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Hammer, Frances, 1902-1989

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role Collector Artist
dates 1902-1989
city Los Angeles
stateCA
other citiesChicago, IL; Lake Forest, IL;
sex F
historical notes Painter, philanthropist and wife of industrialist Armand Hammer.

Born Frances Barnett, she met Armand Hammer in 1933, at a Russian auction, they married in 1956 after the death of her first husband, Dr. Elmer Tolman, and Armand's divorce from his second wife, in 1955.

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Hammer, Armand, 1898-1990