Duncans Mills logging operation, California - Sonoma County Library Digital Collections -- Colecciones Digitales de la Biblioteca del Condado de Sonoma

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Title

Duncans Mills logging operation, California

Creation Date (Original)

19uu

View on Alternative Site

View photo location on the Sonoma County Historical Photos Map hosted by the City of Santa Rosa

Description

Photo, black and white: Duncans Mills logging operation, California. Four mill hands and team eight oxen hauling cut redwood trees. Visible is a corduroy road to roll logs--also called an apartadero (railway sidetrack). Four buildings and railroad tracks visible behind logs. Photo caption: "Re--Logging--Duncans Mills, Cal. Pelton Photo."

Item Format or Genre

["black-and-white photographs"]

Contributor(s) (Corporate Body)

["Pelton Photo"]

Local History and Culture Theme

["Logging and Mining"]

Digital Collection Name(s)

["Western Sonoma County Historical Society Collection"]

Digital Collections Identifier

casebwsc_pho_002023

Item Details
Image Details

Item Details

Title

Duncans Mills logging operation, California

Title Statement

Pelton Photo.

View on Alternative Site

View photo location on the Sonoma County Historical Photos Map hosted by the City of Santa Rosa

Maps/StreetView

View location in Google Maps

Contributor(s) (Corporate Body)

["Pelton Photo"]

Description

Creation Date (Original)

19uu

Category

["8: Communication Artifact"]

Subcategory

["Documentary Artifact"]

Material Type (WSCHS)

["Print, Photographic"]

Item Type

["Still image"]

Item Format or Genre

["black-and-white photographs"]

Number of Parts or Pages

Other Physical Details

black-and-white

Item Physical Dimensions

9" x 6 1/4"

Dimension Details

2 photographic copies

Local History and Culture Theme

["Logging and Mining"]

Subject (Time Period)

1900-1999

WSCHS Subject (People)

["Pelton Photo"]

WSCHS Subject (Topical)

["logging camp","Duncans Mills, CA","oxen","rail line","corduroy road","redwoods","buildings-19th Century","logging"]

Country

["United States"]

State or Province

["California"]

California County

["Sonoma"]

District

["Duncans Mills"]

Street Address

Duncans Mills, California

Latitude

38.465058

Longitude

-123.053685

Geocoding Status

["Approximate geocoding"]

Creator Note

Photographed by Pelton Photo.

Source of Title and Description Note

Title supplied by cataloger

Original Collection Name

["Western Sonoma County Historical Society Photographic Collection"]

Credit line

Courtesy, Western Sonoma County Historical Society

Local System Identifier

2023

Digital Collections Identifier

casebwsc_pho_002023

Digital Collection Name(s)

["Western Sonoma County Historical Society Collection"]

Digital Collections Area Group(s)

["Local History & Culture"]

Digital Collections Topical Subgroup(s)

["Railroads of Sonoma County and Northern California"]

Accession #

93-285

Negative #

N184

Original/Copy Note

Original

Shelving Location of Physical Item(s)

WSCHS~Archives: Rack A: Shelf 4: Box 2

Negative Location

Photo Negative Binder A

Condition Notes

Good

Copyright Statement

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