San Francisco Exhibit Hall

Southern California Postcards, 1904 – 1907

Southern California Postcards, 1904 – 1907 Source These historic postcards were donated to the museum by Sara Borczuk Applebaum. Jonathan Friedmann is curator for this Southern California Postcards exhibit.

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Bay Area Postcards, 1907

Bay Area Postcards, 1907   Source These historic postcards were donated to the museum by Sara Borczuk Applebaum. Jonathan Friedmann is curator for this Bay Area Postcards exhibit.

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Solomon Levinson: Jewish Boxing Glove Manufacturer of San Francisco

Solomon Levinson Values Codes I – E – L   Solomon Levinson was born in 1867 in Lake County, California. He was the fifth child of Abraham and Henrietta Boukofsky Levinson. Abraham Levinson was born in Zempelburg, Prussia in 1826, and settled in Napa, California, in 1850, where

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David N. Walter: Early Pioneer Jewish Home Furnishing Merchant of San Francisco

David N. Walter Values Codes I – E – L   David N. Walter was born in 1837 in Reckendorf, Bavaria.   Along the way . . . Early in his life, David N. Walter came to the United States, where he lived in Albany, New York

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Anthony Zellerbach: Jewish Paper King of the American Wild West

Anthony Zellerbach Values Codes I – E – L – P   Anthony Zellerbach was born in 1832 in Bavaria.   Along the way . . . In 1846, at the age of fourteen, Anthony Zellerbach came to America. He lived in Philadelphia for a while. In

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Adolph A. Son and the Spitz Brothers: Pioneer Jewish Tobacco Merchants of San Francisco.

Adolph A. Son Values Codes I – E – L    Adolph A. Son was born in Hildesheim, Hanover, Germany, in 1838.   San Francisco In 1853, at the age of 15, Adolph Son journeyed to San Francisco and opened a cigar and pipe store. While vacationing in

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