Portrait of Ho Po, San Francisco, California, 1870's - Sonoma County Library Digital Collections -- Colecciones Digitales de la Biblioteca del Condado de Sonoma

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Title

Portrait of Ho Po, San Francisco, California, 1870's

Creation Date (Original)

1870s

Description

Ho Po, in Chinese dress and holding a fan, is sitting for his portrait.

Item Format or Genre

["portraits","black-and-white photographs"]

Contributor(s) (Corporate Body)

["Wm. Shew's Photographic Establishment"]

Local History and Culture Theme

["Portraits"]

Subject (Person)

["Po, Ho"]

Digital Collection Name(s)

["Sonoma County Library Photograph Collection"]

Digital Collections Identifier

cstr_pho_043229

Item Details
Image Details

Item Details

Title

Portrait of Ho Po, San Francisco, California, 1870's

Title Statement

Wm. Shew's Photographic Establishment

Contributor(s) (Corporate Body)

["Wm. Shew's Photographic Establishment"]

Description

Ho Po, in Chinese dress and holding a fan, is sitting for his portrait.

Biographical or Historical Note

Ho Po was the contractor in San Francisco who provided Chinese workers for the Buena Vista Winery in Sonoma, California from 1871-1880. He also served as the Chinese crew boss.

Creation Date (Original)

1870s

Item Type

["Still image"]

Item Format or Genre

["portraits","black-and-white photographs"]

Number of Parts or Pages

1 photographic print

Other Physical Details

black and white

Item Physical Dimensions

25 x 20 cm

Local History and Culture Theme

["Portraits"]

Subject (Person)

["Po, Ho"]

Subject (Time Period)

1871-1880

Country

["United States"]

State or Province

["California"]

California County

["San Francisco"]

City or Town

["San Francisco"]

Street Address

San Francisco, California

Geocoding Status

["No geocoding"]

Creator Note

The Wm. Shew's Photographic Establishment was located at 115 Kearney Street, San Francisco, California

Source of Title and Description Note

Title supplied by cataloger.

Reproduction Details (Physical Items)

Reproduced from original print by The Lab (400 Tesconi Circle, Santa Rosa, California), October 2014.

Other Notes

Miss Cecile L. Auger of San Francisco confirmed the identity of the subject.

Source note

Courtesy of Florence Cutter of Oakland, California and the Wine Institute (Neg Z-14) of San Francisco, California

Original Collection Name

["Santa Rosa Junior College collection"]

Credit line

Courtesy, Sonoma County Library

Local System Identifier

1498596

Digital Collections Identifier

cstr_pho_043229

Digital Collection Name(s)

["Sonoma County Library Photograph Collection"]

Digital Collections Area Group(s)

["Local History & Culture"]

Physical Item Barcode(s)

37565024878018 (ANNEX PHOTO 43229);37565024878125 (ARCHIVES PHOTO 43229)

Item Call Number(s)

ANNEX PHOTO 43229;ARCHIVES PHOTO 43229

Shelving Location of Physical Item(s)

Sonoma County History & Genealogy Library, 211 E Street, Santa Rosa, CA 95401 http://sonomalibrary.org/locations/sonoma-county-history-and-genealogy-library; Sonoma County Archives (managed by the Sonoma County History & Genealogy Library)

Location of Originals

Florence Cutter

Copyright Statement

The Sonoma County Library makes no assertions as to ownership of any original copyrights to digitized images and can claim only physical ownership of the image(s) described in this 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 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 Sonoma County Library. Please see additional reproduction and reuse information at http://sonomalibrary.org/locations/sonoma-county-history-and-genealogy-library/order-photo

Project Affiliation

Sonoma County Tourism Grant (2015-2016)

Contributing Organizations

Grant provided to the Sonoma County Library through the Sonoma County Advertising Program.

Fiscal Sponsor

Sonoma County Library, 211 E Street, Santa Rosa, CA 95401 (http://www.sonomalibrary. org)

Date Digitized

2016

Digitizing Agency

Luna Imaging, Inc. (2702 Media Center Drive Los Angeles, CA 90065-1733 http://www.lunaimaging.com)

Archival File Data Quality

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

Acquisition Type

["Gift"]

Date of Acquisition

2016

Provenance

The photograph was copied by the Wine Institute on May 17, 1946 from the original held by Florence Cutter.

Filename

cstr_pho_043229.jp2

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