View source for Byrl J. (Jack) Ballard (1878-1952), Scenery & Fresco Painter

<div style="white-space:nowrap;font-size:125%">'''Diller, ca. 1883-1897, Crete, Lincoln, Omaha, Fairbury, and Beatrice, Nebraska'''</div style="white-space:nowrap;font-size:125%">


Born August 17, 1878, in Knoxville, Iowa, '''Jack Ballard''' moved to Diller, Nebraska in 1883 or 1884. He moved to Crete in 1897, and there, two years later, married Emma Kolarik.  He plied his trade about through several towns of eastern and western Nebraska, Colorado, Wyoming, and California before returning to Crete the last fifteen years of his life.  He was primarily an artist whose various works included circus posters, stage scenery, and church frescoes.  Ballard spend the last ten years of his career working as a designer of neon signs in Lincoln.  He died at Chicago on July 22, 1952.[[#References|[1]]]

This page is a contribution to the publication, '''[[Place Makers of Nebraska: The Architects]]'''. See the [[Format and contents of Nebraska architect entries|format and contents]] page for more information on the compilation and page organization.
[[File:RG3809-0540_SFN3586_w.jpg|thumb|center|upright=2.0|alt=RG3809-0540_SFN3586_w.jpg|Wilber Opera House Curtain, n.d. (''P. Michael Whye'')]]
==Principal Works==

[[:File:RG3809-0440_SFN3584_w.jpg|'''Proscenium curtain (1929), Clarkson Opera House''']], Clarkson, Nebraska.[[#References|[2:176-77]]] 

[[:File:RG3809-0540_SFN3586_w.jpg|'''Advertising curtain (1932), Wilber Opera House''']], Wilber, Nebraska.[[#References|[2:177]]] 

Proscenium curtain (1932), Crete Sokol Hall, Crete, Nebraska.[[#References|[2:177]]]

==Notes==

==References==
1.  “Obituary of Byrl J. Ballard,” ''The Crete News''  (August 7, 1952).

2.  David Murphy, “Dramatic Expressions: Czech Theatre Curtains in Nebraska,” ''Nebraska History'' 74:3&4 (Fall-Winter 1993), 168-182, accessed through ''NebraskaHistory.org'', July 23, 2013, http://www.nebraskahistory.org/publish/publicat/history/full-text/Czech_08_Curtains.pdf  

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