Mr. and Mrs. George Hopkins Seated in a Buggy, ca. 1913
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Title
Mr . and Mrs . George Hopkins Seated in a Buggy , ca. 1913
Photographer
Matsura , Frank , 1873-1913 .
Description
George Hopkins and his wife sit in a buggy with a dust blanket covering them. The Hopkins family came to Okanogan in 1909 from across the mountains in Eagle Harbor , Washington . Buying Charles Lindsay's restaurant on Second Avenue that same year , by 1910 they had also leased the Central Hotel across the street . Redecorating and changing its name to the "Hotel Oxford ", the Hopkins ran both restaurant (renamed the Oxford Cafe) and hotel until the spring of the next year . In 1911 , Mr . Hopkins decided not to renew the lease and the business was taken over by Mr . Gus Newman . He planned to remodel the first floor and make the lower half a grocery store . In 1913 , the Hopkins family got out of the business altogether and moved to their apple orchard in Pogue Prairie .
Subject
Carriages & coaches--Washington (State) ; Horses--Washington (State) ; Hopkins , George
Date
1913~
Type
Image
Genre
Postcards
Location
North and Central America--United States--Washington (state)--Okanogan county--Okanogan
Identifier
pc035b2f37n17
Source
Is found in PC 35, Frank S. Matsura Collection https://libraries.wsu.edu/masc/finders/pc35.htm at Washington State University Libraries' Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC) https://libraries.wsu.edu/masc
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/
Rights Notes
No known copyright. Item is in public domain as it was published prior to 1923.
Restrictions
For permission to publish please contact Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (509) 335-6691 or the Okanogan Historical Society (509) 422-4272
Format
Original photographic prints were scanned as 300 dpi TIFF files on a Microtek 9600XL scanner. 72 dpi JPEG files were then added to the CONTENT database at the WSU Libraries.
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