DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Collection Number
Pending
Creator
This collection was assembled by an unknown individual. It was donated to the Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History in 2009 by an unknown individual.
Extent
Number of Containers: One (1) Box
Linear Feet: 1 Linear Foot
Repository
Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History, Archives
705 Front Street
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Abstract
This collection consists of photographs of the Stikeman and Pierce Food Fair of 1916. These photographs document various exhibitors at the food fair.
Location
The Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History, Santa Cruz, CA
Preferred Citation
Stikeman and Pierce Food Fair Collection, The Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History, Santa Cruz, CA
Publication Rights
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the head of Archives at MAH. Researchers may be responsible for obtaining copyright permission to use material not produced by museum personnel.
Process By
G. Gardner
Date Completed
2014
The Stikeman & Pierce Food Fair was a week-long food and industrial fair organized by Stikeman & Pierce Grocers and Whitney Bros. It was held at the Armory in Santa Cruz. It was estimated in 1916 that 4,500 people attended the opening day of the fair. The food products were under Stikeman & Pierce while Whitney Bros. exhibited such items as aluminum cookware, stoves, ranges, and dairy equipment. There was an exhibit by Cox Electric Co. displaying sewing machines, electric ranges, heaters, vacuum cleaners and fans. There were many other exhibitors displaying clothes, furniture, ambroisal nectars, and even a two room bungalow by Central Lumber and Fuel Co. complete with a fireplace and beam ceiling. Besides the product exhibits there was a daily program: Tuesday – Millinery Fashion Show, Miss Carpenter; Wednesday – The Seaside Store Juvenile Fashion Show and the Annual Inspection of the Naval Militia by the government; Thursday – Drill by the Bay View Team and Military Fashion Show and Find the Mysterious Green Stamp Girl; Friday – Seaside Store Juvenile Fashion Show; and Saturday – Coast Counties Day.
PHOTOGRAPHS
One (1) Box
Series Scope and Content Summary
This series contains photographs and cabinets cards of the Stikeman and Pierce Food Fair at the Front Street Armory in 1916. These photographs document various exhibitors at the food fair. Exhibitors include Dodge Products, Crisco, Folgers, Shell Gasoline, Richfield, TruPak, Glen Rosa, MJB, Jello, Heinz Ketchup, Sperry Cereals, Crescent Baking Powder, Nucoa, Globe Mills, Weaver Aluminum, Lipton’s Tea, and National Ice Cream. There are ten (10) photographs and eleven (11) cabinet cards in this series.
Box ID#: Folder ID#
1: X
