Gump's Gallery records
name: label: Creator
content: Gump's Gallery (San Francisco, Calif.)
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The collection was loaned to the Archives of American Art for microfilming on reels 1272 and 1286-1288 in 1980 by Helen Heninger, director of Gump's Gallery, and was returned to Heninger after filming.
creator: label: Creator
content: Gump's Gallery (San Francisco, Calif.)
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content: Gump's Gallery records
abstract: label: Summary
content: The records of San Francisco's Gump's Gallery date from circa 1877-circa 1958 on 4 microfilm reels. Microfilm includes three albums containing photographs of old master paintings, portraits, and interiors of the gallery, and nine scrapbooks of gallery-related printed material.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Gump's Gallery, also known as S. & G. Gump Company, was established in San Francisco in 1861 by Gertrude Gump and her husband. When brothers Solomon and Gustave Gump took over the business they began selling art, décor, and fine tableware. 

Art exhibitions have included Hudson River School paintings, bronzes, Fauvist painting, American folk art, and contemporary American printmakers. Today, Gump's is a premier destination for home décor, jewelry, and gifts.
function: label: Function
content: Art galleries, Commercial -- California
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 4 Microfilm reels
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1877-circa 1958
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.gumpgall
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Microfilm reels
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was microfilmed on reels 1272 and 1286-1288 and was returned to Helen Heninger after filming. The microfilm was described in a finding aid by Stephanie Ashley in 2024 and the microfilm was digitized in 2024 with funding provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: The collection is available on 35mm microfilm reels 1272 and 1286-1288. The microfilm has been digitized and is available on the Archives of American Art website.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals returned to lender, Helen Heninger, after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The records of San Francisco's Gump's Gallery date from circa 1877-circa 1958 on 4 microfilm reels. Microfilm includes three albums containing photographs of old master paintings, portraits, and interiors of the gallery, and nine scrapbooks of gallery-related printed material.