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Artist of portrait drawings in Dispatch, 1941. “Private Bennett of Headquarters Detachment, a former fashion illustrator for I. Magnin & Co., San Francisco, occupies his time sketching life-like... Read full biography
Artist of portrait drawings in Dispatch, 1941. “Private Bennett of Headquarters Detachment, a former fashion illustrator for I. Magnin & Co., San Francisco, occupies his time sketching life-like portraits of the camp officers. To date he has finished portraits of many of the higher ranking... Read full biography
Artist of portrait drawings in Dispatch, 1941. “Private Bennett of Headquarters Detachment, a former fashion illustrator for I. Magnin & Co., San Francisco, occupies his time sketching life-like portraits of the camp officers. To date he has finished portraits of many of the higher ranking officers, two of whom include Brigadier General Charles H. White, Camp Commander, and Colonel Charles L. Sampson, Commander of the 16th Infantry Group. Bennett is especially proud of the portrait he did of... Read full biography
Artist of portrait drawings in Dispatch, 1941. “Private Bennett of Headquarters Detachment, a former fashion illustrator for I. Magnin & Co., San Francisco, occupies his time sketching life-like portraits of the camp officers. To date he has finished portraits of many of the higher ranking officers, two of whom include Brigadier General Charles H. White, Camp Commander, and Colonel Charles L. Sampson, Commander of the 16th Infantry Group. Bennett is especially proud of the portrait he did of Corporal Herald W. Roberts, for whom the camp is named, because he used as a model a 27-year-old retouched photograph, yet the sketch is said to be a true likeness of the World War hero,” Dispatch, May 16, 1941, p. 6. Bennett, Howard (notices in... Read full biography
Artist of portrait drawings in Dispatch, 1941. “Private Bennett of Headquarters Detachment, a former fashion illustrator for I. Magnin & Co., San Francisco, occupies his time sketching life-like portraits of the camp officers. To date he has finished portraits of many of the higher ranking officers, two of whom include Brigadier General Charles H. White, Camp Commander, and Colonel Charles L. Sampson, Commander of the 16th Infantry Group. Bennett is especially proud of the portrait he did of Corporal Herald W. Roberts, for whom the camp is named, because he used as a model a 27-year-old retouched photograph, yet the sketch is said to be a true likeness of the World War hero,” Dispatch, May 16, 1941, p. 6. Bennett, Howard (notices in Dispatch) Repro: drawing of San Miguel Mission, Dispatch, May 30, 1941, p. 8; repro. “Lt. Col. Oliver F. Marston,” Dispatch, June 20, 1941, p. 2; repro:... Read full biography
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Artist of portrait drawings in Dispatch, 1941. “Private Bennett of Headquarters Detachment, a former fashion illustrator for I. Magnin & Co., San Francisco, occupies his time sketching life-like portraits of the camp officers. To date he has finished portraits of many of the higher ranking officers, two of whom include Brigadier General Charles H. White, Camp Commander, and Colonel Charles L. Sampson, Commander of the 16th Infantry Group. Bennett is especially proud of the portrait he did of Corporal Herald W. Roberts, for whom the camp is named, because he used as a model a 27-year-old retouched photograph, yet the sketch is said to be a true likeness of the World War hero,” Dispatch, May 16, 1941, p. 6. Bennett, Howard (notices in Dispatch) Repro: drawing of San Miguel Mission, Dispatch, May 30, 1941, p. 8; repro. “Lt. Col. Oliver F. Marston,” Dispatch, June 20, 1941, p. 2; repro: “Lt. Col. F. B. Inglis,” Dispatch, June 27, 1941, p. 2; repro: “Maj. P. D. Ginder,” Dispatch, July 11, 1941, p. 2; repro: “Chaplain John T. Kilcoyne,” Dispatch, July 25, 1941, p. 3; repro: “Lt. Col. Leroy P. Hartley,” Dental Surgeon, Station Hospital, Dispatch, Aug. 29, 1941, p. 7; repro: “Hand Grenade Drill,” Dispatch, Sept. 12, 1941, p. 3; repro: “Colonel Rudolph Bloom,” Dispatch, Sept. 19, 1941, p. 3; repro: “J. H. Whiting, Red Cross Director,” Dispatch, Sept. 26, 1941, p. 5; repro: “Captain Samuel A. Weis, Head of Neuro-psychiatry Ward,” Dispatch, Oct. 17, 1941, p. 3.