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Thomas W. Wells letters : San Francisco, Calif. to M.J. Harrington, Sonora, Calif. : ALS, 1877 May-Dec.
BANC MSS 2004/435 cLOCAL
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Title:
Thomas W. Wells letters: San Francisco, Calif. to M.J. Harrington, Sonora, Calif. : ALS, 1877 May-DecCreator/Contributor:
Wells, Thomas W. (Thomas Washington), 1857-1936, creatorCreator/Contributor:
Harrington, M. J.Abstract:
Contains the letters of Tom Wells to a young lady from his town, M.J. Harrington, alternately addressed as "Maggie" and "Josie".
Wells describes his work in a photo gallery in San Francisco, and his observances of life in San Francisco including a fire,
an accident, an attempted theft, the beach and a beached whale, going to church, festivals and parades, a Chinese wash house
and an anti-Chinese riot.
Date:
1877 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caPhotographers -- California -- San Francisco
Photographers -- California -- Stockton
Fires -- California -- San Francisco -- History -- 19th century
Whales -- Behavior
Beaches -- California -- San Francisco
Crime -- California -- San Francisco
Festivals -- California -- San Francisco
Parades -- California -- San Francisco
Chinese Americans -- Employment -- California -- San Francisco
Riots -- California -- San Francisco -- History -- 19th century
Discrimination against Chinese
Laundry industry -- California -- History
Photographes -- Californie -- San Francisco
Photographes -- Californie -- Stockton
Incendies -- Californie -- San Francisco -- Histoire -- 19e siècle
Baleines -- Mœurs et comportement
Plages -- Californie -- San Francisco
Défilés -- Californie -- San Francisco
Américains d'origine chinoise -- Travail -- Californie -- San Francisco
Blanchissage -- Industrie -- Californie -- Histoire
Beaches
Chinese Americans -- Employment
Crime
Festivals
Fires
Laundry industry
Parades
Photographers
Riots
Travel
Whales -- Behavior
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Description and travel
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Religious life and customs
California
California -- San Francisco
California -- Stockton
Wells, Thomas W. (Thomas Washington) -- 1857-1936 -- Correspondence
Note:
Related Collection: Thomas W. Wells papers, 1908-1911. (BANC MSS 2004/251 c).
Thomas W. Wells was a photographer and later owner of the Wells Studio in Stockton, Calif. around 1910.
Type:
Love letters.love letters.
History.
Personal correspondence.
Love letters.
Lettres d'amour.
Physical Description:
print
1 folder (11 letters)
Language:
English
Identifier:
BANC MSS 2004/435 cLOCAL