November 9th, 2007 – Halifax Historical Museum & Cartoonists!
by Rob Smith, Jr. on Nov.09, 2007, under Cartooning, Florida History!, What\'s New?
We made our way to Volusia County for two reasons. One was my National Cartoonists Society Florida Chapter meeting. The other was how we started the four day trip, an update of one of Sandra’s travel guides. We met one of Volusia County’s tourism folks, Georgia Turner, on Beach Street and had lunch and roamed up and down the shopping area.
Amongst the shops on Beach Street is the Halifax Historical Museum. Considering other historical museums in the state, this is one of the best. Set in an old bank the museum deftly strides through such diverse histories as the Civil War, tourism and auto racing.
Above is a drawing of binoculars used by one of the most famous of the rumrunners in Florida, Bill McCoy.
Later I joined other Floirda Chapter members at a charity eveny, ‘Cartoonists and Cocktails’. Unfortunately for me it wasn’t called ‘Cartoonists and Milkshakes’. I have no photos of the event in which we all drew for the audience.
I do have a photo from later that evening where we all gathered in a hospitality suite. Below is ‘Mother Goose and Grimm’s Mike Peters draws Grimmy.
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