Name/Title
RECEIPT TO F.P.F. TEMPLE FROM HOWES & CO., 1853.Entry/Object ID
96.38.1.5Description
RECEIPT TO F.P.F. TEMPLE FROM HOWES & CO., 1853.
A color photograph showing a receipt, dated 14 October 1853, to F.P.F. Temple from Bowes and Company, San Francisco, for furniture purchased for $216, including a marble top bureau, plain bureau, bedstead, French rocker, six spring seat chairs, and a child's chair. The paper was kept in a tin deed box owned by Temple and now owned by Charles and Margaret Coker. Mr. Coker is a descendant of William W. Jenkins, friend of Temple and administrator of his estate. Photograph taken by Paul Spitzzeri, June 1995. None
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Documentary Artifact, Photographs, Howes & Co., House furnishings, Stores, Retail--San Francisco (Calif.)
