biography of Adelaide Althin TOOMBS (1915)

Birth place: Boston, MA

Addresses: Boston, MA; Roxbury, MA

Profession: Ceramic sculptor, craftsperson, lecturer, teacher

Studied: Mass. Sch. A.; MIT (B.S. in Edu.), and with Cyrus Dallin, Raymond Porter.

Exhibited: Mass. Sch. A., 1936 (med); PAFA Ann., 1941; NAD, 1942; CGA, 1942; Copley Soc., Boston., 1941; Boston A. Cl., 1942; Soc. Min. S., P. & Gravers, Wash. DC; Boston A. Festival; Doll and Richards, Boston, 1949 (solo); Veerhof Gal., Wash. DC, 1952 (solo); Artisans Shop, Balt., 1952 (solo).

Member: Boston Soc. A. & Crafts.

Work: portraits in porcelain, Boston, NYC, Baltimore,Wash., DC, and Wilmington.

Sources: WW53; WW47; Falk, Exh. Record Series.