Edward McKnight Kauffer
Edward Mcnight Kauffer was born in Great Falls, Cascade County, Montana on December 14, 1890. He grew up in the small town of Evansville on the Ohio River in Indiana, where the Kauffer grandparents had settled. After the divorce of their parents, he spent two years in an orphanage. By the age of four or five he had begun to draw. His mother remarried in 1899. Kauffer left school at the age of 12 or 13 to be helper to the scene painter in the City Directory. In the Elder Bookshop and Art Rooms in San Francisco Kauffer acquired not only a speaking voice of marked attractiveness and distinction, but also a life-long passion for books. He continued his studies as a painter by receiving his first formal training... more.
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![A single-folded, offset lithograph on paper brochure with technical details for the Orient Line's R.M.S. Orcades. On the front cover in the center is a white set triangle tool which rests on diagonally angled blue paper that curls up slightly on our right side and extends out to our left side. On the blue paper and overlapping the white set triangle the word [ORCADES] is printed in white capitalised letters with a white star sign before the O and after the S. Overlapping the bottom edge of the paper in grey capitalised letters is printed [DESCRIPTION AND TECHNICAL], with the word [DETAILS]. also in grey capitalised letters, rotated ninety degrees clockwise so it appears vertically. Beneath [DESCRIPTION AND TECHNICAL] the words [ORIENT LINE] are printed in blue capitalised letters.](https://images.collection.cooperhewitt.org/343734_03a11dc0a8fc1660_n.jpg "Brochure, Orcades, Description and Technical Details")
