Modern Times Lecture Series
Texas Bird’s Eye Views: A Merging of Commerce, History and Art
Dr. Kenneth Hafertepe
Sunday, December 4, 2022 | 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM CST
**Doors at 2:00, Lecture at 2:30
In Person and Online!
Tickets
$10 General Admission
$5 Student
Free for NCHM Members
Bird’s eye views of Texas cities and towns became very popular in the decades after the Civil War. They were often commissioned as advertisements to promote new towns and/or to document the tremendous growth of these places between 1870 and 1900. But these views are also remarkable evidence of specific buildings and neighborhoods and are thus wonderful tools for architectural historians.
In this talk we will focus on Galveston, Houston, San Antonio, and, of course, Austin, and smaller towns such as Bastrop, New Braunfels, and Waco, to see what mysteries we can uncover.
About the Speaker
Kenneth Hafertepe, PhD, is a professor of museum studies at Baylor University and an award-winning author on American and Texas architecture and material culture. His has written on the Smithsonian Castle, the French Legation and Governor’s Mansion in Austin, Ashton Villa in Galveston, and the Spanish Governor’s Palace in San Antonio. His books on The Material Culture of German Texans and Historic Homes of Waco, Texas both won the Ron Tyler Award from the Texas State Historical Association. He has spoken at many museums, including the Alamo, the Amon Carter Museum, the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, the Witte Museum, and, of course, the Neill-Cochran House Museum.