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ADOLF LARSON (1878-1967)Here's another entry from the online draft of John Lupia's book of numismatic biographies. Thanks! This is an excerpt with the full article and bibliography available online. This week's subject is collector Adolf Larson, Jr. of Los Angeles, California. -Editor Adolf Larson (1878-1967), was born on September 5, 1878 at Christiania, Norway, son of Adolf Larson (1851-), a carpenter, and Marie Albeck Larson (1844-). He came as a child with his family to Chicago, Illinois, in 1881. He married a Swedish immigrant Jennie at Chicago and they had a daughter Leigh Maria, who became a university professor. Pacific Coast Numismatic Society correspondence to Adolf Larson, Jr., postmarked March 21, 1921, San Francisco, California, postal stationery. In the U. S. Census of 1930 he owned an artificial flower shop and his two younger sisters Dagmar (1881-), and Mable (1883-) lived with him and his wife and daughter. In the U. S. Census of 1940 he still owned his artificial flower shop. According to The Numismatist, March 1940, he was reported to be the newly elected president of the California Coin Club at Los Angeles. The Santa Ana Register, Tuesday, February 20, 1940, page 5, reported him coming as a guest speaker to the Orange County Coin Club meeting in February. The Numismatist, May 1940, reported that he was awarded honorary membership in the Orange County Coin Club. He was a member of the Los Angeles Coin Club. He died on March 9, 1967, and is buried in the Angeles Rosedale Cemetery, Los Angeles, California.
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