AT THE TURN OF THE 20TH CENTURY, Stumm Jewelers, located on First Street here in Benicia, was The Place. It was where families went to purchase fine jewelry and upscale decorative arts for their homes. It also was the headquarters for an extensive postcard business that captured the West on film. Through July 13, the […]
Visions of a bygone Benicia
Resident’s turn-of-the-century postcards highlighted in museum exhibit opening Sunday A Benicia businessman, the son of a pioneering jeweler who opened his First Street business at the turn of the 19th century, didn’t let his father’s business interfere with his passion for photography, specifically picture postcards. Frank Stumm’s passion for — and influence on — the […]