Painting the Paradise Inn Lamp Shades
Channel: Mount Rainier National Park
Date: 28/05/2019

What would the Paradise Inn be without its famous painted lamp shades? The current rustic lamp shades were painted in 1989. Decorated with blooming wildflowers and insects, they replaced the original, deteriorating shades from the 1930s. Retired Chief Naturalist Dale Thompson describes the process of painting the lamp shades in this 2014 interview filmed in the Paradise Inn lobby. 

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[Video description: An man with white hair and glasses sits at a large wood table in a lobby with a high ceiling supported with wood beams. A lamp illuminates his work station with a painting set next to bird identification books. Occasional photos show circular paper lampshades painted with blooming flowers and butterflies hanging from the lobby’s wood ceiling.]