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Filename: ua_pres_001
PID: islandora:81_13
Title: Ahira Holmes.
Creator: San Jose State Normal School
Date issued: circa 1862
Language: eng
Description: Photograph of Ahira Holmes, principal of the State Normal School from 1862-65.
File Format: image/jpg
Extent: 7 X 8.5 in
Object type: Photographic Prints
Tags: Normal School
Subject, LCSH: Education, Higher
San Jose State Normal School
Subject, TGM: School principals
School superintendents
Teachers
Subject, local: Holmes, Ahira, 1823-1889
Geographic coverage: San Jose -- California
Collection: San Jose State University Archives Photograph Collection
Repository: San Jose State University Library Special Collections & Archives
Rights: For more information on copyright or permissions for this image, please contact San Jose State University Special Collections & Archives department. http://www.sjlibrary.org/research/special/special_coll/copyright_info_sc...
Note: Ahira Holmes was born in Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1823. He attended the State Normal School of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, and taught in the Plymouth public school before moving to California in 1852. Holmes was principal in both a San Francisco public school and a grammar school in Los Angeles before accepting an appointment as principal of the State Normal School in San Jose. He spent his twilight years managing a fruit farm in San Jose. http://www.sjsu.edu/about_sjsu/history/presidents/
Digital reproduction information: Scanned with Microtek Scanmaker 1000XL Pro; as a 600 dpi TIFF image in 8-bit Grayscale. Auto Level image processing applied and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop CS3.