Walt Lidstrom
(1920-1976)
Walter J. Lidstrom was born in Bend, Oregon in 1920, the son of Ragnhild and Carl A. Lidstrom, a laborer in a lumber yard. Walt was a rancher who became interested in minerals in 1939, collecting Oregon plume agates. By 1960 he had accumulated a substantial amount of slabbed agates and other lapidary materials, and attended his first mineral show as a dealer. As his business grew he shifted his emphasis to crystallized mineral specimens and became a self-taught expert. Walt was universally known and well liked for his honesty, knowledge, taste, and easy-going good humor. He died February 22, 1976 in Tucson a few days after the close of the annual Tucson Gem and Mineral Show.
Reference:
SORENSON, M.L. (1976) Walt Lidstrom. Mineralogical Record, 7, 105.
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Walt Lidstrom
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29 x 74 mm,
Label style first used, 1960's |
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29 x 74 mm,
Label style first used, 1960's |
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41 x 67 mm |
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43 x 61 mm |
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45 x 59 mm.
"Lidstrom Collections, Inc." label used after Walt's death, when the company was moved to Carmel, California |
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