Powers, Ambrose R.
Biographical notes:
Powers grew up in Shelby, Iowa and worked in the press room of the Minden news where he learned the print trade from his uncle. He studied art at the State University of Iowa and served as the staff illustrator for the yearbook and student paper. He later moved to Des Moines where he worked with various printing companies, joined the local typographical union and sharpened his skills as an engraver and cartoonist.
From the description of Ambrose R. Powers autobiographical volumes, 1963-1964. (State Historical Society of Iowa, Library). WorldCat record id: 57137220
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Subjects:
- Cartoonists
- Engravers
- Printing industry
- Typographers
- Typographers
- World War, 1914-1918
- World War, 1914-1918
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- Iowa--Des Moines (as recorded)
- Iowa (as recorded)
- Des Moines (Iowa) (as recorded)
- Minburn (Iowa) (as recorded)
- Shelby (Iowa) (as recorded)
