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On January 1, 1903, Nina married Ralph Lunn, a shoe salesman for the Auburn-Lynn Shoe Manufacturing Company. Following their honeymoon, the the couple moved to [[Auburn, Maine]], where the company headquarters were located.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Anonymous |date=January 3, 1903 |title=The Lumbard-Lunn Nuptials |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/500530860/?fcfToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJmcmVlLXZpZXctaWQiOjUwMDUzMDg2MCwiaWF0IjoxNzA5NDkyMjgzLCJleHAiOjE3MDk1Nzg2ODN9.hJvSMoSrMYCX8lodAtnNfoOYAvdl7u8_lJNR23jFGvQ |work=Fremont Tribune |location=Fremont, Nebraska |pages=5}}</ref> Nina and Ralph had two children, Nina Katherine in 1903, and Richard Dwight in 1914.<ref name=":0" /> At the age of 36, Ralph passed away on March 24, 1916.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Anonymous |date=March 25, 1916 |title=Death of R.M. Lunn Shock to Community |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/828543175/?match=1 |work=Lewiston Evening Journal |location=Lewiston, Maine |pages=24}}</ref> Tragedy soon struck again when in August of 1917, when Nina's father died while in her care.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Anonymous |date=August 13, 1917 |title=Dwight A. Lumbard: Retired Banker Dies at Home of Daughter in Auburn |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/828394688/ |work=The Lewiston Daily Sun |location=Lewiston, Maine |pages=1}}</ref> |
On January 1, 1903, Nina married Ralph Lunn, a shoe salesman for the Auburn-Lynn Shoe Manufacturing Company. Following their honeymoon, the the couple moved to [[Auburn, Maine]], where the company headquarters were located.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Anonymous |date=January 3, 1903 |title=The Lumbard-Lunn Nuptials |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/500530860/?fcfToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJmcmVlLXZpZXctaWQiOjUwMDUzMDg2MCwiaWF0IjoxNzA5NDkyMjgzLCJleHAiOjE3MDk1Nzg2ODN9.hJvSMoSrMYCX8lodAtnNfoOYAvdl7u8_lJNR23jFGvQ |work=Fremont Tribune |location=Fremont, Nebraska |pages=5}}</ref> Nina and Ralph had two children, Nina Katherine in 1903, and Richard Dwight in 1914.<ref name=":0" /> At the age of 36, Ralph passed away on March 24, 1916.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Anonymous |date=March 25, 1916 |title=Death of R.M. Lunn Shock to Community |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/828543175/?match=1 |work=Lewiston Evening Journal |location=Lewiston, Maine |pages=24}}</ref> Tragedy soon struck again when in August of 1917, when Nina's father died while in her care.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Anonymous |date=August 13, 1917 |title=Dwight A. Lumbard: Retired Banker Dies at Home of Daughter in Auburn |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/828394688/ |work=The Lewiston Daily Sun |location=Lewiston, Maine |pages=1}}</ref> |
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Shortly after her father's death, on November 1,1917, Nina married [[Wallace H. White]], the Republican congressman for the second district of Maine.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Anonymous |date=November 2, 1917 |title=Our Congressman Weds Auburn Lady in Simple Manner |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/992735604 |work=The Bath Daily Times |location=Bath, Maine |pages=5}}</ref> Nina took on the duties of a |
Shortly after her father's death, on November 1,1917, Nina married [[Wallace H. White]], the incoming Republican congressman for the second district of Maine.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Anonymous |date=November 2, 1917 |title=Our Congressman Weds Auburn Lady in Simple Manner |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/992735604 |work=The Bath Daily Times |location=Bath, Maine |pages=5}}</ref> Throughout his three-decade-long career, Nina took on the duties of a political wife and was affectionally referred to as "Madame Senator."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Stephenson |first=Malvina |date=March 13, 1947 |title=American Women Are Getting Better Looking All the TIme |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/573442558/?fcfToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJmcmVlLXZpZXctaWQiOjU3MzQ0MjU1OCwiaWF0IjoxNzEzODEwOTA3LCJleHAiOjE3MTM4OTczMDd9.hgejQdqp39kNOjJU8iyfA7JSMYnrqCsAmuQTvMpTpPw |work=St. Louis Globe-Democrat |location=St. Louis, Missouri |pages=21}}</ref> After Wallace retired in 1949 and his health began to deteriorate, Nina took care of him until he passed away on March 31, 1952.<ref>{{Cite web |title=U.S. Senate: Senate Leaders |url=https://www.senate.gov/about/origins-foundations/parties-leadership/white-h-wallace.htm |access-date=2024-03-20 |website=www.senate.gov}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Dexter |first=Daniel S. |date=March 31, 1952 |title=Former Sen. White Dies Early Today In Auburn Home |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/829311956 |work=Lewiston Evening Journal |location=Lewiston, Maine |pages=1-2}}</ref> |
