Seal on the back of the picture reads -
"Richard Holton Picture Framing
1512 Sansom St, Phila 2, PA LO 7-5935"
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Our cousin Tim Holton is a frame maker in Emeryville, California. In December 2011 he was contacted by BP. BP wanted to know if the Richard Holton mentioned on Tim's website had any connection to the Richard Holton who had a picture framing business in Philadelphia in the 1950s or 1960s. As far as we know there is no direct connection.
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Additional information from BP - "I deal in quality antiques in Baltimore and I came across a print that's in a very well preserved high quality solid light colored wood frame with the sticker (seal) still intact on the back of the frame."
"The year would have had to be between '58 and '62. That would have been the years they were changing over to exchange numbers from letters. I grew up near Philly and seem to remember the change being complete in that area code about '61."
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Quite a coincidence, don't you think!
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