Rita Harren Bordwell

Photograph

Napa County Historical Society

Rita Harren Bordwell

Origsize: 5" x 7"

Name/Title

Rita Harren Bordwell

Entry/Object ID

2009.2.25

Description

Black and white photograph, captioned "Anna Marguerite (Rita) Harren Bordwell is the daughter of the late Charles M. Harren, a carpenter and a member of the Napa Hook and Ladder Company No. 1 (volunteers) and the late Margaret Kennedy Harren. She was born in Napa, on the now city owned parking lot, Randolph and Second Street, Monday Eve 8pm June 8, 19--. She is the eldest of 5 children. She attended the Franklin Primary School on Franklin Street, now the Women's Club. She was graduated from the Napa Central School, the Napa High School, Thompson Business College and The (Fucy's?) Secretarial School. Took courses at the Napa College; also the University of California. Married the late Edward M. Bordwell, senior member of the firm Bordwell and Zimmerman, contractors, who erected the Milliken dam for the City of Napa. No children. She is a memeber of Keystone Chapter No. 235, and of the Eastern Star, Napa, California, and the Napa County Historical Society. She wrote the History of Napa Fire Department from 1859 through 1963, which appeared in the Napa Register's Centennial, Saturday, March 30, 1963; at the request of the late Charles Roberts, a member of the Alerts (volunteer) Fire Company and one of the original members of Napa's Fist Paid Fire department, who realized he had but a short time to live, and the organization too important not to have a history for the furture generation. Charles Roberts passed away two weeks after it appeared in the Napa Register. --Rita Harren Bordwell, November 4, 1965." Attached to the photo is a note that says: "Maguerita (Rita) Harren Bordwell, photographed in the early 1900s when attending a social gathering in Napa."

Collection

Photographs

Acquisition

Accession

2009.2

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Notes

Date: early 1900s

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Photographic

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Secretaries, Carpenters, Newspapers, Voluntarism, Schools, School attendance, Fire fighters, Volunteer work, Colleges, High school students, College students, Schoolrooms, Fire departments, Dam construction

Search Terms

PF009 Bordwell, Bordwell, Rita Harren, Harren, Charles, Harren, Margaret Kennedy, Bordwell, Edward M., Bordwell, Ed, Roberts, Charles, Carpenters, Hook and Ladder Company, Voluntarism, Volunteer work, School attendance, Schoolrooms, Schools, College students, Colleges, High school students, Secretaries, Dam construction, Fire departments, Fire fighters, Newspapers, Newspaper columns, Napa, Randolf Street, Second Street, Franklin Primary School, Women's Club, Napa Central School, Napa High School, Thompson Business School, Secretarial School, Napa College, University of California, Keystone Chapter, Eastern Star, Napa County Historical Society, History of the Napa Fire Department, Napa Register, The Alerts

Dimensions

Height

5 in

Width

7 in

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Bordwell, Rita Harren

Person or Organization

Harren, Charles

Person or Organization

Harren, Margaret Kennedy

Person or Organization

Bordwell, Edward M.

Person or Organization

Bordwell, Ed

Person or Organization

Roberts, Charles

Create Date

January 31, 2009

Update Date

July 16, 2026