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John and Jane Adams Greeting Card Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0054
Scope and Contents
Greeting cards are arranged alphabetically by subject.
Dates:
1830-1970
John and Jane Adams Artwork Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0052
Scope and Contents
The collection contains a number of pieces of artwork (etchings, oil, watercolor, acrylic, and others) by early twentieth century American and European artists. A San Diego contingent of landscape artists is headed by Charles Arthur Fries (1854-1940), called the “Dean of San Diego Painters.” Ivan Messenger (1895-1983) was a member of the San Diego Moderns and was also a printmaker of some renown. Rounding out the San Diego scene is Helen Johnston Balfour (1847-1925) known for...
Dates:
1890-1936
G. Hamilton Hammon Scrapbooks
Collection
Identifier: MS-0408
Scope and Contents
The George Hamilton Hammon Scrapbooks collection consists of two scrapbooks compiled by Australian artist and San Diego resident George Hamilton Hammon. A green photograph album titled "Original handwritten poems and photographs" includes fair copies of original manuscript poems, handpainted vignettes of San Diego scenes, and several photographs. Most of the poems were composed in California, except the last, which was written in Sydney, Australia, and dated 1911. Of particular interest is a...
Dates:
1911 - 1939