Sinsheimer Collection

Map of San Luis Obispo with lot numbers

A car is parked in front of the U.S. Post Office in Santa Fe, NM, now the site of the Institute of American Indian Arts.

Looking east from the corner of Monterey and Chorro. The Sinsheimer building is visible on the left side of frame. Also notable is the A. Sauer Co. Grocers and Bakers, Bellini's [?] Variety Store, Austin's Candy Store, Wilson Hotel, Hotel Andrews, Coffee Tavern, Billiards, Western Union, Anderson Hotel, Mission Hotel, and the Florsheim Shoe.

View down a main boulevard of what is probably Canon City, CO

View down a main boulevard of what is probably Canon City, CO

A man poses for a photograph in front of rock formations in the American West

A car is parked in front of the ruins of a stone house in the American West

Two children sit on the Sinsheimer Brothers float passing through the intersection of Johnson Street and Higuera Street. The float is covered in flowers and has a sign for 'ELKS '322''.

The back of the postcard reads "April 17 - Sells Floto Circus Buffalo Bill".

View of San Francisco's skyline

View of the Liberty Cafe, the Bee Hive Cafe, and the St. James Hotel.

A crowd of people stand or sit on the beach with the boardwalk in the background

Several people walk up and down the boardwalk

View of San Francisco's skyline

Title page of the book "The Technology of Sugar", signed by J.F. Sinsheimer

An invitation to the Sinsheimer family from the Farm Bureau regarding the Twelfth Annual Christmas Luncheon held at Cal Poly on December 18, 1937.

A handbook advising handicapped veterans about their prospects upon enrollment at California Polytechnic.

This box features many calling cards similar to the one pictured, with various messages written on the backs of the cards.

Business correspondence, July 3, 1887.

Cover and page 3, of a book of instructions and guidelines regarding vocational agriculture and livestock raising. Page 3 provides instructions and diagrams for 'how to tie useful knots.' This was the sixth printing of the book in 1939.

Back of the photo reads "Fall 1965"

Back of photo reads "Fall 1965"

Several people draped in loose clothing hold up baskets to women standing in a train car

Back of the photo labeled "Mission Wall". Photo appears to be taken from the northeast wall of the Carnegie Library, unless the photo predates it.

Man poses with children in front of Ah Louis Store on Palm Street, Chinatown.

Man poses with children in front of Ah Louis Store on Palm Street, Chinatown.

Many horses and carriages are walking on Monterey street toward Chorro street. Notable buildings in view include the Western Union office on the left, a furniture and carpet store, the Sinsheimer building, and Louis Construction. Most of the buildings have American flags displayed - perhaps an Independence Day parade? In the distance, on the left, the top of the Andrews Hotel is visible. If this is true, the first Andrews building was only in existence in 1886, before it burned down.

Dated August 6, 1893 on another print of this photograph that is in MS 096 Sinsheimer Family Correspondence. Standing second from left is Nettie Sinsheimer (?). Seated in rocking chair is Aron Sinsheimer.

Man sitting on a wet beach, with Morro Rock across the bay.

A Southern Pacific train with the number 1374 painted on the side of the freight car positioned between the engine and the first passenger car.

Group stands on porch, next to a carriage hitched to six horses.

Six men and dog working on top of railroad tracks which run across a body of water.

The Wineman Building sign is visible in the background.

Three men set up camp at the beach. A couple pans are set on top of a small fire, and a rail or bridge is above them in the background.

Man posing in front of a large carriage (in whose driver seat another man sits) carrying what appears to be chairs and other furniture. Another buggy can be seen in the background to the left, behind the row of eucalyptus tree. Two horses are hitched to the carriage.

Group of men pictured paving a street with rakes and rollers. Two of the men are smoking a pipe, and there is a pavement machine (for concrete or asphalt?) in the background.

Map of San Luis Obispo with lot numbers