Porter Garnett (1871–1951)

Porter Garnett was a native of San Francisco. As a young man, Garnett established himself as a calligrapher and woodcarver and produced plays for the Bohemian Club. He was associated with Gelett Burgess, Bruce Porter, and those affiliated with Burgess' The Lark. In 1922 Garnett founded the Laboratory Press at Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh and was its director until it closed and he retired in 1935. His associates included Jack London, Dorothea Lange, and Maynard Dixon, among many others.