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| Walter Wolcott Austin was born in Wisconsin on Sept. 22, 1880. Austin settled in San Diego 1912 and was elected mayor in 1931. In his leisure he painted landscapes of the surrounding area. He died there on July 12, 1951.
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Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
Death Record; Census; San Diego Union, 3-24-1934 & 7-13-1951 (obit).
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