He now looks as good as old, like when he was painted in the 1820’s.  Aaron Miller Osborn’s portrait returns to us from his latest venture at Winterthur Museum where nationally prominent paintings conservator, Dr. Joyce Hill Stoner, conserved/restored him.
On Tuesday evening, September 25th, his tale of ownership & travels will be told.  The story of his remarkable artist, Micah Williams will also be shared.  The decision to conserve Aaron set the Society on a course to apply for a grant to have his wife Harriet Manning Osborn also conserved.  This led a few of our members down many, new and exciting paths.  Stumbling blocks arose and solutions eventually were found.  Sleuthing was unable to solve some clues.  Connie Klock, Dave Bierman and Ginger Bishop will share these adventures.

Everyone is encouraged to come to this meeting and see Aaron in his restored glory.  The meeting is free and open to everyone.  The meeting will be held at the Scotch Hills Country Club on Plainfield Avenue and Jerusalem Road in Scotch Plains,  on Tuesday, September 25th at 8:00PM.  Light refreshments and fellowship follow the meeting.   Please join us for a most fascinating evening.  Contact Connie Klock at 908-232-9489 for further information or write to us.

CCA Christensen’s Moving Mormon Panorama is one of the few to survive the 1800’s.  A moving panorama is a roll of large paintings sewn together to illustrate a lecture.  Christensen used his painting to illustrate his lecture on the history of his church, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

CCA Christensen was born in Denmark in 1831 and studied at the Royal Academy of Art before his conversion.  He later immigrated to Utah pulling a handcart across the Midwest in 1857.  For the next 20 years, he farmed when he had to and painted when he could, starting the 24 paintings for his panorama in the 1870’s.  In 1879 he started exhibiting the panorama.  He spent the winters of the next three decades giving shows in communities of the West.  He died in 1912.

At the monthly meeting of the Historical Society of Scotch Plains and Fanwood on Tuesday evening May 22nd, Regina Ellis, a member of the Historical Society, a Mormon and a direct descendent of CCA Christensen, will show this Mormon Panorama saved by her uncle.  Her uncle took photography of the panorama and made slides from them.  He then gave the slides to Brigham Young University.  The University restored them.  This panorama has been exhibited all over the world.

This unique, historical and educational lecture about the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints illustrated with CCA Christensen’s panorama is free and open to everyone.

The meeting will be held at the Scotch Hills Country Club on Plainfield Avenue and Jerusalem Road in Scotch Plains,  on Tuesday, May 22nd at 8:00PM.  Refreshments and fellowship follow the meeting.   Please join us for a most fascinating evening.  Contact Connie Klock at 908-232-9489 for further information or write to us.