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D. N. & E. Walter & Company records and photographs, 1868-1958.
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Title:
D. N. & E. Walter & Company records and photographs, 1868-1958Western Floors
Creator/Contributor:
D. N. & E. Walter & Company, creatorCreator/Contributor:
Western Jewish History Center, 074.Creator/Contributor:
Judah L. Magnes Museum, WJHC 1969.006.Creator/Contributor:
Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and LifeCreator/Contributor:
Online Archive of CaliforniaAbstract:
Collection consists of an 1958 issue of Western Floors magazine dedicated to telling the history of D. N. & E. Walter & Company
on its centennial; a 1902 company invoice, and photographs and prints of the various buildings the company occupied in San
Francisco, California from the 1860s through the 1906 earthquake and fire. Many of the photographs are street scenes that
reveal not only the company's buildings but their surroundings as well. A few of the photographs depict the effects of the
1906 earthquake and a few depict the 1908 Fleet Week parade in San Francisco (with the D. N. & E. Walter building in the background).
Date:
1868 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caD. N. & E. Walter & Company -- Archives
Streets -- California -- San Francisco -- Photographs
San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Calif., 1906 -- Pictorial works
Business enterprises -- California -- San Francisco
Buildings -- California -- San Francisco
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Pictorial works
Note:
Formerly: Western Jewish History Center Collection Number 074.
Formerly: Judah L. Magnes Museum Collection Number WJHC 1969.006.
D. N. & E. Walter Company records and photographs, BANC MSS 2010/559, The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, The Bancroft
Library, University of California, Berkeley.
D. N. & E. Walter & Company was founded in San Francisco in 1858 by brothers David Nathan, Emanuel, Isadore, Herman, Moritz,
and Isaac Walter. The company established itself as an important wholesale and retail firm specializing in carpets and furnishings
for the burgeoning San Francisco market. A branch of the company, originally called Walter Brothers, also operated in Portland,
Oregon as early as 1865. Other branches would open in Los Angeles, Salt Lake City, Fresno, and San Diego.
Physical Description:
1 folder and 1 oversize folder.
Language:
English