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Title:

[Albert Elkus family photographs]

Creator/Contributor:

Elkus, Jonathan, creator, creator.

Creator/Contributor:

Cunningham, Imogen, 1883-1976

Creator/Contributor:

Genthe, Arnold, 1869-1942

Creator/Contributor:

Wright, Cedric, 1889-1959

Abstract:

Chiefly portraits of multiple generations of Elkus and Britton family members, including Albert Elkus Sr., Bertha Elkus, Louis Elkus, Albert Elkus Jr., Fred Elkus, Cordelia de Young Elkus, Amelia Morange de Young, Rosetta Kahn Katten, Jonathan Britton Elkus and George William Britton. Also includes several snapshots pertaining to Ben Britton Elkus and his activities in Umpqua National Forest and elsewhere.

Date:

1860 (issued)

Subject:

n-us-ca
Jewish families -- California -- Sacramento -- Photographs
Familles juives -- Californie -- Sacramento -- Photographies
Jewish families
California -- Sacramento
Elkus, Albert -- Portraits
Elkus, Albert I. (Albert Israel) -- 1884-1962 -- Portraits
Elkus, Bertha Kahn -- Portraits
Elkus, Cordelia de Young -- Portraits
Elkus, Ben Britton -- 1934- -- Photographs
Elkus family -- Archives
Elkus family -- Portraits
Elkus, Albert
Elkus, Albert I. (Albert Israel) -- 1884-1962
Elkus, Bertha Kahn

Note:

Title devised by cataloger.
Collected by Jonathan Britton Elkus.
Includes one portrait each by photographers Imogen Cunningham (of George William Britton, 1947) and Cedric Wright (of Jonathan Britton Elkus, 1939), both shelved in AX; and Arnold Genthe (of Bertha Elkus) shelved in PIC.
Nineteenth century photographers represented include Elite (Jones & Lotz, S.F.), Habenicht (S.F.), Isaiah W. Taber (S.F.), Rieman & Co. (S.F.), Asher's (Sacramento) and Hodson (Sacramento).
Among portraits are one salt print (Albert Elkus, Sr.,) shelved in PIC; and two ambrotypes (both of Albert Elkus, Sr.) and 1 cased pair of copy photographs (Louis and Cordelia de Young Elkus), all shelved in CASE.
ITEMS SHELVED IN CASE RESTRICTED: Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator.
Gift ; Of Jonathan Britton Elkus ; 2018.
Albert Elkus family photographs, BANC PIC 2018.065, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Type:

graphic
Archives.
Photographs.
Portraits.
Portraits-California.
Ambrotypes.
Salted paper prints.

Physical Description:

photoprint
approximately 60 photographs in 3 boxes, 1 case and 4 oversize folders : chiefly gelatin silver prints ; sheets 20 x 25 cm or smaller

Language:

English

Origin:

California

Copyright Note:

ITEMS SHELVED IN CASE RESTRICTED: Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator.