Decora Ceramics Records Bulk, 1946-1953 1946-2009

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Decora Ceramics Records Bulk, 1946-1953 1946-2009

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This collection contains catalogs, price lists, designs, photographs, and ceramic objects documenting the history of Decora Ceramics, and its predecessor, Ylyne Studio, makers of Smithware and Florencita, circa 1947-1953. The firms were founded and co-owned by Smith Russell (1895-1979), Pomona College class of 1917, and his son Bill.

3 boxes (19 folders and 7 ceramic objects).

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Honnold/Mudd Library Special Collection and Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 6660400

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Russell, Wilfred Bill, 1924-

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Russell, Smith Lafayette, 1895-1979

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Decora Ceramics.

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Lewis, Lorelyn

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Historical Note Smith Russell (1895-1979) was born in Lincoln, Illinois, the son of a faculty member at Lincoln University. In 1904, the family settled in Claremont, where Smith's father, William Polk Russell, had taken a position as instructor in mathematics at Pomona College. Smith graduated from Pomona College in 1917. He began his career in ceramics in 1946 by purchasing Yylyne Studio in Los Angeles, whose assets at that time consisted of...

Russell, Florence, 1895-1998

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Florence Russell lived in Whitefield, Me. From the description of Nature studies, 1919. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232009042 ...