Scholar. Part 1130 – Thomas G. Moses and George B. Purvis, Seattle, Washington, 1921”

Copyright © 2020 by Wendy Waszut-Barrett In 1921 Thomas G. Moses wrote, “Got an electric train for Woodland and spent a day with Mr. Stuart Webster, manager of the Strand Theatre Company.  Went back to San Francisco and returned to Woodland where I failed to close, so I hustled on to Willows, putting in a … Continue reading “Tales from a Scenic Artist and Scholar. Part 1129 – Thomas G. Moses and Charles M. Jacobs in Willows, California, 1921”

Copyright © 2020 by Wendy Waszut-Barrett In 1921 Thomas G. Moses, “I went after the Chicago Day pageant job and landed it at $8,334.00 for which I made the models and saw the work started before I left for San Francisco.”  To put this project in perspective, $8,334 in 1921 is the monetary equivalent of … Continue reading “Tales from a Scenic Artist and Scholar. Part 1128 – Thomas G. Moses and the Chicago Day Pageant, 1921”

Copyright © 2020 by Wendy Waszut-Barrett In 1921 Thomas G. Moses traveled from Chicago to San Francisco for a large Shrine project. He wrote, “September 13th had a very good trip and started work immediately at Flagg’s studio.  After four hard weeks of hustling, we got the big show ready… the big Shrine show opened … Continue reading “Tales from a Scenic Artist and Scholar. Part 1125 – Thomas G. Moses and the Shrine Show, 1921”

Copyright © 2020 by Wendy Waszut-Barrett In 1921 Thomas G. Moses worked at Flagg’s studio in Los Angeles, California. Sosman & Landis rented the paint frames for Moses to finish a large project for an upcoming event. Sosman & Landis was nearing the end of its existence by 1921.  Even though Moses would soon purchase … Continue reading “Tales from a Scenic Artist and Scholar. Part 1124 – Thomas G. Moses and the Edwin H. Flagg Scenic Studio, 1921”

Copyright © 2020 by Wendy Waszut-Barrett In 1921 Thomas G. Moses wrote, “Some good work for Balaban and Katz gave us a variety.” I bet; Balaban & Katz movie palaces were in a league all their own.  Sam Katz, Morris Katz, Barney Balaban, and Abe J. Balaban joined together in 1916, establishing Balaban & Katz. … Continue reading “Tales from a Scenic Artist and Scholar. Part 1121 – Thomas G. Moses and Balaban & Katz, 1921”

Copyright © 2020 by Wendy Waszut-Barrett In 1921 Thomas Gibbs Moses wrote: “White City work starts early in May and we had plenty of it.” Chicago’s White City Amusement Park was located at 63rd Street and South Parkway. In many ways it was Chicago’s answer to New York’s Coney Island. Named after the white lights … Continue reading “Tales from a Scenic Artist and Scholar. Part 1117 – Thomas G. Moses and White City Work, 1921”

Copyright © 2020 by Wendy Waszut-Barrett In 1884, Henry C. Tryon joined the Sosman & Landis studio staff in Chicago as replacement for Lemuel L. Graham. “Lem” had left for Kansas City to open a regional branch there. At the time, John H. Young was also working for Sosman & Landis, but primarily painting at … Continue reading “Tales from a Scenic Artist and Scholar. Part 1104 – Henry C. Tryon, Thomas G. Moses and John H. Young in West Virginia, 1885”