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Title: 1880 Portrait of David Hobson
Contributor: Arbuckle, Clyde, 1903-1998 (collector)
Date Created and/or Issued: 1875
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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: David Hobson was born in North Carolina in 1822. He came to California in 1850 as a prospector, did well and settled in San Jose in 1853. He and his brother, Jessie, established the first Quaker Society of Friends in San Jose in 1861. He married in 1866 and he and his wife, Mary, eventually had eleven children. The family farm was at Mabury Road and King Road. He died there in 1916.
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/378
Language: English
Subject: Men
Portraits
Hobson, David, 1822-1916
Society of Friends--History
Place: San Jose
California
Source: Clyde Arbuckle Photograph Collection

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