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Photos of Ruth taken by Charles W. Geiger.
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Title:
Photos of Ruth taken by Charles W. GeigerCreator/Contributor:
Geiger, Charles W., creator, photographer.Abstract:
Snapshot portraits of a woman named Ruth taken at various locations in and around San Francisco. In most scenes she is posing
in mid-1920s formal fashions. Identified locations include Fairmont Hotel, Hale's (Hale Bros.) department store, Emporium
and the Legion of Honor.
Date:
1926 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caFashion -- California -- San Francisco -- Photographs
Fashion
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Photographs
California -- San Francisco
Note:
Title stamped on front cover.
Descriptive captions, including dates, adhered to a few leaves.
Purchase ; From Kate Mitas, Bookseller ; 2019.
Charles W. Geiger was likely a feature writer for a magazine (cf. Ancestry.com).
Photos of Ruth taken by Charles W. Geiger, BANC PIC 2020.001, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Type:
graphicPhotographs.
Photograph albums.
Physical Description:
photoprint
42 photographs in 1 album : gelatin silver prints ; sheets 10 x 13 cm, album 19 x 30 cm
Language:
English