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Overview of the Collection | |
Creator: | Castro, Felix C. |
Title: | Felix Castro Photographs |
Inclusive Dates: | 1880-1964 |
Bulk Dates: | 1914-1940 |
Quantity: | 2 Boxes (1.0 Linear Feet) |
Abstract: | This collection consists primarily of studio portraits and snapshots of the families of Felix Castro and his wife, Ethel (Marsters) Castro. Other photographs depict Felix Castro's service in World War I as a medic, likely taken while he was in training at the Provisional Field Hospital at Camp Fremont and Camp Lee, Virginia; hotels, including the Hogan Hotel in Delores, Colorado (owned by Felix Castro) and the Pavilion Hotel in Taylor, Nebraska (owned by Saul Marsters); a theatre production; and vacation snapshots made in the Southwest, including views of cliff dwellings and landscapes. |
Identification: | CP FC |
Language: | Material in English |
Repository: | Arizona State University Library. Greater Arizona Collection P.O. Box 871006 Tempe, AZ 85287-1006 Phone: (480) 965-4932 E-Mail: archives@asu.edu Questions? Ask An Archivist! |
Saul Junden Van Guilder Marsters (1831-1903) was born to Stephen J. and Malinda Baldwin (Martin) Marsters. He served with the 22nd Indiana Volunteers during the Civil War. Marsters was married twice: first to Nancy Ann Clark (1831-1884) on August 4, 1850 and second to Sarah Josephine Latta Davis (1852-1939) on May 27, 1886. He had seven children with his first wife and four with his second: Hezekiah S. (1851-1911), Martha Jane (Marsters) Lennox (1853-1876), Eleanor B. (1856-1863), Elias (1860-1941), Emma Belle (Marsters) Pearson (1862-1960), Alice Willetta (Marsters) Latta (1870-1945), Olive (1872-1879), Hazel B. (1887-1889), Ethel May (Marsters) Lansing Castro (1889-1976), Saul Jr. (1891-1897), and Josephine (Marsters) Page (1894-1958). Ethel May Marsters married twice, first to Ivan C. Lansing and then to Felix Clarence Castro (1896-1984). She had one son with her first husband, Ivan C. Jr. (1915-1973).
Prior to her marriage to Saul Marsters, Sarah Latta was married to Hiram T. Davis (1850-1907). She had four children with her first husband: Minnie (Davis) Thurston (1875-1953), Hiram (1877-), Charles E. (1881–1973), and Schuyler Anson Davis (1884–1955). After Saul Marsters's death, she married John Laban Evinger (1840-1917).
This collection consists primarily of studio portraits and snapshots of the families of Felix Castro and his wife, Ethel (Marsters) Castro. Other photographs depict Felix Castro's service in World War I as a medic, likely taken while he was in training at the Provisional Field Hospital at Camp Fremont and Camp Lee, Virginia; hotels, including the Hogan Hotel in Delores, Colorado (owned by Felix Castro) and the Pavilion Hotel in Taylor, Nebraska (owned by Saul Marsters); a theatre production; and vacation snapshots made in the Southwest, including views of cliff dwellings and landscapes.
To view this collection, make an appointment at least five business days prior to your visit by contacting Ask an Archivist or calling (480) 965-4932. Appointments in the Wurzburger Reading Room at Hayden Library (rm. 138) on the Tempe campus are available Monday through Friday. Check the ASU Library Hours page for current availability.
Arizona State University does not own the copyright to this collection. We recognize that it is incumbent upon the researcher to procure permission to publish information from this collection from the owner of the copyright.
These photographs were separated from the bulk of MSS-25: Felix Castro Collection (guide available at http://azarchivesonline.org/xtf/view?docId=ead/asu/castro.xml).
[Identification of item], Felix Castro Collection, CP FC, Arizona State University Library.
Felix Castro donated these photographs to the Arizona Collection in 1976 (Accessions #1976-00012A and #1976-00012B).
