Preserving evidence alongside the art. Descriptions are distinguished from digitized primary sources; a description alone is not a verified scan.
Family notes describe oval studio labels at 10 So. 18th St., Philadelphia, on several works. The Golden Pear has an Everyman’s Gallery / Circulating Picture Club card; its handwriting needs checking. The 1954 Self Portrait has a Fellowship Annual Exhibition card. South Sydenham address readings vary; preserve exact transcriptions separately from interpretations.
The recovered website concept describes letters about Dixon’s employment and design work, signed by art director D. H. Nickerson. Letter scans are not yet included; dates, wording and attribution require checking against the originals.
Family research describes a House of John Dixon, Moylan, Pennsylvania, designed by George T. Pearson and published in American Architect and Building News on June 17, 1893. The family identifies the client as the artist’s father, John Joseph Dixon, but independent evidence of identity and occupancy is still needed. This was not the artist’s birthplace: he would have been about five years old in 1893.
Family correspondence and photographs may clarify titles, dates, sitters and provenance. Preserve source references and mark unresolved identifications explicitly. Digital scans can be added after privacy and permission review.