Wiggan (Elvira Davis) Photograph Collection

John Davis in Pullman porter uniform standing at 16th St. depot
John Davis in Pullman porter uniform standing at 16th St. depot, Oakland, California, circa 1910s, Elvira Davis Wiggan photograph collection, MS 18, African American Museum & Library at Oakland, Oakland Public Library.

The Elvira Wiggan Photograph Collection includes 18 photographs of friends and family of Elvira Davis Wiggan. Included in the collection is a 1860s tin-type portrait of an African American woman, several photographs of Elvira Wiggan’s uncle, Samuel Davis, and photographs of Elvira Wiggan’s father, John Davis, dressed in his Pullman porter uniform.

Dates: circa 1860s-1941
 
Collection number: MS 18
 
Creator: Wiggan, Elvira Davis.
 
Collection Size: .2 linear feet (18 photographs)
 

Guide to the Elvira Davis Wiggan Photograph Collection

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