Pavement & PUCKY GIRLS
1920s Tales from Washington’s First Highway
Travel 1920s Washington State along one of the first modern highways - the Yellowstone Trail - which ran from here to Massachusetts. Along the way, meet the people and places grappling with the dizzying changes this new innovation brought.
From the young people who gained new freedoms—including the women who stunned Pullman by driving without a male escort!, to the bootleggers, bachelors, and flappers who drove, walked, and hitchhiked the newfangled road.
Join educator Teresa Andre for a series of fascinating stories that lay at the dawn of our car-obsessed culture.
This presentation is part of Humanities Washington's Speakers Bureau program, in which cultural experts discuss history, politics, music, philosophy, and everything in between at venues around the state.
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About the Speaker: Teresa André
My love of storytelling began with my very first tour as I led groups through a historic mansion in Derby, CT. I felt like I was transported back in time - awaiting the return of the town’s seafaring menfolk while looking out from the “widow’s walk” on the mansion's top floor.
Later, as a Museum Educator with the New York State Museum, I enjoyed telling tales and watching the excitement of school children as they encountered "Dinosaurs Alive!", life in the Adirondack mountains, and the original set of Sesame Street.
Next, I logged many miles as the Tour Director of the Hudson Mohawk Industrial Gateway in Troy, NY creating and conducting tours of Architectural Ironworks, Tiffany Windows of Troy, and Uncle Sam's burial site.
Moving west, I developed the education program for the Columbia River Exhibition of History, Science and Technology (the CREHST Museum) in Richland, WA.
Currently, I am a Docent for the Hanford B Reactor and the Pre-Manhattan Project Historical Site, plus a Columbia River cruise ship Step-On/Step-Off Guide, and a traveling presenter of historically based lectures in a variety of venues.
I can’t wait to share my stories with you!
This event will take place Saturday, June 20th, from 11:30 am – 12:30 pm in the State Farm Theater.
The If Cars Could Talk program is free for ACM Members and is included with Museum admission thanks to generous grant funding awarded by Tacoma Creates.