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== Death == |
== Death == |
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Nina died at age 97 in [[Scottsdale, Arizona]], where she was residing at the time.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Anonymous |date=December 7, 1972 |year=1972 |title=Mrs. Nina L. White: Widow of Former Congressman White Dies at Age 97 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/830215799 |work=Lewiston Evening Journal |location=Lewiston, Maine |pages=2}}</ref> She was laid to rest in Mount Auburn Cemetery in Auburn, Maine, where both of her husbands are buried. Her epitaph reads, "I saw beauty everywhere."<ref name=":0" /> |
On Nina died at age 97 in [[Scottsdale, Arizona]], where she was residing at the time.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Anonymous |date=December 7, 1972 |year=1972 |title=Mrs. Nina L. White: Widow of Former Congressman White Dies at Age 97 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/830215799 |work=Lewiston Evening Journal |location=Lewiston, Maine |pages=2}}</ref> She was laid to rest in Mount Auburn Cemetery in Auburn, Maine, where both of her husbands are buried. Her epitaph reads, "I saw beauty everywhere."<ref name=":0" /> |
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Nina Lumbard
Nina Lumbard | |
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Born | August 14, 1876 |
Died | December 4, 1972 |
Resting place | Mount Auburn Cemetery in Auburn Maine |
Nationality | American |
Known for | China painting |
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Nina Evangeline Lumbard (August 14, 1876 – December 4,1972) was an American ceramic painter, illustrator, and teacher who worked in Fremont and Omaha, Nebraska during the late nineteenth century.[1][2] During her brief career, she exhibited at the Chicago World's Fair and Trans-Mississippi Exposition, taught at the Omaha Art Institute, and illustrated a multitude of local publications.
Early Life
Nina was born on August 14, 1876 in Fremont, Nebraska, the only daughter to Dwight and Mary Lumbard, a banker and housewife. Nina had three brothers, the youngest of whom was shot and killed by a friend while hunting ducks.[3]
The Lumbard family were active in the Fremont community and practicing members of the local Methodist church. Nina's mother in particular was very involved with a number of Fremont's women's clubs in addition to practicing painting and needlework.[4] Like her mother, Nina was also a member of a myriad of clubs and participated in local fairs, winning awards for her fruit preserves, pickles, and paintings in ceramic, oil, and watercolor.[5][6]
Artistic Career
In 1893, at sixteen years of age, Nina exhibited four painted ceramics at at the Chicago World's Fair. Two of her porcelain paintings, one of Psyche and the other of the Madonna and Child, were displayed on the wall of the ladies' parlor in the Nebraska building, a room decorated by women artists from the state.[7] With the Nebraska Ceramic Club, she displayed two additional ceramic works in the Woman's Building as part of an exhibition of various organizations headed by women in the United States.[8][2]
Over the next couple of years, Nina began to exhibit regularly with the Nebraska Ceramic Club. Following this showing, Nina began to exhibit with the Nebraka Ceramic Club in Omaha and at various other places. Her work also began to be sold at local milliners' shops. She also began giving private instruction. During the winters, she regularly traveled to Buffalo, New York, where she undertook art and design lessons. She also occasionally travelling to New York and Chicago.
took classes with William Merritt Chase and traveled to Europe to study art. She was engaged in many of the local clubs and entering her drawings and ceramics in local fairs.
Throughout the latter part of the 1890s, Nina spent her winters in Buffalo and New York taking art and design classes. It has been reported that at one point during these sojourns, she took lessons from William Merritt Chase, likely at his school.
In 1899, Nina opened a studio in the new Omaha Art Institute, which was housed within A. Hospe's music and art store.[9] Studio in Omaha. Keramic magazine. The one illustration.. It appears as though her professional career as an artist. In between her time of the studio and the other one in the first, she spent time traveling around Europe and learning artistic techniques abroad, which she implemented into her works when she returned home.
seemed to give lots of talks, Woman's Club in 1902.
