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Petaluma & Santa Rosa Railway freight motor No. 8 pushes a flatcar, which contains materials needed to complete the Sebastopol Avenue crossing during the Battle of Sebastopol Avenue March, 1, 1905 between the electric Petaluma & Santa Rosa Railway and the steam California Northwestern (CNW) railroad right-of-way

Title

Petaluma & Santa Rosa Railway freight motor No. 8 pushes a flatcar, which contains materials needed to complete the Sebastopol Avenue crossing during the Battle of Sebastopol Avenue March, 1, 1905 between the electric Petaluma & Santa Rosa Railway and the steam California Northwestern (CNW) railroad right-of-way

Creation Date (Original)

March 1, 1905

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Description

Photo--black and white: "The Battle of Sebastopol Avenue" March 1, 1905 between the electric Petaluma & Santa Rosa Railway and the steam California Northwestern (CNW) railroad right-of-way. The tracks running from left to right belong to the CNW railroad. P&SR freight motor No. 8 pushes a flatcar, which contains materials needed to complete the Sebastopol Avenue crossing. Amid blasting whistles and cheering crowds, the first electric car made its crossing at. (Text from "Petaluma & Santa Rosa Railway" Images of Rail.

Item Format or Genre

["black-and-white photographs"]

Local History and Culture Theme

["Transportation"]

Subject (Corporate Body)

["Petaluma & Santa Rosa Railway Company"]

Digital Collection Name(s)

["Western Sonoma County Historical Society Collection"]

Digital Collections Identifier

casebwsc_pho_006845

Item Details
Image Details

Item Details

Title

Additional Title(s)

Battle of Sebastopol Avenue March 1, 1905 between the electric Petaluma & Santa Rosa Railway and the steam California Northwestern (CNW) railroad right-of-way

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Description

Creation Date (Original)

March 1, 1905

Category

["8: Communication Artifact"]

Subcategory

["Art"]

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

5" x 7"

Local History and Culture Theme

["Transportation"]

Subject (Corporate Body)

["Petaluma & Santa Rosa Railway Company"]

Subject (Time Period)

1900-1909

Country

["United States"]

State or Province

["California"]

California County

["Sonoma"]

City or Town

["Santa Rosa"]

Geographic Feature

["Joe Rodota Trail","Sebastopol Road"]

Street Address

Sebastopol Road and Joe Rodota Trail, Santa Rosa, California

Latitude

38.4329657

Longitude

-122.7213862

Geocoding Status

["Exact geocoding"]

Source of Title and Description Note

Title supplied by cataloger

Original Collection Name

["William E. Park and Matt McDermott Collection"]

Credit line

Courtesy, Western Sonoma County Historical Society

Local System Identifier

6845

Digital Collections Identifier

casebwsc_pho_006845

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 #

12-3196

Original/Copy Note

scanned copy

Shelving Location of Physical Item(s)

WSCHS Archives: Rack C : Shelf 4 : Box 1

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