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[Fleishhacker family photograph collection].
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[Fleishhacker family photograph collection]Creator/Contributor:
Fleishhacker family, creator, creator.Creator/Contributor:
De Gaston.Creator/Contributor:
Genthe, Arnold, 1869-1942Creator/Contributor:
Dassonville, William E. (William Edward), 1879-1957Creator/Contributor:
Moore & ClarkeCreator/Contributor:
Gabriel Moulin StudiosAbstract:
Studio portraits, snapshot photographs, photograph albums, scrapbooks, wedding books and miscellaneous papers pertaining to
multiple generations of the Fleishhacker, Mitau and Rhein families of San Francisco and Atherton. Individuals pictured include
Herbert Fleishhacker and his wife May Greenbaum Fleishhacker; their children Herbert Fleishhacker, Jr., Alan Fleishhacker
and Marjorie Fleishhacker Mitau; Marjorie's husband Martin Mitau and their daughters Patricia and Marjorie; and various other
antecedents, descendents, relatives, friends and associates.
Date:
1855 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caFleishhacker family -- Pictorial works
Fleishhacker, Herbert -- Pictorial works
Fleishhacker, May -- Pictorial works
Mitau, Marjorie -- Pictorial works
Mitau, Martin -- 1900-1973 -- Pictorial works
Rhein, Patricia -- Pictorial works
Note:
Title devised by cataloger.
Also includes 2 autochromes, 1 ambrotype, 2 negatives (nitrate film), 2 miniature paintings, and miscellaneous papers.
Studio photographers include Moore & Clarke, De Gaston and Gabriel Moulin Studios. A few portraits by William E. Dassonville
and at least one by Arnold Genthe are also present.
COLLECTION STORED, IN PART, OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.
AUTOCHROMES, AMBROTYPE AND MINIATURES RESTRICTED : Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator.
NITRATE NEGATIVES CLOSED TO RESEARCH DUE TO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RESTRICTIONS.
Fleishhacker family photograph collection, BANC PIC 2014.067, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Herbert Fleishhacker (1872-1957), son of Aaron Fleishhacker and Delia Stern, was a San Francisco banker and civic philanthropist
and long-time President of the San Francisco Park and Recreation Commission. He founded Fleishhacker Pool and Fleishhacker
Zoo in San Francisco. In 1905 Herbert married May Belle Greenbaum (1884-1966), and their children were Marjorie (1906-1983),
Herbert (1907-1968), and Alan (1914-1968). Marjorie married Martin Mitau in 1927, and had daughters Patricia (1928-2013) and
Marjorie.
Container list available in library.
Type:
graphicPortraits-California.
Photograph albums.
Wedding books.
Scrapbooks.
Autochromes.
Ambrotypes.
Physical Description:
photoprint
Approximately 1,500 photographs in 14 boxes and 2 oversize folders : chiefly gelatin silver prints ; various sizes.
Language:
English
Origin:
CaliforniaCopyright Note:
COLLECTION STORED, IN PART, OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.
AUTOCHROMES, AMBROTYPE AND MINIATURES RESTRICTED : Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator.
NITRATE NEGATIVES CLOSED TO RESEARCH DUE TO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RESTRICTIONS.