For example, Morgan has been working on the story of Cox's musical since 1991. Tracing the history of Cox and his accomplishments has taken a lot of time and effort. An opportunity to present the story in 1990 succumbed to budget cuts. This prompted research that brought out the story of Palmer Cox and his Brownies. Morgan first learned of Palmer Cox when he received a news release in the late 1970s from the National Gallery announcing an exhibit of Palmer Cox drawings. He noted "some times ephemera are the rarest of collectibles". It turned out to be a rare and valuable piece of Brownie history. In the 1980s Morgan was attracted by a small table cloth he spotted while browsing some old odds and ends and bought it for $50. Many of the books and art pieces are in public hands, but little has been done to sort out what is authentic and what is not. And there are "tons" of china items available, some quite ugly. There are many children's book collectors chasing the Brownies books - some of which are quite rare. The broad interest is mostly in the Brownie art. Morgan cautions that the Brownie collecting community is vertical, not horizontal, divided into book, doll, camera, china, paper and art collectors. To augment his slide presentation, Morgan brought a number of pieces of Brownie memorabilia including a couple of Brownie cameras with the very rare original boxes. He has been both an art curator and operator of an art gallery and is an acknowledged expert on Palmer Cox and the Brownies phenomenon, Morgan's talk tonight is an edited version of one he gave at George Eastman House in 2000 for the 100th anniversary of the Brownie camera. Wayne Morgan is interested in the popular culture of the 19th and 20th centuries (he did the first study of pinball games in the 1970s).
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