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House in Healdsburg with large rosebush, south side of North Street between Fitch and East Streets

Title

House in Healdsburg with large rosebush, south side of North Street between Fitch and East Streets

Creator (Person)

["Silberstein, Mervyn D., 1885-1956"]

Creation Date (Original)

1880?

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Item Format or Genre

["black-and-white photographs"]

Local History and Culture Theme

["Cities, Towns and Settlements"]

Subject (Topical)

["Historic buildings","Dwellings"]

Digital Collection Name(s)

["Sonoma County Library Photograph Collection"]

Digital Collections Identifier

cstr_pho_002337

Item Details
Image Details

Item Details

Title

House in Healdsburg with large rosebush, south side of North Street between Fitch and East Streets

Creator (Person)

["Silberstein, Mervyn D., 1885-1956"]

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Biographical or Historical Note

The photographer Mervyn Silberstein grew up in Healdsburg, CA, where his father owned a successful dry goods and men’s clothing business. He purchased his first camera while in High School and eventually opened his own camera store. Many of his photos and postcards show the still rural town of Healdsburg at the beginning of the 19th century, his friends, and informal snapshots of local children which were quite rare at the time. Silberstein founded the Sotoyoman, a monthly publication created by Healdsburg High School students, and later worked as a writer for the Sotoyome Sun and the Healdsburg Enterprise. In 1911 the whole family relocated to San Francisco, where Silberstein worked in advertising and as a newspaper correspondent. He pursued his photographic work on the side and developed a passion for documenting life and customs in San Francisco’s Chinatown. He married Lillian Ruth Swanson in 1926, and both worked in the travel agency business until his retirement in 1956, conductin

Creation Date (Original)

1880?

Item Type

["Still image"]

Item Format or Genre

["black-and-white photographs"]

Number of Parts or Pages

1 photographic print

Local History and Culture Theme

["Cities, Towns and Settlements"]

Subject (Time Period)

1880

Subject (Topical)

["Historic buildings","Dwellings"]

Country

["United States"]

State or Province

["California"]

California County

["Sonoma"]

City or Town

["Healdsburg"]

Street Address

Healdsburg, California

Latitude

38.6104658

Longitude

-122.8691609

Geocoding Status

["Approximate geocoding"]

Credit line

Courtesy, Sonoma County Library

Local System Identifier

418941

Digital Collections Identifier

cstr_pho_002337

Digital Collection Name(s)

["Sonoma County Library Photograph Collection"]

Digital Collections Area Group(s)

["Local History & Culture"]

Physical Item Barcode(s)

-115625 (ANNEX PHOTO 2337);37565024881277 (ARCHIVES PHOTO 2337)

Item Call Number(s)

ANNEX PHOTO 2337;ARCHIVES PHOTO 2337

Shelving Location of Physical Item(s)

Sonoma County History & Genealogy Library, 211 E Street, Santa Rosa, CA 95401 https://sonomalibrary.org/locations/sonoma-county-history-and-genealogy-library

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 https://sonomalibrary.org/locations/sonoma-county-history-and-genealogy-library/order-photo .

Contributing Organizations

Owned by Sonoma County Library.

Date Digitized

2017

Digitizing Agency

Sonoma County Library, 211 E Street, Santa Rosa, CA 95404 https://sonomalibrary.org

Archival File Data Quality

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

Acquisition Type

["Gift"]

Date of Acquisition

1992

Filename

cstr_pho_002337.jp2

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