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Irvine, Edith

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1884 - 1949

Biographical History

Edith Irvine (1884-1949) was a teacher and photographer in Calaveras County, California.

Lizzie Edith Irvine was born January 7, 1884 in Sheep Ranch, California to Thomas Hanna Irvine and Mary Irene Hill. Edith was hired by the Standard Electric Company of California to photograph construction of the Electra Power Plant as a teenager. Her photographs largely concentrate on her community, including local schools, community events, and portraits of friends and neighbors; however, she is most famous for her 1906 San Francisco Earthquake photos. She was also a teacher who served as a Board of Education member as well as the principal of Moke Hill High School. Edith retired from education in the early 1930s due to health concerns. In her later years, she edited and contributed to Mokelumne Hill's newspaper, the Calaveras weekly. Edith Irvine died in Calaveras County, California on August 14, 1949.

Citation:
Gregory, K. Earthquake at dawn, c1992: CIP galley (photographer Edith Irvine; 22 yrs. old in 1906)

UPB MSS 9207, accessed Nov. 3, 2004. (hdg.: Irvine, Edith, 1884-1949; usage: Edith Irvine)

FamilySearch, via WWW, accessed September 16, 2012. (Lizzie Edith Irvine; born 7 January 1884, Sheep Ranch, Calaveras, California, United States to Thomas Hanna Irvine and Mary Irene Hill; died 14 August 1949, Calaveras, California, United States)

Edith Irvine, 1989: p. 6 (Edith Irvine; b. Jan. 7, 1884 in Sheep Ranch, California.; raised in well-established family in Mokelumne Hill, Calif.) p.16 (Formerly the editor of the Calaveras Weekly, Moke Hill's newspaper) p. 55-56 (Hired ca. 1899 to document the building of Standard Electric Company of California's Electra Power Plant-- a project headed by Polish Prince Andre Poniatowski) p. 10 (Worked as a school teacher untill approx. 1931; died in 1949) p. 16 (Listed in 1910 census as photographer) p. 20 (Listed in Calaveras Co. school directory as school board member and Moke Hill High School principal for the 1925/1926 school year) p. 31 (Edith in Bay Area awaiting sailing departure when April 1906 earthquake struck)

Ancestry, via WWW, accessed Dec. 19, 2012. (Full name Lizzie Edith Irvine, Daughter of Thomas Hanna Irvine and Mary Irene Hill, older brother Robine (Robert) Reddick Irvine)

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Vivian Hayes collection of Edith Irvine photographs

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 7878
Scope and Contents

Collection includes 192 copy negatives of Edith Irvine photographs of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and other parts of California, seven of which have copy prints. Also included are two Edith Irvine glass plate negatives of buildings in Mokelumne Hill, California.

Dates: approximately 1900
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vivian Hayes collection of Edith Irvine photographs

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  • Subject: San Francisco Earthquake, Calif., 1906 -- Photographs X

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