Descriptive Summary
Access
Publication Rights
Preferred Citation
Acquisition Information
Biography/Administrative History
Scope and Content of Collection
Indexing Terms
Descriptive Summary
Title: Miscellany re Bolfings Hardware Store, Berkeley, Calif.
Dates: 1952-1959
Collection Number: 2013.050
Creator/Collector:
Extent: 1 folder; 1 oversize folder (Oversize A)
Repository:
Berkeley Historical Society
Berkeley, California 94704
Abstract: Mainly re displays in the store's windows.
Language of Material: English
Access
The collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
Copyright has not been assigned to the Berkeley Historical Society. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts
must be submitted in writing to the archivist of the Society. Permission for publication is given as the owner of the physical
items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.
Preferred Citation
Miscellany re Bolfings Hardware Store, Berkeley, Calif.. Berkeley Historical Society
Acquisition Information
Gift of Bob Gilmore, July 2013.
Biography/Administrative History
The store opened in 1923 on College Avenue, Berkeley, Calif.; it closed in 2008.
Scope and Content of Collection
Correspondence and photos re prize willing displays: 1952 article from Hardware Retailer; 1953 telegram from Sunset Magazine
and photo of display (oversize); 1959 letter re winning Housewares Festival window Display, plus two clippings.