Local
Artist Jack Carlton, with assistance from Jason Vaughn, completed
his latest installation of the
Museum Without Walls project in downtown Youngstown at
the Harry Burt/Ross Radio building on Saturday, February 7. The new
exhibit includes six canvas panels containing photo collages
featuring Harry Burt, the Good Humor® ice cream bar on a stick, and
the operations of Burt’s Confectionary in the 1920’s. The collages
also feature historic photographs of other sites in downtown
Youngstown from the 19th and early 20th
centuries. All images came from the Historical Society’s archives.
The result is a very attractive exhibit which, along with the large
canvas banners on the side walls announcing the building as the
future location of the Mahoning Valley History Center, will continue
to draw attention to the site as the Historical Society finalizes
development plans and continues to raises money. Partial funding
for this project came from the Florence Simon Beecher Foundation.