Long recognized as the woman who spurred the development of art in
Erie, Lovisa O. Card Catlin was an artist, educator and eventually
cultural ambassador of the city in her time.
She was born in Gainesville, New York, August 5, 1846, a daughter of
William Merritt and Eliza Wheeler Card. William Card owned a
grocery and notions store in the Wyoming County village, east of
Buffalo. Lovisa left home at age 16, but details of her early
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