August Helbing political campaign ephemera and obituary, 1892, 1896.

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August Helbing political campaign ephemera and obituary, 1892, 1896.

The collection includes a voting guide and political card from 1892 when August Helbing ran as a Republican candidate for the supervisor of San Francisco's 12th Ward. The collection also has a photocopy of an obituary for Helbing that appeared in the San Francisco Call newspaper (1896).

1 folder.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8116760

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Bancroft Library. Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life.

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Western Jewish History Center

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