Bolfings Hardware Store miscellany., 1952-1959

Summary

Title:

Miscellany re Bolfings Hardware Store, Berkeley, Calif.

Dates:

1952-1959

Creators:

Abstract:

Extent:

1 folder; 1 oversize folder (Oversize A)

Language:

Preferred citation:

Miscellany re Bolfings Hardware Store, Berkeley, Calif.. Berkeley Historical Society

Background

Scope and content:

Correspondence and photos re prize willing displays: 1952 article from Hardware Retailer; 1953 telegram from Sunset Magazine and photo of display (oversize); 1959 letter re winning Housewares Festival window Display, plus two clippings.

Biographical / historical:

The store opened in 1923 on College Avenue, Berkeley, Calif.; it closed in 2008.

Acquisition information:

Gift of Bob Gilmore, July 2013.

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:

Finding aid created by Berkeley Historical Society staff.

Date Prepared:

1952-1959

Date Encoded:

This finding aid was produced using Record Express for OAC5 on July 14, 2025, 2:54 p.m.

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

Copyright has not been assigned to the Berkeley Historical Society. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the archivist of the Society. Permission for publication is given as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.

Preferred citation:

Miscellany re Bolfings Hardware Store, Berkeley, Calif.. Berkeley Historical Society

Location of this collection:

Berkeley Historical Society

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Berkeley, CA 94704, US

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