May Watts featured in Rails Documentary

Chicago PBS station WTTW’s new documentary about trains in the Chicago area, Riding the Rails with Geoffrey Baer, includes an interesting short segment on May Theilgaard Watts and the founding of the Illinois Prairie Path. Riding the Rails – May Theilgaard Watts

Reading May Watts

A reminder that May Theilgaard Watts’ books Reading the Landscape of America and Reading the Landscape of Europe are available from online booksellers including including:Bookshop.org, Amazon, Powell’s Books, and Barnes and Noble. You can support your local independent bookstore by ordering through Bookshop.org.

MTW at her drawing board working on illustrations for Reading the Landscape of Europe.
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A Christmas Card from May Theilgaard Watts

black and white woodcut print of drawing of a potbelly stove. Two pairs of feet, clad in stockings and slippers, are propped up on the stove. The stove door is decorated with a Christmas tree, Calendar labled "Watts" hangs on the wall.

Woodcut print by May Theilgaard Watts. Card is undated, but is probably from the 1960’s.

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What is a weed?

What is a weed?

Illustration by Erica Theilgaard Watts