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
Nelson Slater and Henrietta Slater McIntire papers
Container / Volume:
Folder 5
Image Count:
2
Abstract:
Henrietta Slater McIntire (daughter of Nelson and Emily Slater) was born in California in 1851. She graduated from the State Normal School in San Francisco in 1868, and the San Francisco high school in 1872. She was a teacher until she married John A. McI