Biography

Almquist was born in Plum City, Wisconsin

Plum City, Wisconsin

Plum City is a village in Pierce County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 574 at the 2000 census.-Education:Plum City, as of 2009, has an Elementary School, Middle School, and High School...

. He began his nearly 40 years career in Minneapolis.
He hand-painted billboard signs throughout Minnesota

Minnesota

Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...

 and North Dakota

North Dakota

North Dakota is a state located in the Midwestern region of the United States of America, along the Canadian border. The state is bordered by Canada to the north, Minnesota to the east, South Dakota to the south and Montana to the west. North Dakota is the 19th-largest state by area in the U.S....

. He also did gold leaf lettering and screen-printing

Screen-printing

Screen printing is a printing technique that uses a woven mesh to support an ink-blocking stencil. The attached stencil forms open areas of mesh that transfer ink or other printable materials which can be pressed through the mesh as a sharp-edged image onto a substrate...

. He was a skilled glass-blower and created many neon sign

Neon sign

Neon signs are made using electrified, luminous tube lights that contain rarefied neon or other gases. They are the most common use for neon lighting, which was first demonstrated in a modern form in December, 1910 by Georges Claude at the Paris Motor Show. While they are used worldwide, neon signs...

s in the 1940s and 1950s.

Almquist designed the seal for the city of Dickinson, North Dakota

Dickinson, North Dakota

As of the census of 2000, there were 16,010 people, 6,517 households, and 4,020 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,690.7 inhabitants per square mile . There were 7,033 housing units at an average density of 742.7 per square mile...

 which was used during the 75th anniversary celebration. He died in Golden Valley County, North Dakota

Golden Valley County, North Dakota

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 1,924 people, 761 households, and 506 families residing in the county. The population density was 1.92 people per square mile . There were 973 housing units at an average density of 0.97 per square mile...

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