Jim Yarnell's (Untitled) Smoky Hills of West Virginia (1960)
Wichita Art Museum Trail Walk Path
Though trained as a painter, the medium Jim Yarnell (1917-[2011]) most enjoyed was photography. He was appointed advertising manager of the Beech Aircraft Corporation in Wichita. During the summer of 1962, Yarnell spent 58 days photographing the United States from a Beechcraft Debonair, for the book This is My Land.
Silver gelatin print. Gift of Richard Yarnell and Barbara and Mark Chamberlin in memory of Ann and James Yarnell. 2009.1.43
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Marker is on Mosley near 1st Street, on the left when traveling south.
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