Studio portraits of entertainers created by Thomas Houseworth & Co. that comprise a portion of the Houseworth's Celebrities, ca. 1870-1880. Images include female burlesque actresses and dancers Viola Clifton, Lizzie McCall, Lulu Mortimer, and Mabel Santley, while other portraits depict actress Noko McCabe; actress and singer Emelie Melville; and acrobat and circus entrepreneur Edward W. Orrin.
Description:
Letterpress captions on mounts. and Portraits of McCabe, Melville, Orrin, were a gift of Dr. Leonard R. Kauffman, 2004. Portraits of Clifton, McCall, Mortimer, and Santley: source unknown.
Subject (Name):
Clifton, Viola, Houseworth, Thomas,--1829-1915, McCall, Lizzie, Melville, Emelie, Mortimer, Lulu, Orrin, Edward W, Santley, Mabel, and Thomas Houseworth & Co
Subject (Topic):
Acrobats--Portraits, Actresses--Portraits, Burlesque (Theater)--Portraits, Dancers--Portraits, Entertainers--Portraits, and Singers--Portraits
Houseworth, Thomas, 1829-1915. Thomas Houseworth & Co
Published / Created:
ca. 1874
Call Number:
WA Photos Folio 49
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Abstract:
Studio portrait photograph from a mammoth plate negative identified as Susan Te-u-pun McKay, an Umatilla Indian and wife of Donald McKay, a government scout involved in the Modoc Indian War, created by the studio of Thomas Houseworth & Co., ca. 1874.
Alternative Title:
Housewoth's celebrities
Description:
Printed caption on the verso: "The Nevada Fall, 700 feet high, Yo-Semite Valley, Mariposa County, Cal., No. 20" and "No. 9 Montgomery St., San Francisco".