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Raphael Weill papers and photographs, 1880-1964.
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Title:
Raphael Weill papers and photographs, 1880-1964Creator/Contributor:
Weill, Raphael, 1837-1920, creatorCreator/Contributor:
San Francisco (Calif.), Board of Supervisors.Creator/Contributor:
Western Jewish History Center, 268.Creator/Contributor:
Judah L. Magnes Museum, WJHC 1969.029.Creator/Contributor:
Bancroft Library, Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life.Abstract:
Collection consists mostly of photographs relating to Raphael Weill's businesss as well as his family, friends, and acquaintances.
Among the photographs are portraits of the following: Edgar Meyer, Judge Morrow, Sigmund Steinhart, John French Sloan, Edward
Robert Taylor, Daniel J. O'Brien, George T. Bromley, Charles W. Dullea, Frank Ungar, D. White, and Herman Perlet. Also included
are some documents and ephemera relating to Weill's business and personal history, including honors received, a resolution
of appreciation to the management of Raphael Weill and Company that was signed by over 700 employees (1931), a resolution
from the San Francisco Board of Supervisors commemorating the White House's centennial (1954), and shopping bag with advertisements
for the White House.
Date:
1880 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caGeneral stores -- California -- San Francisco
Jews, French -- California -- San Francisco
Magasins généraux -- Californie -- San Francisco
Juifs français -- Californie -- San Francisco
General stores
Jews, French
California -- San Francisco
Raphael Weill & Company.
Raphael Weill & Company
Weill, Raphael -- 1837-1920 -- Archives
Note:
Formerly: Western Jewish History Center Collection Number 268.
Formerly: Judah L. Magnes Museum Collection Number WJHC 1969.029.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.
Transfer; Judah L. Magnes Museum; 2010.
Pioneer San Francisco merchant, who emigrated from France and arrived in San Francisco in 1855. Within three years, he had
become a partner of the J.W. Davidson Dry Goods Store. By 1885, the Davidson Dry Goods Store became Raphael Weill and Company,
and the store became known as the White House. Widely known for its fine merchandise and excellent employer-employee relations,
the White House moved three times before it closed in 1966. Weill, noted for his civic and philanthropic activities, helped
found the Bohemian Club; contributed clothing for victims of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake; was a member of the San Francisco
Board of Education; and supported San Francisco's French Hospital, where a wing in the building bears his name. He also contributed
to the French community in San Francisco, as well as those living abroad, and he received the French Legion d'Honneur. A San
Francisco public school was named in his honor and a Rodin statue at the San Francisco Palace of the Legion of Honor was also
dedicated to him.
Preferred citation: Raphael Weill papers and photographs, BANC MSS 2010/719, The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life,
The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Materials in English.
Type:
photographs.Resolutions.
shopping bags.
Photographs
Archives
Photographs.
Photographies.
Physical Description:
1 box, 1 oversize box (1.4 linear ft.)
Language:
English
Identifier:
2006585245
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http://magnesalm.org/notebook_fext.asp?site=magnes&book=156622
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CaliforniaCopyright Note:
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.