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Stiner family photographs.
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Stiner family photographsCreator/Contributor:
Stiner family., creatorAbstract:
Studio portraits dating from about 1865 to about 1910. Some of the earliest are from studios in Augusta, Maine. Snapshots
from the early 20th century of family, home, farms, and countryside in Sierra Valley, California, including the Jacob Stiner
homestead and a Stiner home called Owl's Nest. Locations in or near Eagleville and Cedarville are noted. Arthur and Maude
Stiner are mentioned in some captions. A few group portraits of students are present.
Date:
uuuu (issued)Note:
Includes 1 small snapshot album, (42 photographs) and 105 photographs (chiefly studio portraits) sleeved and placed in a binder
by the seller, and 3 previously unhoused photographs.
Transferred from the Stiner family papers (BANC MSS 2005/222).
Stiner family photographs, BANC PIC 2005.179, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Jacob and Rachel Stiner were Jewish pioneers who moved from Ohio to California in 1852. They had five children: Alice, Henry,
Ruth Ann, Mary and Albert. Their granddaughter Ina Stiner, was a teacher, librarian and historian in Porterville, Calif.
Type:
graphicPhotograph albums.
Card photographs.
Physical Description:
approximately 150 photographs in 1 box.
Language:
English