New spot for Dean museum
A museum chronicling the short life of actor James Dean has opened along Interstate 69 in Gas City, Ind., a spot its curator hopes will attract more fans of the “Rebel Without a Cause†star than its previous location in the actor’s hometown, Fairmount.
The entrance of the art deco-style gallery, about 50 miles southwest of Fort Wayne, is a gift shop stocked with postcards, coffee mugs, dolls and T-shirts featuring images of Dean, who died at 24 in a 1955 car crash.
Other rooms showcase magazine covers, newspaper clippings, books, paintings, movie posters, collector plates and blankets featuring the actor.
Lifelike statues of Dean and fans’ scrapbooks from the 1950s are also on display, as well as some items that belonged to the actor -- including a class ring and a pair of Lee jeans.
From Associated Press
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