Calvo Family Photograph Collection circa 1905-1925

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Calvo Family Photograph Collection circa 1905-1925

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Photograph collection including images of Seattle Sephardic Jewish pioneer Solomon "Sam" Calvo along with his family, friends, and business - the Waterfront Fish and Oyster Co. in Pike Place Market.

11 photographic prints; 1 folder

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University of Washington Libraries Special Collections

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SNAC Resource ID: 6369930

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Jewish Archives (University of Washington)

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Waterfront Fish & Oyster Co. (Seattle, Wash.)

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Calvo, Solomon, 1879-1964

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Calvo family

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Calvo, Fortuna, b. 1908.

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A co-founder of the Sephardic Jewish community in Seattle, Solomon "Sam" Calvo came to Seattle in June 1902 from the Turkish island of Marmara. One of many Sephardic Jews in Seattle who began working in the fish and produce trade, Calvo sold fish from a cart in downtown Seattle and worked at the Western Fish & Oyster Co., which in 1908 became his business, Waterfront Fish & Oyster Co. Calvo was a founding member of the Congregation Ahavath Ahim (Brotherly Love) synagogue in 1909, and he ...

Western Fish & Oyster Co. (Seattle, Wash.)

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