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Dorothy Liebes, weaving at a loom in her studio. Photo: Charles E. Steinheimer, LIFE Magazine.
Dorothy Liebes, weaving at a loom in her studio. Photo: Charles E. Steinheimer, LIFE Magazine.
Dorothy Liebes in her studio.
Master weaver Dorothy Liebes at a loom in her studio. Photo: Charles E. Steinheimer, LIFE Magazine (1947).
Dorothy Liebes with some of her textiles. Photo: Charles E. Steinheimer, LIFE Magazine (1947).
Ingersoll Candy Company and Restaurant (“Where Poinsettia Chocolates are Made”), 1015 5th Street, San Diego, California (circa 1928), where Dorr Bothwell worked as a waitress after her father’s death.
Dorr Bothwell by Ruth Cravath (1923). Bothwell and Cravath became fast friends while attending the California School of Fine Arts in San Francisco. They were the same age, and remained close friends for the rest of their lives.
American Samoa
Getting ready to paint a siapo mamanu – Leone Tutuila by Dorr Bothwell (Samoa 1929). Drawing. Collection of the Bishop Museum.
Siapo Mamanu by Dorr Bothwell (Samoa 1929). One of a series of seventeen measured siapo mamanu drawings Bothwell made for a report Bothwell submitted to the Bishop Museum. Archives of American Art. Collection of the Bishop Museum.
Sedna, Mother of the Sea by Dorr Bothwell (1948). Inuit. Gouache (5.5″ x 4″). Private collection.