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A. Crawford Greene photograph albums.
BANC PIC 1968.005--ALBLOCAL
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Title:
A. Crawford Greene photograph albumsCreator/Contributor:
Greene, A. Crawford, 1885-, creatorCreator/Contributor:
Genthe, Arnold, 1869-1942Creator/Contributor:
Fiske, George, 1835-1918Creator/Contributor:
Worden, Willard E.Abstract:
Albums 1-3 contain mainly snapshots of family activities, leisure, outings, etc. Many photos of children and people dressed
in distinctive clothes are included. Album 4 consists mainly of formal portraits of James Coffin and family (some by Genthe),
several taken during World War I and World War II in uniforms, and the Coffin House in Massachusetts. Locations include San
Francisco Bay Area and other California localities, and various East Coast and locations abroad.
Date:
approximately 1906-1950 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caChildren -- Pictorial works
Clothing and dress -- Photographs
Enfants -- Ouvrages illustrés
Children
Clothing and dress
Manners and customs
California -- Social life and customs -- Pictorial works
Californie -- Mœurs et coutumes -- Ouvrages illustrés
California
Jethro Coffin House (Nantucket, Mass.) -- Photographs
Jethro Coffin House (Nantucket, Mass.)
Coffin family -- Pictorial works
Coffin family
Note:
Mostly photographic prints, 1 tintype, some postcards and clippings.
Albums 1-2 bear the name of Sarah DeWitt Coffin.
Photographers include W.E. Worden, George Fiske, and Arnold Genthe.
Transferred from the A. Crawford Greene papers (BANC MSS 68/55).
Type:
graphicPhotographs.
Pictorial works.
Portraits.
Postcards.
Tintypes.
Clippings.
Physical Description:
picture
4 albums (approximately 950 items) : some color ; various sizes
Language:
English
Identifier:
BANC PIC 1968.005--ALBLOCAL