Sweet on the West: How Candy Built a Colorado Treasure

by Ann Scarlett Daley (Editor)

This volume was produced by the Institute of Western Art of the Denver Art Museum as part of an ongoing series on artists and collections of the western US. Ann Scarlett Daley, a curator at the Institute, has written a well-researched introduction describing William and Dorothy Harmsen the founders of the Jolly Rancher Candy Company their careers, and eventual activities as art collectors. The selected works from their collection includes paintings that depict the landscape and people of the West, Native American subjects and portraits, and works by Native Americans. Not indexed. Distributed by the University of Washington Press. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

80 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 2004

Reviews

[Judy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Beautifully presented.

pp 9-29
About William and Dorothy Harmsen, who started an ice cream store in Golden in 1949. This grew into the Jolly Rancher Candy Company, which was located about 2 miles from where I grew up. Not only did we like the candy, sometimes we could smell 'what was cooking' -- watermelon, apple, the cinnamon of the fire stix, ...

pp 30-79
About their collection of Western art, mainly the SW and Native Americans. A mini-encyclopedia of artists.