Frank Chester Davis Family Photographs
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Title: Frank Chester Davis Family Photographs
Dates: 1880-1951
Collection Number: 1991-123
Creator/Collector:
Extent: 1 linear foot
Repository:
History San Jose Research Library
San Jose, California 95112
Abstract: Collection of photographs of F. Chester Davis, Stella Eitzer, and their family, including a small series of images of the
Muirson Label Company of San Jose, California.
Language of Material: English
The collection is open to the public for research by appointment with the Curator of the Research Library & Archives
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Frank Chester Davis Family Photographs. History San Jose Research Library
The collection was donated to the San Jose Historical Museum in 1991
Biography/Administrative History
Frank Chester Davis (1897-1972) was originally from San Miguel, California, and worked as an electrotyper at the Muirson Label
Company, retiring in 1969. He was a member of Willow Glen Lodge 676, F&AM, and a veteran of World War I. He and wife Stella
Eitzer, also of California, had two children, Robert Davis and Dorothy Davis. Dorothy Davis married Herbert Pankratz in 1939
in San Jose, where they resided.
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection comprises family portraits, snapshots, and photograph albums of F. Chester Davis, his wife Stella Eitzer, and
their family. Included are images taken in the 1940s of the Muirson Label Company of San Jose, where Davis worked.