Martha Armstrong Hand

Click on a picture for a larger version

Martha and her parents 10 years old
Martha bottom row left, 16 years old, from 'Aimee & Jaguar' ca 1940 March 1947
Martha and Sam in Dolldorf, 1945 Wedding, 1948 Wedding party
ca 1948 (ns) Passport photo 1949 Jessie, 1949 Grandmother Nita with Jessie, 1949
Dreaming of the USA, 1948
With Hilde (her stepmother), Jessie, and Ruth, 1950 Jessie with pigs, 1950 Daddy, Jessie, Ruth, Chatsworth ca 1953
The chicken farm, ca 1952 The chicken farm, ca 1952
Captain Nemo, special effect figure for a movie, 1954
Martha as teacher of Jessie's kindergarten class, 1954 Jessie, Ruth, Susan, ca 1954 Sandbox picnic, Alice on the way, 1955
Viewmaster, with Blanding, 1955 Viewmaster, 1955 Viewmaster, 1955 Viewmaster, 1955
Family
4 Dolls 4 Dolls to Germany, ca 1957 Haloween, 1957 Happy girls
Visiting Sam's brother Harry and his wife Edith, England, 1957 Long Island, at the Welm's, 1957 Long Island, at the Welm's, 1957 Martha's daughters with her cousin Lena und her niece Erika, oct 1957
Germany, 1957, in Hilde's house in Dolldorf Austria, 'the sound of music', 1960
Bob Baker Bob Baker Marionettes, 1959 (from: Learning to be a doll artist) Making figures
Hilde + 4, US With Hilde and Jessie as girl scout
the sisters Germany, 1960 Munich, with Hilde, 1960
the 60s Jessie and Michael Susan's debutante ball, ca 1968 Susan's debutante ball, ca 1968
With Hilde + daughters Jessie is getting married, october 24, 1970 Very 60s
Wearing Jessie's hat from Hippy days, 1969
With Hilde, Redondo Beach, ca 1974 Ruth with Alex visiting in Cambria, 1976
With Alex, 1977 Michael with Alex, 1977 With Damian, 1979 With Damian, 1979
David & Martha, 1979 With mattel dolls, ca 1979 With Mattel Dolls, 1979 At work
With David, ca 1980 With David, ca 1980 With David, ca 1980
Xmas in Cambria, 1981 Xmas in Cambria, with Jessie and Alice, 1981 Xmas in Cambria, 1981
Living Dolls, by David Hand, 1983 Living Dolls The Cambrian, November 17, 1983
Playing with dolls, ca 1983 Playing with dolls, ca 1983 Playing with dolls, ca 1983
Alice's wedding, Berkeley, 1985 With David, at Alice's wedding, Berkeley, 1985 Long wedding party, Berkeley, 1985 With Alice, ca 1985
With Lena, ca 1985 With son-in-law Louis, Cambria, ca 1985
With Schlemermeyer family, Holte, Germany, 1987 Photokina, with Ryan and Susie, 1988 Photokina, with Jesselyn and Susie, 1988 Photokina, with Ryan, 1988
Coffee Rock Walk with Kathy, Cambria, 1989 (ns) Coffee Rock Walk with Kathy, Cambria, 1989 With Damian and Amber in Berkeley, ca 1990
ca 1990 Artist Group, ca 1990
ca 1990 Daughters The 7 dwarves, ca 1995 Posing, ca 1990
Engineering, from 'Dollmaking Artistry' 1992 Engineering, from 'Dollmaking Artistry' 1992
With 4 daughters, july 1994, recovering from heart surgery
With Lena, 1995 With Lena and Silke, 1995 In Berlin, with Silke and Bernd, ca 1995 In Berlin, with Silke, ca 1995
Highschool graduation of grandson Damian, Berkeley, 1997 With Alice in the Iron Man Cafe, Bisbee, AZ, 1995 With her grand-daughter Hannah, 6 weeks old, 1997
Xmas in Cave Creek with Michael and Jessie, 1997 Xmas in Cave Creek Xmas in Cave Creek
Wedding Susan and Louis, 1997 Wedding Susan and Louis, with Louis' mother Maria, France, 1997 Wedding Susan and Louis, with Louis' mother Maria, France, 1997 In 1997
Doll convention in Santa Fe, 1998 Doll convention in Santa Fe Doll convention in Santa Fe
Jessie's 50th, 1999 Jessie's 50th, 1999
Beginning of Hannah, January 2000 With Marilou, ca 2000
80th birthday, Cambria, July 4 2000 80th birthday, 4 daughters 80th birthday, 4 sons in law
80th birthday, with Erica, Franzi, Silke 80th birthday, with Paul Beaver 80th birthday, Erika and Franzi 80th birthday, with Damian and Jessie
80th birthday 80th birthday, with Marge 80th birthday, Erika, Franzi, Silke 80th birthday
With Damian and Susan, Cambria, summer 2003 With Hannah, Cambria, summer 2003 With Susan, Cambria, summer 2003 Breakfast in Cambria, summer 2003
With Aldo Favilli, Mattel dedication to the Handlers, 2003 With Hannah and 'Alice' doll, 2003
With Michael on the San Simeon Pier, May 2004 At the San Simeon pier, May 2004