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Contains 16 Results:
"Mrs. Milkweed and Her Silken Sail Boat" , circa 1910s
Sub-Series — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Identifier: 663-2-7
Scope and Contents
One ink illustration and one ink page design were drawn for "Mrs. Milkweed and Her Silken Sailboat," an unpublished project created after 1912 about elvish creatures and a caterpiller adventuring on the common milkweed plant.
Dates:
circa 1910s
"The First Umbrella" and "Bubble Fairies" , circa 1910s
Sub-Series — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Identifier: 663-2-4
Scope and Contents
In July 1907, Florence Pretz Smalley published illustrations for "Billiken's Umbrella," a short story written by Sara Hamilton Birchall about an elvish Billiken's use of a toadstool as an umbrella. Years after its initial publication in "The Canada-West Magazine," Florence Pretz Smalley continued illustrations for the same storyline in "The First Umbrella," a project which includes one watercolor and one ink drawing created after 1912. "Bubble Fairies," a project similarly themed around...
Dates:
circa 1910s
Floy Campbell, circa 1909
Sub-Series — Box: 1, Folder: 14
Identifier: 663-2-13
Scope and Contents
Two color illustrations by Floy Campbell, a teacher and major influence on Florence Pretz Smalley, were drawn circa 1909.
Dates:
circa 1909
Published Works, 1903 - 1922
Sub-Series — Box: 1, Folder: 12
Identifier: 663-2-11
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...
Dates:
1903 - 1922
Single Sketches, circa 1900s-1920s
Sub-Series — Box: 1, Folder: 13
Identifier: 663-2-12
Scope and Contents
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.
Dates:
circa 1900s-1920s
Illustrations, circa 1900s-1920s
Series — Box: 1, Folder: 2-14
Identifier: 663-2
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...
Dates:
circa 1900s-1920s