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Two color illustrations by Floy Campbell, a teacher and major influence on Florence Pretz Smalley, were drawn circa 1909.

Scope and Contents These examples of Florence Pretz Smalley's published works include: an early drawing for reproduction illustrated at fifteen years of age, copies of a color 1903 cover for Manual Training High School's "Nautilus Annual," 4 Billiken illustrations, 1 Little Red Riding Hood illustration, a 1908 black and white illustration for "Japanese Children Color Cards," a 1920 black and white illustration for "School Arts Magazine," a 1922 illustration of the "Pot-Hound" with the announcement of its...

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These miscellaneous illustrations by Florence Pretz Smalley include 6 watercolor drawings, 3 pencil and ink sketches, 1 ink Billiken valentine, and 1 sketch (by Florence Pretz Smalley's father of his hometown) of Limbourg from circa the 1900s to the 1920s.

Scope and Contents These original illustrations include several watercolor, ink, and pencil sketches by Florence Pretz Smalley, creator of the Billiken, dating from the 1900s to the 1920s. Many of these sketches were prototypes for projects that were unrealized and never published, but a number of others were later selected for publication in "The Canada-West Magazine" from 1907 to 1908, as well as other publications. Florence Pretz Smalley fequently collaborated with her friend, the writer Sara Hamilton...

Scope and Contents The Florence Pretz Smalley Collection contains original artwork by the creator of the Billiken, a mythological figure originally conceived as an elvish or fairy figure of good luck. The collection includes several watercolor, ink, and pencil sketches dating from 1906 to the 1920s that reveal the early development of the Billiken. Many of these sketches were prototypes for projects that were unrealized and never published, but a number of others were selected for publication in "The...

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These two watercolor illustrations of an elvish Billiken playing with cats were prototypes, one of which was for "While Billiken Slept," a short story published May 1907 in "The Canada-West Magazine" in collaboration with Florence Pretz Smalley's friend, the writer Sara Hamilton Birchall. The second watercolor "Pussy Willow Mew" is a later illustration drawn after 1912.