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Stockton in Vintage Postcards Collection,
1890-2010
MSS 346
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Title: Stockton in vintage postcards
collection
Dates: 1890-2010
Identifier/Call Number: MSS 346
Collector:
Chapman, Ron, 1943-2019
Collector:
Van Ommeren, Alice
Collection Size: 3.5 linear feet
Repository:
University of the Pacific. Library. Holt-Atherton Dept. of
Special Collections
Stockton, California 95211
Abstract: This collection of postcards documents the
history of Stockton. Most of the images are of buildings, streets, and
businesses.
Physical location: For current information on the location
of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
Languages: Languages represented in the collection:
English
Collection open for research.
Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as
the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply
permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the
researcher.
Stockton in vintage postcards collection. MSS 346. Holt-Atherton
Department of Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library.
Biography / Administrative History
Ron Chapman was a lifetime collector of Stockton postcards and concluded
his long career with the Stockton Police Department as one of their historians.
Alice van Ommeren is also a postcard collector, as well as author of several
history books, including Stockton in Vintage Postcards.
Scope and Content of Collection
This collection of postcards documents the history of Stockton. Most of
the images are of buildings, streets, and businesses. Many aerial views of the
city, real photo postcards, unique three-fold postcard, and postcards published
by the San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office in the early 1900’s as miniature
"wanted posters" are also included. Images in this collection date from
approximately the 1900s to the 1990s.
Those images with a Resource Identifier of 0001-2999 were contributed
from the Ron Chapman Postcard Collection, and those numbered 3000 on were
contributed from the Alice van Ommeren Postcard Collection.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this
collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Stockton (Calif.) - History - Pictorial
works
Historic buildings - California -
Stockton - Pictorial works
Stockton (Calif.) - Buildings and
structure - Pictorial works
Postcards - California -
Stockton
Postcards
Stockton (Calif.)
The complete Stockton in Vintage Postcards Collection, dating from the
1890s to 2010s, is permanent and available to the public to be searched, viewed
and downloaded for free through the University of the Pacific website
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/postcards/