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Title
Joseph Backs Cabinet Making and Upholstering Shop
Alternative Title
Digital Anaheim
Date Created and/or Issued
ca. 1920 (issued)
Contributing Institution
Anaheim Public Library
Collection
Anaheim Public Library photograph collection on Anaheim local history
Rights Information
Property rights reside with the Anaheim Public Library. Literary rights are generally retained by the creators of the records and their heirs. For permission to publish or to reproduce, please contact the Local History Curator.
Description
Accession number: P995
Joseph Backs Cabinet Making and Upholstering store, located at 112 West Chartres between Lemon and Los Angeles Street (later Anaheim Blvd.); image shows Joseph Backs, wearing carpenter's apron and standing in doorway of store; signage above entranceway reads "CABINET MAKING / AND / UPHOLSTERING" and in window to the left, "JOS BACKS / PICTURES /FRAMED"; placque to right of front door reads "MOUND CITY HORSE SHOE PAINT / WE PROVE ITS STRICTLY MADE"; poster on wall to left reads "BRUNK'S / COMEDIANS / Band and Orchestera / New Plays and Vaudeville / Tent Theater / NOV. [...illeg]"; electrical wires running down from roof, power pole visible at far left.
Type
image
Format
1 Photographic print : b&w ; 8 x 10 in.
1 Photographic print mounted on board : sepia ; 8 x 10 in.
1 Negative 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.
Form/Genre
Photographic print
Identifier
http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt1d5nc2bn
Subject
Backs, Joseph M--1846-1926
Henry L. Brunk and Brunk's Comedians--1902-1958
Backs Cabinet Making Store--California--Anaheim
Streets--California--Anaheim
Carpentry
Stores and shops--California--Anaheim
Pioneers--California--Anaheim
Anaheim (Calif.)--Commerce
Anaheim (Calif.)--History
Place
Backs Cabinet Making Store
California
Anaheim.
Streets
Anaheim
Stores and shops
Pioneers
Anaheim (Calif.)
Commerce
History

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