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30/142 - Raymond Lufkin (1897-?) |
| Biography |
| Raymond
Lufkin was born on January 29, 1897 in Salem, Mass. His first published
work, a pen and ink sketch, appeared in the Boston Herald.
Lufkin attended New School of Design in Boston, Mass. and subsequently
became a free-lance illustrator doing commercial work, first in
Boston and then in New York. Lufkin also served in the U.S. Army
during World War II, and designed Treasury Department war bond
posters and military maps. Lufkin won Newbery Honor awards for
his illustrations in Ood-le-uk the Wanderer (1931) and The
Story of the Negro (1949). In 1941 he created drawings
for the 1942 Oberlin College annual calendar. |
| Sources Consulted |
Something
About the Author, Vol. 38
(Biographical entry, copy in case file). |
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