Bonnibel Butler Weston (September 22, 1885 – March 7, 1983) was an American children's book illustrator in the early 20th century. She also provided designs and illustrations for magazines, like St. Nicholas. [1]
Butler was born in Frankfort, Michigan. Her father, Digby Bell Butler, was a lumber salesman. In 1916, she married Frederick Weston in Frankfort. [2] The couple had a son, Frederick Jr., and two daughters, Nancy and Ruth. Frederick Jr. died of meningitis in 1930, aged 10. [3] The youngest daughter, Ruth, married as her second husband New York State Senator Warren M. Anderson. [4]
In 1948, her husband, who was working as the publicity director of Rosenbaum's department store in Pittsburgh, was killed in an automobile accident in that city. [5] Bonnibel died in 1983 in Bridgeville, Pennsylvania. [6]
Butler worked for the P. F. Volland Company. She illustrated William MacHarg's Let's Pretend, Some Adventures of the Golden Age of Nursery Land, which was published by Volland in 1914. [7] [8] [9]
She called illustrating "perhaps the most fascinating occupation possible." [10]
Bonnibel Butler Weston (September 22, 1885 – March 7, 1983) was an American children's book illustrator in the early 20th century. She also provided designs and illustrations for magazines, like St. Nicholas. [1]
Butler was born in Frankfort, Michigan. Her father, Digby Bell Butler, was a lumber salesman. In 1916, she married Frederick Weston in Frankfort. [2] The couple had a son, Frederick Jr., and two daughters, Nancy and Ruth. Frederick Jr. died of meningitis in 1930, aged 10. [3] The youngest daughter, Ruth, married as her second husband New York State Senator Warren M. Anderson. [4]
In 1948, her husband, who was working as the publicity director of Rosenbaum's department store in Pittsburgh, was killed in an automobile accident in that city. [5] Bonnibel died in 1983 in Bridgeville, Pennsylvania. [6]
Butler worked for the P. F. Volland Company. She illustrated William MacHarg's Let's Pretend, Some Adventures of the Golden Age of Nursery Land, which was published by Volland in 1914. [7] [8] [9]
She called illustrating "perhaps the most fascinating occupation possible." [10]