“Falls City”
Adopted By: Falls City Chamber Main Street
As a setting for his picture of the last-minute Christmas rush, John Falter chose the town where he spent his boyhood, Falls City, Nebraska. The finished job is a mixture of paint and recollection. That water tower in the distance, for example, was a favored roost for Falls City boys on hot summer nights. They liked to sleep there. City authorities met in some alarm--the surrounding platform is seventy-five feet above ground--and forbade it. Falter had no trouble recalling the Christmas rush. As a boy, he worked in his father's clothing store on this street. A good many customers bought new outfits for the holidays, and young Falter was the pants runner--he ran trousers from the store to the tailor's, to get them shortened. Only customers appear in this painting. But the artist's sympathies doubtless are with those on the selling side of the counter.
December 21, 1946
Happy, Happy Happy Hanukkah, Christmas and Kwanzaa!
Our Best Wishes for 2020 to Falter Fans everywhere.
