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| Ozark Playground Series Part of the business district of Lakeview, Arkansas. Lakeview is a nationally known resort area, offering complete accommodations for the entire family. The business district is located on Bull Shoals Lake and only one mile from Bull Shoals Dam. Excellent motels, restaurants, gift shops, drug sundries, sporting goods shops and other business facilities to serve you. At Lakeview you have choice of lake or river fishing, including public boat dock, bathing beach, fishing pier and floating swimming pool for children. For fun and relaxation, visit in the Ozarks often. Ansochrome by Huel M. Morrison |
A very small town, even today, one can still find the buildings that once contained the Where Away Button Mosaics and Penrod Museum. Any indication that there were once museums there is long gone. It's interesting to realize that such a small town could house two museums virtually right next door to each other.
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| Penrod's Hobby Museum Lakeview, Arkansas One of the nation's most outstanding privately owned Hobby Museums. 57 fabulous collections from all over the world. Hundreds of rare collector's items. Representing over 40 years of collecting by Mr. and Mrs. J.L. Penrod. |
Penrod's Hobby Museum now houses a motorcycle sales and repair shop and the former Where Away building currently has a store carrying all sorts of merchandise.
I don't really remember Penrod's. I moved to the Twin Lakes area in 1979, and it may have closed by then. If anyone knows more of the history, I would love to hear about it.
I do remember Where Away Button Mosaics. A friend actually bought many of the collectibles when it closed in the 1980s. If anyone know what happened to the Button Mosaics, which were not for sale, I would really enjoy learning about them.
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| You can see the two button mosaics on the wall below in color. |
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| Button Mosaics "Where Away" Gift Shop Bull Shoals Dam, Lakeview, Arkansas One of the world's only old Button Mosaics, created by Norman C. Engeler. There are fifteen completed Mosaics, containing over 180,000 buttons; many rare collectors items, representing thirty years of collecting and handwork. On exhibition at "Where Away" the Ozarks outstanding Gift Shop. |
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| Red Wing is to the right in color below. |
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| The close-ups of both Chief Crazy Horse and Red Wind show a lot more detail and some idea of just how much work was involved in each Button Mosaic. |
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| Chief Crazy Horse One of the world's only collections of fifteen Old Button Mosaics at WHERE-AWAY, Bull Shoals Dam, Lakeview, Arkansas. Approximately 20,000 buttons in this picture - 46 1/2 by 52 1/2 inches. |
Again, if you have more about the history of either of these interesting places or about the Button Mosaics and where they ended up, I would really enjoy hearing about it.
In the 50s and the 60s, I spent many happy hours at the Button Mosaic
ReplyDeleteWith my family. I believe I was seven when I first saw it. It was a roadtrip for us and others my mother took. I remember how beautiful the mosaics were. We were allowed to pick one inexpensive souvenir each visit. My pick was always a small plastic box of polished agates. I loved rocks. I was sorry to learn that Button Mosaics was closed; however, I can still see the rich colors of the art in my mind's eye and my boxes of rocks.
My Grandmother owned the Where-Away and Fisherman's Inn next door for many years. Nice to see these pictures. I remember both vividly.
ReplyDeleteWe moved to that area in 1952, and I actually worked for a summer at Where-Away in the mid-fifties... I also vividly remember Penrod's and The Fisherman's INN... Thanks for the memories... ;0))
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