The Snapshots in Time Collection
Gallery: AAEBAY
Personal letters and family papers from the Wagener household of Modesto and Stanislaus County, California, spanning 1900 to 1904 GÇö school district business, Fourth of July firecrackers, Tivoli Theatre evenings, and an illustrated "Water is Wealth" irrigation cover. Preserved alongside the World War I correspondence of Pvt. Willis W. Wagener, these prewar documents capture turn-of-the-century civic life, travel, and family ties in California's Central Valley and beyond.
Letter from J. A. Wagener, Superintendent of Schools, Stanislaus County, to 'Dear Mary,' July 19, 1900
Handwritten Letter from J.A. Wagener, July 19, 1900 - Modesto School District Business
Letter from J. A. Wagener, Superintendent of Schools, Stanislaus County, to 'Willie & Winnie,' July 2, 1900
Illustrated Advertising Cover Addressed to Mrs. J. A. Wagener, Modesto, California, Postmarked July 1903
Handwritten Family Letter Page, Signed 'Uncle Henry and Aunt Anna' - Wagener Family Collection
Handwritten Letter, Masonville, Pennsylvania, July 11, 1903
Handwritten Letter, J. A. Wagener, July 16, 1903 (Wagener Family Correspondence Archive)
Handwritten Personal Letter, San Francisco, August 17, 1904
Handwritten Letter Page, Wagener Correspondence Collection (San Francisco / Cliff House Reference)
Handwritten Letter from Willis Wagener to His Mother, Describing a San Francisco Area Outing (dated 1904)