Postcard to Luther Burbank from Charles de Grave Sells, Cornigliano, Ligure, Italy - Sonoma County Library Digital Collections -- Colecciones Digitales de la Biblioteca del Condado de Sonoma

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Title

Postcard to Luther Burbank from Charles de Grave Sells, Cornigliano, Ligure, Italy

Creator (Person)

["Sells, Charles de Grave, 1856-1942"]

Creation Date (Original)

1905?

Description

Postcard postmarked June 1905 requesting seed of Iceberg White blackberries and any other "special" for an Italian garden from Charles de Grave Sells, in Cornigliano, Liguria, Italy.

Material Type (LBH&G)

["Postcard"]

Item Format or Genre

["postcards"]

Local History and Culture Theme

["Communication"]

Subject (Person)

["Burbank, Luther, 1849-1926--Correspondence"]

Digital Collection Name(s)

["Luther Burbank Home & Gardens Collection"]

Digital Collections Identifier

castrbhg_pcd_1395

Item Details
Image Details

Item Details

Title

Postcard to Luther Burbank from Charles de Grave Sells, Cornigliano, Ligure, Italy

Creator (Person)

["Sells, Charles de Grave, 1856-1942"]

Description

Postcard postmarked June 1905 requesting seed of Iceberg White blackberries and any other "special" for an Italian garden from Charles de Grave Sells, in Cornigliano, Liguria, Italy.

Biographical or Historical Note

Charles de Grave Sells is best known as one of the founders, on 7 September 1893, of the Genoa Cricket and Athletic Club, the first Italian football club. Sells was elected first president of the club--a post which he held until 1897. He of the was born in Newington, Southwark, London in 1876 and trained as a draughtsman; his family had interests in the coal trade. He married Mary Anne Minchin on 14 June 1897, with whom he had three children, Charles in 1898, died two years later, Zara in 1899 and Eileen in 1900. He died in London in 1942.

Creation Date (Original)

1905?

Class

["Document"]

Document Category

["Postcard"]

Document Sub-Category

["IX -- Miscellaneous"]

Material Type (LBH&G)

["Postcard"]

Item Type

["Text"]

Item Format or Genre

["postcards"]

Number of Parts or Pages

Item Physical Dimensions

5 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches

Local History and Culture Theme

["Communication"]

Subject (Person)

["Burbank, Luther, 1849-1926--Correspondence"]

Subject (Time Period)

1905

Geocoding Status

["No geocoding"]

Source of Title and Description Note

Title supplied by cataloger.

Credit line

Courtesy, the City of Santa Rosa and the Luther Burbank Home & Gardens Association

Digital Collections Identifier

castrbhg_pcd_1395

Digital Collection Name(s)

["Luther Burbank Home & Gardens Collection"]

Digital Collections Area Group(s)

["Local History & Culture"]

Digital Collections Topical Subgroup(s)

["Burbankiana"]

Accession Number

88.026.0022

Other IDs

IX Miscellaneous

Location of Originals

Luther Burbank Home & Gardens, 204 Santa Rosa Avenue, Santa Rosa, CA 95404

Physical Condition

good

Copyright Statement

Neither the Luther Burbank Home & Gardens Association, the City of Santa Rosa, nor the Sonoma County Library make any assertions as to ownership of any original copyrights to digitized images and can claim only physical ownership of the image(s) described in these records. However, these images are intended for Personal or Research use only. Any other kind of use, including, but not limited to commercial or scholarly publication in any medium or format, public exhibition, or use online or in a web site, may be subject to additional restrictions including but not limited to the copyrights held by parties other than the Luther Burbank Home & Gardens Association, the City of Santa Rosa, or the Sonoma County Library. USERS ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE for determining the existence of such rights and for obtaining any permissions and/or paying associated fees necessary for the proposed use. Preferred credit line is: Courtesy, the Luther Burbank Home & Gardens Association. Please contact the Luther Burbank Home & Gardens Association regarding additional reproduction and reuse information at: http://www.lutherburbank.org/contact-us

Project Affiliation

LBH&G Photo Digitization Project--2018

Contributing Organizations

Luther Burbank Home & Gardens Association (100 Santa Rosa Ave., Room 10, Santa Rosa, CA 95404; http://www.lutherburbank.org); City of Santa Rosa (100 Santa Rosa Ave., Room 10, Santa Rosa, CA 95404; https://www.srcity.org/); Sonoma County Library (6135 State Farm Drive, Rohnert Park, CA; https://sonomalibrary.org/)

Fiscal Sponsor

City of Santa Rosa

Date Digitized

2018

Digitizing Agency

Act 3 Partners (Jack Schaefer, Tiburon, CA; http://www.act3partners.com)

Digitization Note

Scanned from original item, February 2018

Archival File Data Quality

["High resolution master file image (600 ppi)"]

Acquisition Type

["Purchase"]

Date of Acquisition

09/28/1988

Filename

castrbhg_pcd_1395

Image Details

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