Box 1

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Gelatin silver print, ca. 1910. Image shows wool lumper in mill interior in Stockton, Calif., with male worker standing next to it. Lumper built by C.G. Sargent's Sons Corp., Graniteville, Mass. Probably the E.H. Tryon wool scouring business in Stockton. 18 x 12.5 cm.

Format: black and white photograph.

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Snapshot, gelatin silver print (?), [mid 20th century?]. Image shows mill machinery in interior room, possibly that of Haber Zemel Tryon, Inc. 10 x 13 cm.

Format: black and white photograph.

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Gelatin silver print. Image shows interior of wool warehouse, with extremely large bags of wool piled alongside walls; male supervisor, male worker, and woman (not a worker) in center background. Probably the E.H. Tryon wool scouring business in Stockton. 18.5 x 12.5 cm.

Format: black and white photograph.

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Gelatin silver print, ca. 1910. Image shows interior of mill, with male and female workers standing at left; two male workers standing behind machinery in right background; bale of wool in right foreground. Probably the E.H. Tryon wool scouring business in Stockton. 18 x 13 cm.

Format: black and white photograph.

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Gelatin silver print. Image depicts office area with woman employee (switchboard operator?) at left behind counter; man standing at right behind counter. Spittoon on floor in foreground. Purportedly the Stockton Scouring Plant, but does not resemble item 15 in this folder, which is also purportedly the Stockton Scouring Plant. 18 x 13 cm.

Format: black and white photograph.

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Gelatin silver print. Image depicts office area with woman employee (switchboard operator?) at left behind counter; two men standing behind counter at right. Note radiator in front of counter. Calendar on wall dated April 1913, advertising wool brokers or wool agents from Boston, Mass. Purportedly the Stockton Scouring Plant, but does not resemble item 14 in this folder, which is also purportedly the Stockton Scouring Plant. 18 x 13 cm.

Format: black and white photograph.

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Pacific Cooperative Wool Growers. Acme Photo W-5. Gelatin silver print, [19--]. Image depicts interior room, with bags of wool in the background and to the right; one male worker with large bag of wool on two-wheel truck to left; other workers stand in center at table, with empty open crates in front, in which wool will be sorted. Pacific Copoperative Wool Growers stamp on back of photo. 24.5 x 19.5 cm.

Format: black and white photograph.

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Gelatin silver print, ca. 1910. Image shows women sorting wool; four are in front of sorting table with large piles of wool on floor and large bags of wool; three women in background behind sorting table, with bags of wool partially visible. Probably the E.H. Tryon wool scouring business in Stockton. See item 9 in this folder for the original of this photograph. 25 x 20.5 cm.

Format: black and white photograph.

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Gelatin silver print, [19--]. Image shows part of the San Francisco waterfront, with houses and buildings visible on the left; ship masts visible in center and right background; horse and wagon visible in lower left foreground. Note on reverse says "San Francisco waterfront - the hill on the left is now part of the base of the Bay Bridge." This print probably produced in 20th century, possibly from glass plate negative. 25.5 x 20.5 cm.

Format: black and white photograph.

Scope and Contents Gelatin silver print, [19--; original 1869]. Image depicts the Wool Exchange in San Francisco, Calif., on the NW corner of Sansome (?) St. and Broadway. Building is two story brick, with horse-drawn wagons loaded with bags of wool in front; many more bags of wool are stacked up outside the building. A number of men are standing on the street or sidewalk in front of the building; workers are standing on the bags on the side. Notice on building has date May 23d '69. Possibly printed from a...