Personal Life
On January 1, 1903, Nina married Ralph Lunn, a shoe salesman for the Auburn-Lynn Shoe Manufacturing Company. Following their honeymoon, the the couple moved to Auburn, Maine, where the company headquarters were located.[10] Nina and Ralph had two children, Nina Katherine in 1903, and Richard Dwight in 1914.[1] At the age of 36, Ralph passed away on March 24, 1916.[11] Tragedy soon struck again when in August of 1917, when Nina's father died while in her care.[12]
Shortly after her father's death, on November 1,1917, Nina married Wallace H. White, the incoming Republican congressman for the second district of Maine.[13] Throughout his three-decade-long career, Nina took on the duties of a political wife and was affectionally referred to as "Madame Senator."[14] After Wallace retired in 1949 and his health began to deteriorate, Nina took care of him until he passed away on March 31, 1952.[15][16]
Death
On Nina died at age 97 in Scottsdale, Arizona, where she was residing at the time.[17] She was laid to rest in Mount Auburn Cemetery in Auburn, Maine, where both of her husbands are buried. Her epitaph reads, "I saw beauty everywhere."[1]
References
- ^ a b c "Nina Evangeline Lumbard White (1876-1972) - Find..." www.findagrave.com. Retrieved 2024-03-18.
- ^ a b Anonymous (April 15, 1893). "A Fremont Artist". Fremont Tri-Weekly Tribune. Fremont, Nebraska. p. 3.
- ^ Anonymous (November 5, 1908). "Accidentally Killed by Companion with Shotgun: Edgar Lumbard Comes to Sad End from Weapon in Hands of Chum and Play Mate". Fremont Daily Herald. Fremont, Nebraska. pp. 1, 5.
- ^ Anonymous (May 13, 1942). "Mrs. Mary G. Lumbard: Mother of Shoe Mfgr. And of Mrs. Wallace White Dies". Sun-Journal. Lewiston, Maine. p. 9.
- ^ Anonymous (October 7, 1890). "Prize Winners: List of Premiums Awarded at the Late Fair". Fremont Tribune. Fremont, Nebraska. p. 3.
- ^ Anonymous (October 1, 1892). "Fair Premiums". Fremont Tri-Weekly Tribune. Fremont, Nebraska. p. 4.
- ^ Anonymous (July 1, 1893). "Nebraska Art at the Fair". Sioux City Journal. Sioux City, Iowa. p. 2.
- ^ Anonymous (April 16, 1893). "Worked by Women: Products of Feminine Hands Sent to the Fair". Chicago Daily Tribune. Chicago, Illinois. p. 25.
- ^ Humanities, National Endowment for the (1899-04-30). "Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, April 30, 1899, Editorial, Image 24". p. 24. ISSN 2169-7264. Retrieved 2024-04-08.
- ^ Anonymous (January 3, 1903). "The Lumbard-Lunn Nuptials". Fremont Tribune. Fremont, Nebraska. p. 5.
- ^ Anonymous (March 25, 1916). "Death of R.M. Lunn Shock to Community". Lewiston Evening Journal. Lewiston, Maine. p. 24.
- ^ Anonymous (August 13, 1917). "Dwight A. Lumbard: Retired Banker Dies at Home of Daughter in Auburn". The Lewiston Daily Sun. Lewiston, Maine. p. 1.
- ^ Anonymous (November 2, 1917). "Our Congressman Weds Auburn Lady in Simple Manner". The Bath Daily Times. Bath, Maine. p. 5.
- ^ Stephenson, Malvina (March 13, 1947). "American Women Are Getting Better Looking All the TIme". St. Louis Globe-Democrat. St. Louis, Missouri. p. 21.
- ^ "U.S. Senate: Senate Leaders". www.senate.gov. Retrieved 2024-03-20.
- ^ Dexter, Daniel S. (March 31, 1952). "Former Sen. White Dies Early Today In Auburn Home". Lewiston Evening Journal. Lewiston, Maine. pp. 1–2.
- ^ Anonymous (December 7, 1972). "Mrs. Nina L. White: Widow of Former Congressman White Dies at Age 97". Lewiston Evening Journal. Lewiston, Maine. p. 2.
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