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NEW EXHIBIT SHOWCASES
HORACE TUCKER’S TOOLS
More than 225 hand tools used
to build many of Port Townsend’s earliest homes will be featured in
a new exhibit in the JCHS Museum opening November 21. There will be
a members’ only preview on November 20.
 Horace
Tucker joined his father—also a carpenter—in Port Townsend when he
was 19 years old. His tools were stored in two large wooden trunks
that connect with a centerpiece to make a 10-foot workbench. More than 80 hand planes and several trays of carving,
upholstery and carpentry tools will be on display, as well as
information about the homes and buildings known to be Tucker’s work.
These include the Rothschild House, Fowler House and St. Paul’s
Episcopal Church, where he married Mary Jane Caines on August 27,
1867.
Tucker was one of the
principal founders of the Quimper Manufacturing Company which
produced house finishing products. They started manufacturing brick
in 1889; producing almost all of the bricks used in Port Townsend
structures.
Tucker also served as deputy collector and inspector of United
States Customs for twenty years, was a member of the Washington
State legislature and was elected mayor in 1892. He and Mary Jane
had four children. He lived to be 99 years old.
Some of
the photographs in the upcoming
Images of America book about the Olympic Mountains.
 Max
Grover’s First Night Painting
To Be Auctioned
JCHS is auctioning the
Max Grover painting “First Night” as a fund raiser to
support society programs. Nationally recognized artist, Max Grover, created the
original art in 2007 to be used on the poster publicizing First Night, a
community celebration on New Year’s Eve organized by the historical society.
The colorful painting features the historic Jefferson County Courthouse and the
snowcapped peaks of the Olympic Mountains amid an explosion of fireworks. The
12" x 15" piece is acrylic on Arch's handmade paper. The minimum bid is $1,800.
Sealed bids will be accepted until noon on Friday, December 4. The painting is
on display and bid forms may be picked up at the Jefferson County Museum, 540
Water Street, Port Townsend. Bid forms may also be downloaded
HERE. Bids will be opened at Gooding
O'Hara & Mackey PS CPAs at 2:00 p.m. For more information call 360-385-1003.
 Museum Exhibit Features
120 Years of The Leader
A new exhibit celebrating the 120th
anniversary of the Port Townsend Leader newspaper opened October, 3 at the Jefferson
County Museum in Port Townsend's historic City Hall. The exhibit will remain on view through December 2009.
The Morning Leader was first published in 1889. It was a daily until 1908
when it became a weekly. Today, the Leader claims 20,000 Jefferson County
readers as well as a website presence that draws over 300,000 page views per
month.
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