THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS

E.G. Barnhill specialized in publishing post cards, greeting cards and pictorial  photography of Florida from 1914-1932.  The printing of his early cards was done in Germany.  He published, photographed, and hand colored his cards himself.  Most of his cards were printed by the Albertype Company of New York.
He met Edward S. Curtis when he was still in his late teens.  While working with Curtis, he learned the "goldtoning" photo process using uranium dyes.  He experimented with this process from 1914 until the mid 1920s. 
In his early adulthood, E.G. Barnhill traveled a good bit in search of employment.  He had acquired skills of the photographic trade from his father and was an apprentice to a prominent photographer in Palm Beach, Florida in his early years.  He quickly became a celebrated photographer, and at the age of  nineteen established his own business in St. Petersburg, Florida, which he operated for many years.