Hanna Lore Hombordy Papers
name: label: Donor
content: Hombordy, Hanna Lore
label: Names
content: A.W. Lewin (Firm)
label: Names
content: Colonial House Candies
label: Names
content: Cooper-Hewitt Design Archive
label: Names
content: General Electric Company
label: Names
content: Houbigant, Inc.
label: Names
content: Kohn Bros.
label: Names
content: L.S. Brach Manufacturing Corporation
label: Names
content: Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)
label: Names
content: Pratt Institute. Department of Graphic Arts
label: Names
content: Berkowitz, Irving
label: Names
content: Schaus, Christian Frederick, 1959-
label: Names
content: Young, Bill
topic: label: Occupation
content: Graphic designers -- United States
label: Occupation
content: Packaging designers -- United States
label: Topic
content: Commercial art -- Sources -- History -- 20th century -- United States
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Collection donated by Hanna Lore Hombordy in 1993.
creator: label: Donor
content: Hombordy, Hanna Lore
setName: label: See more items in
content: Hanna Lore Hombordy Papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: 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.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Artist Hanna Lore Galle Hombordy was born on March 13, 1927, in Rahway, New Jersey to German immigrants Fritz Galle and Helen Galle.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.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.5 Cubic feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1940-1955, undated
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Collection transferred to the Archives Center in 2012.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1273
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Advertisements
label: Type
content: Clippings
label: Type
content: Drawings
label: Type
content: Photographs
label: Type
content: Trade catalogs
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Materials are arranged in one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by Vanessa Broussard Simmons, archivist, 2024; and Meredith Clowse, intern, 2024.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Advertisements
label: Genre/Form
content: Clippings
label: Genre/Form
content: Drawings
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs -- 20th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Trade catalogs
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: 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.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Archival Materials
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History


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