This post is from 2013. At that time I spoke to a woman from the San Dieguinto Photo League in California. But she had no record of this photo, however, we could verify George Hukar’s roll in the League.
Today (4/29/16) we got a comment from someone who recognizes our George Hukar as the artist who did the Christmas photo card.
Now reposted on September 15, 2018. It’s not every day I get to write about photography, solve a photo mystery, and post a nude on Blogfinger. We have had some renewed interest in this post today, so here it is. –Paul
I found this “Season’s Greetings” photo card at a flea market/art show. I was intrigued by it. Clearly the work was by a serious artist. The name George Hukar sounded familiar, and a Google search revealed that he was a photographer and painter from California.
George (c. 1895-1975) was a founding member of the San Dieguito Art Guild. He taught painting and photography and he published an article about dark room work in the 1940 Christmas edition of Popular Photography . (Note the cover below.) It is a bit of a “leap of faith” to believe that the George Hukar from the San Diego area is the one who made my 1931 holiday card, but I am going to assume that it is so.
This is not an ordinary “Season’s Greetings” card. It actually is a limited-edition hand-made silver-gelatin photograph which was sent as a card in 1931. I…
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Gorgeous photograph and certainly unusual for its time.
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Paul: Your words have always been engaging. Never more so then your description: “This is not an ordinary “Seasons Greeting” card. Definitely would not appear on the CMA website.
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Saucy, and beautiful. I asked my mother once if there was a Santa Clause, and she laughed, and said “no.” Not to be be too far out there, but I think she had a visit with Santa, and God willing, George did too.
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