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"Florence Roberts (February 14, 1871 – July 17, 1927) was an American stage actress and the second wife of actor Lewis Morrison. Biography Roberts was born in New York but raised in California and had early success in the San Francisco area beginning in 1889. She performed at the Baldwin Theatre and the Alcazar Theatre often playing Shakespearean parts. In 1905 she toured a play called Ana La Mont under the management of John Cort.Who Was Who in the Theatre: 1912 - 1976, Gale Research Co., 1976, pp. 2040 – 2041, originally published annually by John Parker. She toured plays in the Western United States but seldom to New York. After World War I she toured South Africa in the stage adaptation of Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch. After returning to the United States she appeared in a few silent films then retired.Motion Picture World, "Back in Pictures", December 17, 1921, p. 793 She died in Los Angeles 1927 after emergency surgery.Motion Picture World, "Obituary", July 30, 1927, p. 317. Personal life She was the second wife of actor Lewis Morrison, the father of actress Adrienne Morrison, and grandfather of Joan Bennett, Constance Bennett and Barbara Bennett, thus making Roberts step- mother to Adrienne Morrison. Roberts was a cousin to character actor Theodore Roberts with whom she had appeared on the stage. Roberts' greatest stage success was in The Strength of the Weak, performed on Broadway in 1906. That same year Lewis Morrison died and she later remarried, to an actor named Frederick Vogeding. Later years In 1912 she was one of the first famous stage stars to appear in a film version of a famous play, in this case an independent production of Sapho which had made actress Olga Nethersole famous in the early 1900s. Roberts appeared in four more silent pictures up to 1925 before dying in 1927. Other noted actress with the same name This Florence Roberts is too often confused with another stage and screen actress of the same name who did not start her screen career until 1930 with Mack Sennett. References External links Florence Roberts portraits(Univ. of Washington, Sayre collection) *PeriodPaper article ; Florence Roberts *later photo; Florence Roberts(Utah State History) Category:1871 births Category:1927 deaths Category:Actresses from New York City Category:19th-century American actresses Category:American stage actresses Category:American silent film actresses Category:20th-century American actresses "
"Florence Wysinger Allen (March 14, 1913 – June 1, 1997) was an African American artists' model for more than 30 years. She was called "San Francisco's best loved artists' model". Personal life Florence Wysinger Allen was born in Oakland, California in 1913. Her father, Marion, was the son of California pioneer Edmond Edward Wysinger.1920 United States Federal Census. Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. M1509, 4,582 rolls. Her mother, née Moore, was a concert pianist. Allen attended Fremont High School and became active in the San Francisco arts community and became a civil rights activist and newspaper columnist. Her social circle included the likes of Paul Robeson, Paul Newman, Harry Belafonte and Allen Ginsberg. When not modeling she worked as a hostess at North Beach restaurants such as Washington Square Bar and Grill. In 1987 she was struck by a truck while crossing a street near Fisherman's Wharf, breaking both her legs and restricting her mobility. She died in El Sobrante, California on June 1, 1997. Artists' model Sketch of Florence Allen by Eleanor Dickinson, 1965. Allen began modelling in 1933, motivated by monetary need, and worked for painters such as Mark Rothko, Diego Rivera, Gertrude Murphy and Wayne Thiebaud. She also modeled for art school classes at the San Francisco Art Institute, University of California-Berkeley, Stanford University, the California College of Arts and Crafts and Mills College. Allen preferred to model in the nude acknowledging that successful modeling was strenuous, involving discipline and thought. As she stated, "You can't think with your clothes on." Modeling in the nude also earned her more money; she was paid 75 cents an hour versus 50 cents an hour for clothed modeling. In 1945 she led the founding of the San Francisco Models' Guild, an extant entity currently known as the Bay Area Models' Guild. It was influential for improving the pay for artists models. In 1965 the University of California-San Francisco held an art exhibition titled "Florence Allen Herself" which showcased Allen's thirty year modelling career. In 1987 she became the Model Coordinator and teacher of the Model Certification Workshop at the California College of the Arts. References External links *Bay Area Models Guild which was started by Allen *Flo Allen's obituary from the SFGate Category:1913 births Category:1997 deaths Category:African-American female models Category:American female models Category:African-American models Category:American artists' models Category:California College of the Arts Category:People from Austin, Texas Category:People from Oakland, California Category:El Sobrante Category:Art in the San Francisco Bay Area "
"The striped shiner (Luxilus chrysocephalus) is a member of the family Cyprinidae.Page, L. M., H. Espinoa-Pérez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, R. N. Lea, N. E. Mandrak, R. L. Mayden, and J. S. Nelson. 2013. Common and scientific names of the fishes from the United State, Canada, and Mexico, 7th edition. American Fisheries Society, Special Publication 34, Bethesda Maryland. It a silvery fish with three to four dorsolateral stripes and dark crescents on the sides. The scales and sensory pores on the snout can be outlined in black. Fins are milky to clear in color while the caudal fins have a milky base with a black or gray spot. Males can have pink snouts with areas of red or pink on the rest of the body. They have large, terminal mouths and can get up to nine inches in length.Ross, Stephen T., and William M. Brenneman. "Species Accounts." The inland fishes of Mississippi. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2001. 449-451. Print. Diet Striped shiners eat and wide range of items. Mostly they feed up in the water column on a range of insects including: termites, mayflies, dragonflies, caddisflies, beetles and terrestrial midges. They also feed on the bottom materials like algae.Froese, Rainer, and Auda Ortanez. "Luxilus chrysocephalus summary page." FishBase. N.p., n.d. Web. 7 May 2014. . They feed continuously day and night but feed more on the bottom at night. Habitat These shiners can be found in the mid to upper regions of streams and rivers. They can also be found in rocky pools in clear and turbid creeks. Distribution They can be found in the Gulf Coast drainages from Texas to Alabama and upwards to Tennessee. Striped shiners can be found in the Great Lakes, New York and Wisconsin. Reproduction and Life Cycle The breeding season of striped shiners occurs from March to July but can extend into October. During this time male and female colours change from silver to gold and all fins change to orange with the exception of their tail, They spawn in shallow waters over gravelly bottom streams with depressions and over other fishes nests. The males make the depressions by pushing the gravel out with their nose or picking up pieces with their mouths. Males are aggressive towards other males and may bite or attack them with the breeding tubercles they develop on the head and body. The males swim down and tilt to the side while the females swim up along the side of the males. The males then swing their caudal peduncle onto the females back. This posture lasts for several seconds but may be interrupted by other aggressive males. Etymology Luxilus is derived from lux meaning "light" and illus meaning "little" while chrysocephalus means "golden head". References Category:Luxilus Category:Freshwater fish of the United States Category:Fish described in 1820 Category:Freshwater fish of North America "