Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Access Points
Biography
Scope and Content
Descriptive Summary
Title: Silva (J.S.) & Bros. Grocery (Stockton, Calif.) Account Book,
Date (inclusive): 1890-1896
Collection number: Ms32
Creator:
Extent: 1 linear ft.
Repository:
San Joaquin County Museum.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Access
Collection is open for research by appointment only.
Publication Rights
The library can only claim physical ownership of the collection. Users are responsible for satisfying any claimants of literary
property.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Silva (J.S.) & Bros. Grocery (Stockton, Calif.) Account Book, Ms32, San Joaquin County Historical
Society and Museum.
Access Points
personal name
Silva, J.S.
Brichetto, Paul
Paravagna, Giuseppe
Snow, W.H.
corporate name
Crown Mills (Stockton, Calif.)
Stockton (Calif.) Savings & Loan Society
subject
Grocers - California - Stockton
Account books - California - Stockton
Italian Americans - California - Stockton
geographic name
Stockton (Calif.) - History - Sources
Biography
Joseph S. and Emilio Silva, Genovese immigrants, operated a grocery store at the corner of Main and East (now Wilson Way)
streets in Stockton, Calif. between 1890 and 1925.
Scope and Content
In addition to retail transactions, the Silva's 1890s account book records commercial interactions with various local jobbers
and wholesalers, including: Paul Brichetto (produce); Crown Mills (flour); the Dairymen's Union; John J. Kelly (drayage);
Giuseppe Paravagna (produce); Ravenna & Co. (pasta); Stockton Savings & Loan Society; W.H. Snow (meats) and the E.B. Stowe
Creamery.