Calvo family photograph collection, circa 1905-1925.

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Calvo family photograph collection, circa 1905-1925.

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The collection includes 11 photographs of Sephardic Jewish pioneer Solomon "Sam" Calvo, as well as his family and Sephardic friends, and also his fish business in Seattle, Washington. Family photographs depict his wife and young children; there are also photographs of Calvo working at Western Fish and Oyster Co. (later Waterfront Fish and Oyster Co., Calvo's business), located in Pike Place Market. All photographs were made in Seattle circa 1905-1925.

11 photographic prints (1 folder)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7811405

University of Washington. Libraries

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Jewish Archives (University of Washington)

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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 ...

Calvo, Solomon, 1879-1964

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

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Calvo family

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

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