Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. View of Frances Steloff standing in collared blouse, skirt, and holding book in sample room at the Biltmore Hotel. Frances Steloff was a well-known bookseller in New York and founded the Gotham Book Mart. This photograph appears with the article "Woman Traveling Book Seller Flies Here to Exhibit 1000 Rare Volumes." Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 1935: A3. Text from negative sleeve: 2208, Frances Steloff, Book Collector, 9-10-35, [stamped:] Sep 26 1935 Handwritten on negative: Francis Steloff, 9-10-35 Text from newspaper caption: Miss Frances Steloff is the travelling book salesman de luxe. She ships her wares by express and flies after them by plane. Here she is in her sample rooms at the Biltmore.
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Image
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b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_8598 ark:/21198/zz002dghbr
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No linguistic content
Subject
Women booksellers--California--Los Angeles Women book collectors--California--Los Angeles Gotham Book Mart Steloff, Frances, b. 1887 Biltmore Hotel (Los Angeles, Calif.)
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