"Remnants of Barnum 1885" Key West Series White Palace

White Palace

Featured as the first in a series of historic drive-in restaurants

but the insurance company replaced it with a better and higher horse-powered 1967 Chevelle (it was a Nickey built car

The 1969 Corvette in this painting is the only known 1969 Corvette that is painted black with a Bright Blue interior

The building still exists with the word Allen still standing on the roof

"Remnants of Barnum 1885" Key West Series White PalaceRemnants of Barnum was created from a photo in the newspaper. A Wisconsin bar owner bought the building next door to expand his bar. He intended to take the common wall between out but after cutting through the wall with a door, he discovered a hidden 1880s paper Circus Poster on the wall between his two building that was 85 long! I used a small portion of the poster for my painting and parked a 1957 Corvette in the next lot with the cars owner