Photographs from Ella Sterling Mighels papers [graphic]. [ca. 1870-1934]

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Photographs from Ella Sterling Mighels papers [graphic]. [ca. 1870-1934]

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Photos are mostly portraits, most unidentified or tentatively identified. Portraits include a lantern slide depicting a woman; carte de visite portrait of a woman by Bradley? two copyprints of a (daguerreotype?) "1840s? John Mitchell, grandfather of Ella Sterling Mighels?"; Mighels (one dated 1923); a girl "Genevieve Cummins?"; a man wearing a cap and gown; a man "Bram Nossen?"; James Phelan (photomechanical print). Also includes a copyprint of a group "citizens of Aurora, Calif. (now Aurora, Nev.) taken 1865"; two photos and one photomechanical print postcard depicting a woman and three children posing for the "Children's Statue of the Pioneer Mother"; official Panama-Pacific International Exposition photo postcard of statue "The Nations of the West"; group portrait with note "demonstrating the gregarious nature of woman."

21 photographic prints (1 carte de visite), 2 photomechanical prints, 1 lantern slide : b? ; 8 x 10 in. or smaller.

California historical society

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California historical society

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Mighels, Ella Sterling, 1853-1934

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Born May 5, 1853 in Sacramento County, California, Ella Sterling Mighels was the author of many books. She is best known for her books on the literary history of California. She died in San Francisco on December 10, 1934. From the description of Ella Sterling Mighels Collection, 1890-1932. (California State Library). WorldCat record id: 58745786 Mighels was a Calif. author and literary historian, b. Ella Sterling Clark, married first to Adley Hook Cummins. then to Philip Ver...

Mitchell, John Hugh

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J. Mitchell owned a general mercantile store on French Prairie in the Willamette Valley. The site later became part of the town of Gervais. Accounts appear for several well-known citizens, such as Henry Failing, William Barlow, Antoine Lucier, and H. D. Boon. From the description of J. Mitchell account books, 1860-1881. (Oregon Historical Society Research Library). WorldCat record id: 36995911 John Mitchell was the agent for American Prisoners of War during the War of 1812. ...

Phelan, James D. (James Duval), 1861-1930

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James D. Phelan was a businessman, civic leader, political figure, and philanthropist, of San Francisco, Calif. He served as mayor of San Francisco (1897-1901) and U.S. Senator from Calif. (1915-1921). From the description of James D. Phelan correspondence : ALS and TLS, 1898-1927. (California Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 122394967 Biographical/Historical note Phelan was the son of a pioneer California banker....