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Doctor Albert S. Adler photograph and ephemera collection.
BANC PIC 2004.102--PICLOCAL
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Title:

Doctor Albert S. Adler photograph and ephemera collection

Creator/Contributor:

Adler, Albert S., creator

Creator/Contributor:

Taber, I. W. (Isaiah West), 1830-1912

Creator/Contributor:

Houseworth, Thomas, 1829-1915

Creator/Contributor:

Baker, Johnston, & Co

Abstract:

Chiefly studio portraits of Adler. Two silhouette portraits of Adler and wife Bertha made at the Panama Pacific Exposition by Baron Scotford are present. Ephemera includes Adler's cerificate of license to practice medicine, prescription scrip pads, telegrams of congratulations upon his wedding and a business removal notice.

Date:

ca. 1875-1924 (issued)

Subject:

n-us-ca
Physicians -- California -- San Francisco -- Portraits
Surgeons -- California -- San Francisco -- Portraits
Jews -- California -- San Francisco -- Photographs
Médecins -- Californie -- San Francisco -- Portraits
Chirurgiens -- Californie -- San Francisco -- Portraits
Juifs -- Californie -- San Francisco -- Photographies
Jews
Physicians
Surgeons
California -- San Francisco
Adler, Albert S -- Portraits

Note:

Various photographers. Earlier portraits by Housworth's, I.W. Taber, and Baker, Johsnton & Co.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Adler was a San Francisco-born physician and surgeon, physican to the Jewish Benevolent Society, and one-time army surgeon in New Mexico. Educated in Germany, most of his career was based in San Francisco (cf. National Cyclopedia of American Biography, v. XXII, 1932.).

Type:

graphic
Photographs.
Portraits.

Physical Description:

photoprint
6 folders (17 photographic prints, 2 silhouette ports., and ephemera.)

Language:

English

Identifier:

BANC PIC 2004.102--PICLOCAL

Origin:

California