25 | Felix Castro and Friend in Uniforms; California, circa 1914 | ||||||||||
Personal Name(s) Castro, Felix C. |
104 | Ethel Marsters Castro and her Sister Josephine as Children; Stillwater, Oklahoma | ||||||||||
Personal Name(s) Page, Josephine (Josephine Marsters), 1894-1958 Castro, Ethel Marsters |
123 | Ethel Marsters Castro in Her Salvation Army Uniform; Leavenworth, Kansas, circa 1920 | ||||||||||
Personal Name(s) Castro, Ethel Marsters |
126 | Portrait of Felix Castro; California, circa 1914 | ||||||||||
Personal Name(s) Castro, Felix C. |
132-136 | Portraits of Ivan Lansing; Lincoln, Nebraska | ||||||||||
Personal Name(s) Lansing, Ivan C. (Ivan Clifford), 1887-1952 |
142 | Full Length Portrait of Ivan Lansing; Los Angeles, California | ||||||||||
Personal Name(s) Lansing, Ivan C. (Ivan Clifford), 1887-1952 |
156 | Nettie Marsters as a Child; Danville, Illinois | ||||||||||
Nettie Marsters was Hezekiah Marsters's daughter. | |||||||||||
Personal Name(s) Marsters, Nettie |
157 | Josephine Marsters | ||||||||||
Personal Name(s) Page, Josephine (Josephine Marsters), 1894-1958 |
157 | Unidentified Woman |
163 | Paul Marsters' Five Daughters; Fairbury, Nebraska | ||||||||||
Personal Name(s) Marsters, Mary J. (Mary Jane), 1852-1930 Bruffey, Susan E. Smirl (Susan Emily Marsters Smirl), 1854-1943 Weese, America (America Marsters), 1856-1929 Karr, Lizzie (Elizabeth Marsters), 1858-1932 Missman, Hattie (Hattie May Marsters), 1862-1961 |
165 | Hiram Davis [?]; Burwell, Nebraska | ||||||||||
Personal Name(s) Davis, Hiram T. (Hiram Turner), 1850-1907 |
166 | Hiram Davis [?]; Atlanta, Georgia | ||||||||||
Personal Name(s) Davis, Hiram T. (Hiram Turner), 1850-1907 |
167 | Hiram Davis [?]; Oro, Nebraska | ||||||||||
Personal Name(s) Davis, Hiram T. (Hiram Turner), 1850-1907 |
168-169 | Eva and Schuyler Marsters; Cheyenne, Wyoming | ||||||||||
Personal Name(s) Davis, Eva (Eva Elizabeth Seidel), 1890-1955 Davis, Schuyler A. (Schuyler Anson), 1884-1955 |
170 | Wedding Portrait of Eva and Schuyler Marsters; Phoenix, Arizona | ||||||||||
Personal Name(s) Davis, Schuyler A. (Schuyler Anson), 1884-1955 Davis, Eva (Eva Elizabeth Seidel), 1890-1955 |
171 | Eva and Schuyler Marsters; Prescott, Arizona | ||||||||||
Personal Name(s) Davis, Schuyler A. (Schuyler Anson), 1884-1955 Davis, Eva (Eva Elizabeth Seidel), 1890-1955 |
172 | Charles Marsters; Prescott, Arizona, 1917 | ||||||||||
Personal Name(s) Davis, Charles (Charles Thurston), 1916-1980 |
184 | Unidentified Man; Lincoln, Nebraska |
185 | Unidentified Woman; Long Beach, California |
186 | Unidentified Elderly Couple; Anaheim, California |
189 | Unidentified Woman and Child; Anaheim, California |
190 | Unidentified Group Portrait |
194 | Unidentified Couple; York, Nebraska |
198 | Three Unidentified Children; Fairbury, Nebraska |
199 | Unidentified Group Portrait; Fairbury, Nebraska |
265 | Unidentified Group Portrait; Roseburg, Oregon |
269 | Interior of Telephone Operators Switchboard Office, 1900 |
273 | Saul and Josie Marsters, with Ethel; Steele City, Nebraska | ||||||||||
Personal Name(s) Marsters, Saul (Saul Junden Van Guilder), 1891-1897 Castro, Ethel Marsters |
274 | Unidentified Couple; Burwell, Nebraska |
278 | Cartoon Drawing Showing the Dangers of Drinking Alcohol in an Engine Room, circa 1940 |
279-280 | Drawings of Apache People, circa 1941 | ||||||||||
Personal Name(s) Harman, Fred, 1902-1982 (Artist) |