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Mr. & Mrs. Wm. J. Florence

Description
Image of head-and-shoulders portraits of American actors William Florence (also known as Billy Florence), wearing a horseshoe tie pin, and his wife, Mrs. William J. Florence (Malvina Pray Florence), in oval frames surrounded by a floral border with cherubs, comedy-tragedy masks, musical instruments including a harp, a book with quill and ink well, binoculars, and a theater program.
Type
Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date
approximately 187-?
Call number
priJLC_ENT_000455
Creator
Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance
Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005.
Restrictions
Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
Associated people
Arnold, Vic. (approximately 1837-1914.)
Baker, Joseph E., (approximately 1820-)
Bencke, Herman. (1868-1903.)
Blue, Ed. (1853-1925.)
Bonar, Thomas. (1843-1895.)
Briggs, A. (-1926.)
Cadwell, William H. (1812-1895.)
Dreser, William, (1824-)
Dunshee, E. S. (active 1870-1880.)
Durkin, J. (1839-1890.)
Etherington, C. (1832-1910.)
Falk, B. J. (1848-1939.)
Frizzell, S. S. (1821-1896.)
Goodman, Arthur Jule, (1834-1904.)
Gurney, Jeremiah, (1836-1918.)
Haehnlen, Jacob, (1850-1901.)
Hallworth, Joseph B.
Hart, Chas.
Hyde, James G.
Lord, F.
Maerz, Alois J.
Magee, John L.
Morgan, Matthew Somerville,
Parsloe, Edmond.
Peel, J. W.
Rimanoczy, A.,
Rothengatter, Emil,
Sarony, Napoleon,
Thomas, Henry Atwell,
Willard, Archibald M.,
Windisch, A.
De La Harpe, Joseph,
Associated organizations
A. Hoen & Co.
A.S. Seer's Printing Establishment (New York, N.Y.)
Ackermann-Quigley Litho. Co.
Alfred Mudge and Son.
American Lithographic Co.
American Oleograph Co.
American Show Print (Firm)
Armstrong & Co. (Boston, Mass.)
Boston Job Print.
Burk & McFetridge.
Calhoun Printing Company.
Calvert Lithographing Co. (Detroit, Mich.)
Central Lith. & Eng. Co.
Chicago Bank Note Company.
Chicago Lithographing Co.
Clear & Co.
Courier Company.
Currier & Ives.
David Allen & Sons.
Donaldson Litho. Co.
Enquirer Job Printing Co.
Enquirer Litho Co.
Enterprise Litho Co.
Erie Litho. & Ptg. Co.
Forbes Lithograph Manufacturing Company.
Francis & Valentine.
Goes Lithographic Co.
Graphic Company.
Great Western Pr. Eng. & Lith. Co.
Greve Show Print Co.
H. A. Thomas & Co.
H. A. Thomas & Sterling.
H.A. Thomas & Wylie.
H.C. Miner Litho. Co.
Hatch Lith. Co.
Henry Seibert & Bros.
J. Ottmann Lithographic Company.
J.M.W. Jones Stationery & Printing Co.
Kurz & Allison.
Ledger Job Printing Office (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Liebler & Maass.
MacBrair Lith. Co.
Maerz Lith. Co.
Metropolitan Job Printing and Engraving Establishment.
Metropolitan Print.
N. Currier (Firm)
National Printing & Engraving Company (U.S.)
New England Lithographic Co.
New York Popular Publishing Co.
Otis Lithograph Co.
Mesier's Lith.
Phoenix Litho. Co.
Quigley Litho. Co.
R. H. Eichner & Co. Lith.
Riverside Press (Cambridge, Mass.)
Riverside Printing Company.
Russell-Morgan Print.
Schmidt Label & Litho. Co.
Shearman & Hart.
Shober & Carqueville.
Springer Litho. Co.
Stafford & Co.
Standard Embossing Co.
Strobridge & Co. Lith.
Strobridge Lithographing Company.
T. Fitzwilliams and Co.
T. Sinclair & Son.
T. Sinclair's Lith.
U.S. Printing Co.
Thomas, Sterling & Wylie.
Una & Sturn.
W.J. Morgan & Co.
Walker Lith. Pub. Co.
Walle & Co.
Wm. Bengough & Co.
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