Arthur Rothstein Nevada Photograph Arthur Rothstein made some of the most significant documentary photographs ever taken of rural and small-town America. These images were created during his years traveling throughout the nation on assignment for the US Farm Security Administration, one of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s “New
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Read more →Bonham Galland Values Codes I – E – P Bonham Galland (1833-1915) won election to the Nevada Legislature in 1882. After his legislative term, he left Nevada for San Francisco and, in 1893, married Bavarian-born Caroline Rosenberg Kline, widow of wealthy Seattle clothing retailer and real
Read more →Mark Levison Values Codes I – E – L Mark Levison was born in 1824 in Nijmwegen, Holland. His surname was Levy, but Mark’s father, Jacob, changed it to Levison. Along the way . . . During the mid-1840’s, Mark Levison moved to Norwich, England.
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Read more →Julius and Susan Levy, and Brother Isaac Levy Value Codes I – E – L – P In the 1860’s, Julius and Isaac Levy operated a dry goods and ladies clothing store, Julius Levy & Bro., at 1106 Stockton in San Francisco. In the early days, the brothers lived in
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