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John Otto Haman correspondence, 1890-1956 (bulk 1923-1924).
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John Otto Haman correspondence, 1890-1956 (bulk 1923-1924)Creator/Contributor:
Haman, John Otto, 1906-1984, creator, correspondent.Abstract:
Contains mostly correspondence between John Otto Haman and his parents in the 1920s. Also includes newspaper clippings, notes
on cable cars, and other miscellany. Miscellany includes post cards, a wedding announcement, a certificate of promotion to
7th grade for his son Henry (dated June 15, 1956), a photographic portrait (possibly an albumen print circa 1900) of an unidentified
woman, a performance program, dated March 27, 1915, of violinist Schumann-Heink at Festival Hall, and a color calendar print
titled "Union Street Dummy and Car, 1880 Transportation from the Presidio to the Barbary Coast. 1906" mounted on a cardboard
cutout mat, etc. Also includes three letters from "Lottie" and "Etta" [likely early relatives of Haman] to their parents.
One of the clippings (circa 1950s) concerns remarks made by John Otto Haman, in his capacity as the former president of the
California Street Cable Railroad Company, about San Francisco Municipal Authority's financial losses operating the street
cars.
Date:
1923 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caCable cars (Streetcars) -- California -- San Francisco -- Pictorial works
Véhicules tractés par câble -- Californie -- San Francisco -- Ouvrages illustrés
Women
Cable cars (Streetcars)
California -- San Francisco
California Street Cable Railroad Company (San Francisco, Calif.)
Haman, John Otto -- 1906-1984 -- Archives
Haman, John Otto -- 1906-1984 -- Correspondence
Schumann-Heink, Ernestine -- 1861-1936 -- Pictorial works
Schumann-Heink, Ernestine -- 1861-1936
Note:
Transferred from the California Street Cable Railroad Company records (BANC MSS C-G 254) CU-BANC
Photographs transferred to the Pictorial Collections of The Bancroft Library. (BANC PIC 1960.025--fALB)
Dr. John Otto Haman (born October 20, 1906 in San Francisco County, California ; died April 17, 1984 in Walnut Creek, California)
was the president of the California Street Cable Railroad Company. In 1951, he oversaw the sale of the company to the city
of San Francisco.
John Otto Haman correspondence, BANC MSS 2006/177, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
In English with some German.
Type:
Pictorial works.Photographs.
Archives.
Personal correspondence.
Albumen prints.
Programs.
Physical Description:
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Language:
English
German