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Title: 1850 Portrait of Jacob D. Hoppe
Contributor: Arbuckle, Clyde, 1903-1998 (collector)
Date Created and/or Issued: 1845
1846
1847
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1849
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1853
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1855
Contributing Institution: San José Public Library, California Room
Collection: Historic Photograph Collection
Rights Information: Material in the public domain. No restrictions on use. For more information on copyright or permissions for this image, please contact the California Room: http://www.sjlibrary.org/research/special/ca/contacts_index.htm
Description: Jacob D. Hoppe was the first American postmaster in San Jose beginning in 1847. He represented San Jose in California's First Constitutional Convention. He was a founder of Alviso. He died from injuries suffered in the explosion of the steamboat, Jenny Lind, in 1853.
Type: image
Format: image/jpeg2000
Scanned with Epson Perfection V350 Photo Scanner as a 800 dpi TIFF image in 16-bit Grayscale. Compressed into JPEG format and Auto Level image adjustment applied using Photoshop CS2.
Extent: 5 x 7 in.
Identifier: http://digitalcollections.sjlibrary.org/cdm/ref/collection/arbuckle/id/367
Language: English
Subject: Men
Portraits
Postal service employees
California--Constitutional Convention, 1849
Hoppe, Jacob D
Place: Alviso
California
San Jose
Source: Clyde Arbuckle Photograph Collection

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