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First Name
Last Name
Morton Buchwalter TOBIAS

Morton Buchwalter TOBIAS[1]

Male 1906 - 1999  (93 years)

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  • Name Morton Buchwalter TOBIAS 
    Born 4 Aug 1906  Far Rockaway, Queens, New York, New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Education Collorossi School of Art in Paris 
    Education Stuyvesant High School. Received a scholarship to Parson's School of Fine and Applied Arts (he attended in 1924). For the next 3 years he attended night classes at the Industrial Art School of New York, as well as 'The League' and 'The Academy'. 
    Occupation Artist for Batten, Barton, Durstin, & Osborn, NYC in 1925, Art Director for Harry Latz Advertising, Art Director at Newsweek Magazine 
    Religion Jewish 
    Died 12 Dec 1999  Richboro, Bucks, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Holicong, Bucks, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I30099  Main
    Last Modified 18 Oct 2023 

    Family Hazel Carlotta FREDERICKS,   b. 2 Jul 1908, Yonkers, Westchester, New York Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Sep 1954, Lower Merion, Montgomery, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 46 years) 
    Last Modified 23 Oct 2023 
    Family ID F10269  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • In 1933, during the Depression, Tobi worked for an agency. Freddie was the boss's secretary. He wanted her to go to Canada for the summer, but her mother wouldn’t let her. They honeymooned in the Gas Bay Peninsula. They stopped at Sandy Cove and then crossed the St. Lawrence. They stayed with a sea captain's wife.
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      It was the hottest day of the summer.
      Buckingham Friends cemetery, next to his wife.
      The name Morton was picked by the doctor. His family sometimes called him Morty, but he hated it. He broke his elbow while roller skating at age 10. At 14 he worked at the Snow and Snow Brokerage House. He made $8 per week. During the summer of 1929, he traveled to France where he studied at Collorossi School of Art in Paris. His work included illustrated covers for 'Mode', 'Smart Age', 'Review of Reviews', as well as work for 'Harper's Bazaar' and 'The NY Times'. In 1944, due to ill health, he retired from his commercial art career. He and Freddie moved to Lumberville, PA. They opened an antique shop, 'The House of Tobys'. His works have been exhibited in galleries in NYC, New Jersey, PA, Mexico, and Canada.

  • Sources 
    1. [S44] Orcutt_001 gedcom file, Robert Waddell.


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Updated 23 Dec 2023