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Clark Davis Miner Jr. Family Photograph Album, January 24-March 12, 1904.
SFP 60
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Title:

Clark Davis Miner Jr. Family Photograph Album, January 24-March 12, 1904

Abstract:

The leather-bound volume contains 28 silver gelatin prints documenting the Miner family's home life in San Francisco from January to March 1904. The album depicts activities such as dressing up in costumes, sitting on the steps, and riding in an open buggy. The family's front steps and back yard at 28 Hartford Street can be seen in a number of the images. Most of the prints are accompanied by exact dates and hand-written, sometimes funny, captions such as "I Don't Want To" and "A Noble Protector." All prints except one are pasted into the album. The album features all four members of the Miner family, although not all at once, as well as an unidentified girl who poses with the two Miner children in one photograph. Many of the images depict Clark Davis Miner Jr. posing either alone or with his younger sister Margaret. The leather cover is hand-stenciled with an image of an iris flower which is colored pink with green leaves.

Date:

1904 (issued)

Subject:

Jr -- Miner, Clark Davis
Children -- California -- San Francisco -- 1900-1910
Dwellings -- California -- San Francisco -- History
Family (San Francisco, Calif.)
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Buildings, structures, etc

Note:

The collection is open for research. Available for viewing during the San Francisco History Center's Historical Photograph Collection hours: Tuesday: 1-5; Thursday: 1-5; Saturday: 10-12, 1-5.
Clark Davis Miner was a salesman for Sanborn, Vail and Co. and his wife, Margaret (nee White), was a housewife. In 1904 the Miners lived at 28 Hartford Street in Eureka Valley with their two children, Clark Davis Miner Jr., age 3, and Margaret L. Miner, age 1. In 1908 the family moved to Alameda. Clark Davis Miner Jr. died on May 22, 1964.
Clark Davis Miner Jr. Family Photograph Album (SFP 60), San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library.
In English.
All requests for permission to publish from the album must be submitted in writing to the Photo Curator. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the San Francisco Public Library as the owner of the physical items.
Gift, 1980.

Type:

Photograph albums

Physical Description:

1.0 album

Language:

English

Identifier:

Origin:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Copyright Note:

The collection is open for research. Available for viewing during the San Francisco History Center's Historical Photograph Collection hours: Tuesday: 1-5; Thursday: 1-5; Saturday: 10-12, 1-5.
All requests for permission to publish from the album must be submitted in writing to the Photo Curator. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the San Francisco Public Library as the owner of the physical items.