Mexican American folk art

Scope and Contents The Spanish Language Art Postcard collection (1939-1940; undated) contains one box and 0.21 linear ft. of material belonging to A.M. Lawton, possibly named Alice May Lawton. The majority of the collection contains postcards in a notebook sent to A.M. Lawton, who lives in San Francisco, from a woman named Vada, who lived in Los Angeles. The postcards contain art from Vada, and her day-to-day life inspired the majority of her drawings. Vada drew in pencil and outlined with bright colored pens...