Fresno County, California Biographies

Source: History of Fresno County, California, with biographical sketches of 
the leading men and women of the county who have been identified with 
its growth and development from the early days to the present (1919)

History By Paul E. Vandor 
Illustrated, Complete In Two Volumes 
Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, California, 1919
 
Notes: Missing+page1185-1186

Transcribed by Peggy Hooper

This file is part of the California Genealogy & History Archives 
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AXEL H. RASMUSSEN. � As a high-class commercial artist and card 
writer, Axel H. Rasmussen is well known in Fresno. Thrift and foresight, 
no less than push and enterprise, are distinguishing traits in the character of 
this young business man of Danish birth. He was born at Aarhus, Den- 
mark, February 5, 1887, and was brought up and educated in the land of 
his nativity. He attended the Preparatory University School. In 1906, a 
young man nineteen years of age, he came to America imbued with youth's 
enthusiasm and hopeful of the bright prospects ever held forth by the New 
World to her citizens of foreign birth. He came directly to Fresno City, 
and after trying farming and other lines of work he directed his attention 
to the profession that appealed to his artistic inclinations � sign painting 
and illustrating. He was in the employ of Mr. Gus Olson, sign painter, 
for a time. 

Mr. Rasmussen is a natural artist. His first work was done as an 
illustrator in the advertising matter used when the Kearney Park Boulevard 
Tract was put on the market, and for one year he was illustrator for the 
Berg Advertising Agency of Fresno. At present he does all the work for 
four theaters in Fresno and two theaters in Oakland, the Franklin and the 
Kinema. The first man to do commercial art work in Fresno, he is also 
the leader in that line. He has made illustrations for the street car ad- 
vertising of the Fresno Brewing Company, and the San Joaquin Baking 
Company of Fresno. He generously devoted his work for the publicity of 
the Red Cross Drive, the Belgian Relief and United War Work, and also did 
the greater part of the illustrating for the newspaper advertising for the 
Liberty Loan drives in Fresno. Since 1914 he has been in business for 
himself, and has met the well-merited success that his enterprise and careful 
and artistic work deserve. 

In establishing domestic ties Mr. Rasmussen chose one of his country- 
women by birth, who in maidenhood was Miss Sesilie Nielsen. They re- 
side in their cozy, comfortable home at 1766 L Street, Fresno.