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Southland Sketches by Walter Overton |
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Walter Overton - Creator of the Southland Sketches, a series he did for the Mobile Press Register for over 35 years. Walter Overton was born in Texas and studied at the Arts Students League in New York, privately in Boston, Italy and France during the 1920's. His childhood was divided between Texas and Baldwin County, Alabama, where he eventually settled as an adult. He supported himself by working as a newspaper illustrator and by painting watercolors. For 37 years Overton produced a regular feature, "Southland Sketches," exclusively for the Mobile Press Register except for two years during World War II. This feature, which consists of sketches and descriptions of Gulf Coast oddities and attractions, had originated in other newspapers three years prior to its exclusive run in the Press Register. Overton also began a feature called "Let's Talk About Alabama" in 1942 for the Mobile Press Newspaper. In 1950 the artist published Southland Sketch Book, a collection of the newspaper features, followed by a sequel in 1963, Southland Sketches, Book II. He continued to produce the column until his death, March 20, 1976. Baldwin County Department of Archives and History and the functions of the Department of Archives and History of Baldwin County, the agency is responsible for the creation of this record series. |
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CO-12-0020-1.2 |
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Southland Sketches by Walter Overton |
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