J.B. Shinn was born in Indiana in 1887. Shinn was living in Los Angeles in 1910. While a resident of San Francisco circa 1915, he was employed by Schmidt Lithograph Company.
Source: Edan Hughes, author of the book
"Artists in California, 1786-1940"Census
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