The Library Mural Artist and his Wife
52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks
Week 5 Theme: At the Library
Robert Lawrence Rigsby
and
Marjorie Catherine Clark Rigsby
Generation 6
My husband's Great Grandparents
Rigsby, Rigsby Clark
and
Marjorie Catherine Clark Rigsby
Generation 6
My husband's Great Grandparents
Rigsby, Rigsby Clark
"The Birth of St. Louis" by Robert L. Rigsby, 1934
Source: St. Louis Front Page www.slfp.com; Photo of mural, Bob Moore
My husband's grandfather, Robert Lawrence Rigsby, was an artist. Sadly, that talent wasn't passed down to my husband or any of our children, but we are lucky that we can still see some of his grandfather's work.
This mural depicting the founding of St. Louis, Missouri, hangs in the Carondelet Branch of the St. Louis Public Library. It is very large and impossible to photograph, which is why I couldn't use my own picture here.
There were no family stories about this. My husband didn't even know. We happened to read about it in an old newspaper article.
This is definitely tops on our list of things we discovered at the library!
More of Robert L. Rigsby's work can be seen in my story below:
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