L.M.H.
dates
Illustrations by an artist identified only by the initials L.M.H. were published
in School Days magazine beginning in 1922. Most of the illustrations
accompanied articles, but at least three images were used as the front cover image
in 1927 and 1929. Most of the illustrations are signed with initials, and most are dated '22,
(1922), even the later front cover images. It is possible that the 3 images shown below were
also previously published as cover images in 1922 or 1923.
November 1927, March 1929, June 1929 cover images for School Days magazine (click to enlarge)
The Editor has gone through the BC Artists index for H, as well as the 1922 Vancouver City Directory,
looking for people with last names starting with H and initials L.M. One likely person is Miss Lucy M.
Hudson, an elementary school teacher at Seymour School in 1922, where R.S.
Sherman was Principal. She was living at 2737 Kitchener, the residence of John. C. Hudson, and
received her Vancouver School Board Second Class teaching certificate in 1920.
A Miss Hudson exhibited one artwork with the Vancouver
Sketch Club in 1923.
March 1929 illustration for School Days magazine
An advertisement in School Days (per below) noted that L.M.H. was going to start an art class.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
References
Vancouver School Board Trustees Annual Report - 1922
Clippings
"INVESTIGATE - IF YOU CAN SKETCH WELL enough to amuse friends and wish to earn real money.
No cost, no risk. P.O. Box 52, Postal Station "C," Vancouver."
Vancouver Province, October 24 1922 page 15
"The artist for "School Days" will undertake to coach a small class of boys and girls
by a course of preliminary instruction for qualification membership into a school for
Industrial Art in all its many branches, viz., illustration, designing, draughtsmanship,
etc. This form of occupation provides for the future unlimited scope and opportunity.
Further particulars will be provided parents and guardians on application to L.M.H.,
Post Office Box 52, Postal Station "C," Vancouver, B.C.
Such a class would be limited to not more than twelve or fifteen pupils for the present,
and attendance is optional for late afternoon or early evening classes."
School Days magazine, c1923-24
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