Charles Cary Rumsey 100 Years Ago...

Happy 2014 Burchfield Penney readers!

What was Charles Cary Rumsey doing 100 years ago? According to the Burchfield published book Charles Cary Rumsey 1879 - 1922, he celebrated his first local salon exhbition at the Albright Art Gallery. It was Buffalo Architectural League of New York's 29th exhibition.

More on this book next week.

When not time traveling, working out, or hanging out at the Burchfield Penney, Mary Beth Parrinello is the religion teacher in the Montessori program at Nardin Academy in Buffalo, N.Y. She also volunteers her time at Westminster Presbytarian Church, C.G. Jung Center, and Junior League of Buffalo, which was founded by Mary Harriman Rumsey, Charles Cary Rumsey's wife!