Stockton in Vintage Postcards Collection, 1890-2010

Alice van Ommeren
Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections
University of the Pacific Library
3601 Pacific Ave.
Stockton, CA 95211
Phone: (209) 946-2404
URL: http://www.pacific.edu/Library/Find/Holt-Atherton-Special-Collections.html
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University of the Pacific. All rights reserved.

Stockton in Vintage Postcards Collection, 1890-2010

Collection number: MSS 346

Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections

University of the Pacific Library

Stockton, California
Processed by:
Alice van Ommeren
Date Completed:
2021
Encoded by:
Nicole Grady Mountjoy
© 2013 University of the Pacific. All rights reserved.

Descriptive Summary

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

Access

Collection open for research.

Publication Rights

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.

Preferred Citation

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.

Arrangement

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.

Indexing Terms

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.)

Related Material

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/

 

BOX 1

 

Mineral Baths

 

Pollardville

 

Restaurants

 

Houses

 

Hospitals

 

Stockton High School

 

BOX 2

 

Haggin Museum

 

Hotel Stockton

 

Aerial Views

 

Churches

 

Railroads

 

BOX 3

 

Streets

 

Residence Streets

 

Main Street

 

Weber Avenue

 

San Joaquin Street

 

Miner Avenue

 

Other Streets

 

Hunter Square

 

El Dorado Street

 

California Street

 

Market Street

 

Sutter Street

 

Pacific Avenue

 

Real Photos

 

Parks

 

BOX 4

 

Greetings Note

 

Recreation

 

Leather Cards

 

Pennant Greetings

 

Greetings Misc.

 

Folders/Foldouts

 

Courthouse

 

Civic Auditorium

 

City Hall

 

BOX 5

 

Colleges

 

Flood & Snow

 

COP/UOP

 

Grammar Schools

 

Post Office

 

County Jail

 

Library

 

BOX 6

 

Series

 

PNC Series

 

Lester Series

 

Christmas Series

 

State Hospital

 

Motels

 

Hotels

 

BOX 7

 

Port of Stockton

 

Agriculture

 

Commercial Buildings

 

Community Buildings

 

Retail Buildings

 

Residential Buildings

 

Banks

 

BOX 8

 

Felt Pennant Greetings

 

Greetings Floral

 

KP Series

 

Automobiles

 

Harbor

 

Waterfront

 

BOX 9

 

Continental-Haggin Museum

 

Continental-White Edge

 

Continental-UOP

 

Large Letter

 

Visitors

 

Derivi

 

Tidewater

 

Portrait Clock

 

QSL

 

BOX 10

 

Calendar

 

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