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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Guide to the Hanna Lore Hombordy Papers
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1273
- Creators:
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Hombordy, Hanna Lore
- Dates:
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1940-1955, undated
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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0.5 Cubic feet
- Repository:
Collection consists of material related to Hanna Lore Hombordy's design work while employed at A. W. Lewin Advertising Agency, General Electric, and Houbigant, Incorporated dating from the 1940s-1950s.
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
The collection documents Hanna Lore Hombordy's work while employed at A. W. Lewin Advertising Agency, General Electric, and Houbigant, Incorporated dating from the 1940s-1950s. Materials consist primarily of project files, packaging label designs and prototypes, photographs, newspaper clippings, printed advertisements, and booklets relating to design. Materials are arranged in chronological order.
Arrangement
Arrangement
Materials are arranged in one series.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Artist Hanna Lore Galle Hombordy was born on March 13, 1927, in Rahway, New Jersey to German immigrants Fritz Galle and Helen Galle. She completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) degree from the School of Art and Design, Pratt Institute in New York. In December 1950, she married Edward Leonard Hombordy in Hackettstown, Warren, New Jersey. To the union two daughters were born Ann Hombordy and Jane Hombordy.
Throughout her career Hombordy was employed by major American companies and advertising agencies to do design work. She won numerous awards and had solo exhibits in California. From her studio home in Ventura, California she created clay, sculpture and vessels, decorative custom tiles, and house numbers. She published many articles and books including Handmade Tiles: Designing, Decorating (1993), Resist and Masking Techniques (1996), Handbuilt Ceramics: Pinching, Coiling, Extruding, Molding (2000), Creative Ideas for Clay Artists (2001), Surface Decoration: Finishing Techniques (2008), Ceramic Projects: Forming Techniques (2011), and Image and Design Transfer Techniques (2015). Hanna Lore Galle Hombordy died on July 10, 2016, at the age of eighty-nine in Kettering, Ohio.
Administration
Author
Vanessa Broussard-Simmons
Immediate Source of Acquisiton
Collection donated by Hanna Lore Hombordy in 1993.
Processing Information
Collection processed by Vanessa Broussard Simmons, archivist, 2024; and Meredith Clowse, intern, 2024.
Custodial History
Collection transferred to the Archives Center in 2012.
Using the Collection
Restrictions on Access
Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.
Preferred Citation
Hanna Lore Hombordy Papers, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Conditions Governing Use
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
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Keywords
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