Wade-Wildhofer Family Photographs
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Title: Wade-Wildhofer Family Photographs
Dates: 1860-1940
Collection Number: 1996-128
Creator/Collector:
Wildhofer, Jeanette E.
Wildhofer, Paul H.
Wade
Extent: 1 linear foot (2 boxes)
Online items available
Repository:
History San Jose Research Library
San Jose, California 95112
Abstract: Family photograph collection from Jeanette Wade Wildhofer and Paul H. Wildhofer of Campbell, California, documenting the extended
Wade family and Hungarian Wildhofer family.
Language of Material: English
The collection is available to researchers by appointment. All photos have been digitized and are available in History San
Jose's online catalog.
Contact History San Jose's Research Library & Archives for information on licensing and reproduction.
[Identification of item]. Wade-Wildhofer Family Photographs. Collection Number: 1996-128. History San Jose Research Library
The collection was donated in 1996 to the San Jose Historical Museum by Campbell residents James and Cynthia Cost, neighbors
of the Wildhofers.
Biography/Administrative History
The collection belonged to Jeanette E. Wildhofer (nee Wade) (1911-1996) and her husband Paul H. Wildhofer (d. 1980), who lived
on Cambrian Drive in Campbell, California. Jeanette was the daughter of Walter A. Wade and Loretta Irene Edwards, and a descendant
of Charles Elliot Wade and Maria Estefana Alviso Wade. She taught at Orchard School in San Jose for 37 years (1934-1971).
Wildhofer, born in Gyor, Hungary, came to the U.S. to study at San Jose State University, and later worked for the California
State Department of Human Resources.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Wade-Wildhofer Family Photographs comprise approximately 210 photographic prints ranging from early cartes-de-visite to
1930s snapshots and studio portraits.
The collection documents many members of the Wade family, including William C. Scheller and Charlotte "Lottie" Wade of Santa
Clara, but also includes early portraits of Paul Wildhofer's Hungarian family.
Families
Pioneers--California
Ranches
Ranch life--West (U.S.)
Hispanic Americans
Wade, Charles E.
Wade, Estefana Alviso
Wade, Daniel
Scheller, William C.
Scheller, Charlotte E.
Wade, Elizabeth
Wade
Scheller
Wildhofer
Maloney
Santa Clara County (Calif.)
Alviso (Calif.)
snapshots
cartes-de-visite
cabinet photographs
studio portraits
picture postcards