Hilda Rosalind Dawson-Watson was the daughter of Dawson Dawson-Watson and Mary Hoyt Sellar Dawson-Watson.

She was born on February 3, 1895 in Hartford, Connecticut and died on September 29, 1948 in San Antonio, Texas.

Studio portrait photograph by Takuma Kajiwara.

Hilda and friends believed to be in Quebec.
(Dawson Dawson-Watson family archives)

Hilda as a young girl reading. Believed to be in Quebec.
(Dawson Dawson-Watson family archives)

Hilda was a silhouette artist and costume/hat designer.

Hilda with her silhouettes in Bearskin Neck, Rockport, Massachusetts.
(Dawson Dawson-Watson family archives)

Bucking Horse silhouette by Hilda
(Dawson Dawson-Watson family archives)

Hilda
Studio portrait photograph by Takuma Kajiwara.
(Dawson Dawson-Watson family archives)

As a designer and dancer, she participated and assisted in Dawson-Watson’s pageants and theatrical productions.

Hilda (on the right) and friend in circa 1920s dance costumes.
(Image from an unknown newspaper clipping)