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Aerial view of the Russian River and Guernewood Park Beach, September 1955

Title

Aerial view of the Russian River and Guernewood Park Beach, September 1955

Creator (Person)

["Schroll, Kenneth E., 1918-2009"]

Creation Date (Original)

1955

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Description

Aerial view of Guernewood Park Resort and Guernewood Park Beach. People are on the beach and canoes are visible on the water. The summer crossing to Neely Road is visible upstream. View is looking northeast.

Item Format or Genre

["aerial photographs","black-and-white photographs"]

Contributor(s) (Corporate Body)

["Ken Schroll Studio (Santa Rosa, Calif.)"]

Local History and Culture Theme

["Environment"]

Digital Collection Name(s)

["Sonoma County Library Photograph Collection"]

Digital Collections Identifier

cstr_pho_000073

Item Details
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Item Details

Title

Aerial view of the Russian River and Guernewood Park Beach, September 1955

Creator (Person)

["Schroll, Kenneth E., 1918-2009"]

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Contributor(s) (Corporate Body)

["Ken Schroll Studio (Santa Rosa, Calif.)"]

Description

Biographical or Historical Note

Guernewood Park is an unincorporated community in western Sonoma County, California, on the Russian River, 1 mile west of Guerneville. Gueneville is named for Swiss immigrant George E. Guerne, a local businessman who owned the town's sawmill. Just west of Guerneville he established a community in the majestic redwoods, which became Guernewood Park. After the introduction of the railroad into the Russian River valley in the late 1800s, thousands of San Franciscans flocked to the river area each summer for lazy days of swimming and boating, and lively nights of music and dancing. The Guernewood Park Resort was a popular destination, and one of the largest river resorts. Famous big bands provided dance music at the Resort and other venues along the Russian River into the 1950s. Today, the historic Guernewood Park community consists of approximately 800 residences. (source: https://sites.google.com/site/4guernewood/about-us)

Creation Date (Original)

1955

Item Type

["Still image"]

Item Format or Genre

["aerial photographs","black-and-white photographs"]

Number of Parts or Pages

1 photographic print

Other Physical Details

black and white

Item Physical Dimensions

21 x 26 cm

Local History and Culture Theme

["Environment"]

Subject (Time Period)

1955

Country

["United States"]

State or Province

["California"]

California County

["Sonoma"]

District

["Guernewood Park"]

Geographic Feature

["Russian River"]

Street Address

17299 CA-116, Guerneville. California

Latitude

38.493483

Longitude

-123.007796

Geocoding Status

["Approximate geocoding"]

Creator Note

Ken Schroll operated Ken Schroll Studio, 520 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa, Calif.

Source of Title and Description Note

Title devised by cataloger.

Other Notes

9/55-73--Verso.

Credit line

Courtesy, Sonoma County Library

Local System Identifier

441150

Digital Collections Identifier

cstr_pho_000073

Digital Collection Name(s)

["Sonoma County Library Photograph Collection"]

Digital Collections Area Group(s)

["Local History & Culture"]

Digital Collections Topical Subgroup(s)

["Aerial Imagery of Sonoma County and Northern California"]

Physical Item Barcode(s)

37565005572747 (ANNEX PHOTO 73);37565005572739 (ARCHIVES PHOTO 73);37565027221323 (ARCHIVES PHOTO 73)

Item Call Number(s)

ANNEX PHOTO 73;ARCHIVES PHOTO 73;ARCHIVES PHOTO 73

Shelving Location of Physical Item(s)

Sonoma County History & Genealogy Library, 211 E Street, Santa Rosa, CA 95401 (https://sonomalibrary.org/locations/sonoma-county-history-and-genealogy-library)

Copyright Statement

The Sonoma County Library makes no assertions as to ownership of any original copyrights to digitized images and can claim only physical ownership of the image(s) described in this records. However, these images are intended for Personal or Research use only. Any other kind of use, including, but not limited to commercial or scholarly publication in any medium or format, public exhibition, or use online or in a web site, may be subject to additional restrictions including but not limited to the copyrights held by parties other than the Library. USERS ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE for determining the existence of such rights and for obtaining any permissions and/or paying associated fees necessary for the proposed use. Preferred credit line is: Courtesy, the Sonoma County Library. Please see additional reproduction and reuse information at https://sonomalibrary.org/locations/sonoma-county-history-and-genealogy-library/order-photo

Contributing Organizations

Sonoma County Library, 211 E Street, Santa Rosa, CA 95401 (http://www.sonomalibrary.org)

Date Digitized

2017

Digitizing Agency

Sonoma County Library, 211 E Street, Santa Rosa, CA 95404 (https://sonomalibrary.org)

Archival File Data Quality

["High resolution master file image (600 ppi)"]

Acquisition Type

["Gift"]

Date of Acquisition

1993

Filename

cstr_pho_000073.jp2

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