Ten-year-old Grady Parrish was in the barbershop waiting for a haircut. A lady, Mrs. Loftin, who was getting her hair cut, pointed out two men passing by the shop wearing wigs - one red, one black. The young boy waited as long as he could before his curiosity got the best of him and he went outside to follow the men he thought were form the circus. By this time, the men had entered the Tropical State Bank and were holding up the bank manager and tellers.
Grady ran to tell his father, O.C. Parrish, who told him to go get the Marshall, Tom Bozeman. As Grady was running to Bozeman's home, he was yelling for the Marshall. Tom ran out the door strapping on his weapon. He stopped by the office, picked up a shotgun and proceeded to the bank, accompanied by Grady's father. Bozeman was forced to shoot one of the robbers as they were tryig to make their getaway. Bozeman was rewarded with $100 by the bank and young Grady received $10.00 for his part in foiling the crime.
The mural is 48' wide and 8' high and is painted on the spot where the Tropical State Bank was located. The original building was destroyed in a 1991 fire.
As with most murals in the town of Lake Placid, this one has hidden objects - three "$" signs. I have never managed to find all of the hidden items! But, it does make for a fun day of looking closely at the murals!
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22 comments:
Excellent mural...and the saga behind it all with its history was most interesting today.
Loved your upward/gaining post below this too Linda.
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What a fabulous mural, Linda. Now I want to find those $$$ signs. :)
The expression on young Grady's face is shows all the urgency and fear he must have felt.
What a neat mural! I bet Grady was excited to get that $10 - wonder what he bought with it....?
Cool mural Linda! Ima searching for those $ signs :)
Loved the story behind the Mural. I bet Grady thought he was rich getting $10 back then!
Lots of action in this mural, that's for sure!
glad you explained the story. the wigs looked odd on that mural. :)
WOW...what an "exciting" mural with a fabulous back story. Love the artist's style - perfectly delightful.
Pam (and Sam)
WOW...what an "exciting" mural with a fabulous back story. Love the artist's style - perfectly delightful.
Pam (and Sam)
Brilliant mural and story Linda, you know I had to bring the image in closer and see if I could find any of the $ signs, no luck haha!
What a neat mural and story. It would be fun looking for the $ signs.
A great mural and story to go along with it. Towns that promote murals are in the ball park from my point of view.
You did a great job capturing the intense emotion of this story in this mural. The style looks a lot like that developed by the Regional artists like Thomas Hart Benton and Grant Wood. Wonderful capture. Thank you for participating in this week's Monday Mural.
fun story!
The interesting story and interesting photographs. I am greeting
What a fascinating story. The mural is beautifully executed.
I'm with everyone else... WOW! The mural and your narrative is like a short book. I can only see one $ on the front of the car.
That's quite the story, both on the wall and in your narrative!
That's quite the story, both on the wall and in your narrative!
Love it when I get the back story on a mural. This is one exciting story and a lovely mural to go with it.
I know this is an old post... not sure if you still read these, but I was wondering how you got the story on this... do they have the story posted up at the mural? I've heard slightly different story, so I was just wondering :) i have not been to see this mural in person yet. great job.
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