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Jamieson, Elvesta I. and John A.
MC 58  
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  • Language of Material: English
    Contributing Institution: Sacramento Public Library, Sacramento Room
    Title: Elvesta I. and John A. Jamieson postcard collection
    Identifier/Call Number: MC 58
    Physical Description: 2 Volumes 448 Postcards
    Date (inclusive): 1906-1910
    Abstract: Elvesta Isabella (Ehrhardt) Jamieson and John A. Jamieson were longtime Sacramento County residents who married in 1914 and resided in Franklin, Vorden and Sacramento. This collection is comprised of two albums containing hundreds of postcards received by them individually between 1906 and 1910. The bulk of the postcards feature Northern California locations.

    Biographical Note

    Elvesta Isabella Ehrhardt Jamieson, a lifelong resident of Sacramento County, was born on November 19, 1882, one of eight children of John and Caroline Ehrhardt. Her brothers were Frank, Henry, William, John, Newton and George Ehrhardt, and she had one sister, Nellie Ehrhardt. Elvesta lived with her family in Franklin, California, before heading off to school at College of the Pacific in San Jose in 1908. She graduated with a Bachelor of Music degree in 1912, and in 1914, married John A. Jamieson. Jamieson was born in Ontario, Cananad, on April 20, 1876. He had moved to Sacramento by 1900 and enjoyed a long career as a tin smith and sheet metal worker, though John worked as a farmer for a short time in the 1910s, when he and Elvesta lived in the Sacramento River Delta town of Vorden.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], Elvesta I. and John A. Jamieson postcard collection, MC 58, Sacramento Room, Sacramento Public Library, Sacramento, California.

    Scope and Contents

    This collection is comprised of two postcard albums and with cards collected by John and Elvesta Jamieson from 1906-1910. Elvesta's album contains 291 postcards, the bulk of which picture Northern California locations and are addressed to her residences in Franklin and at College of the Pacific, 1906-1910. The cards contain brief messages from friends and family, her sister Nellie having sent the most. John Jamieson's album contains 157 postcards dating from 1907 to 1910 and picturing locations in Ontario, Canada; Rochester, New York; and California.