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Title

Photo of Russian River

Creator (Person)

["Turrill, Charles B. (Charles Beebe), 1854-1927"]

Creation Date (Original)

between 1900 and 1909

View on Alternative Site

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

Description

Black and white photo of the Russian River from Monte Rio. Wooden bridge over river, boats on shore on right, hill rising in background. Sign on building "CW Meadows Pioneer Boatman. Launches, canoes and rowboats. Bathhouses and bathing suits for hire. Launches Sonoma and anona. Connect with all trains to adn from river landing.: Turrill & Miller Photo S.F. in white print on bottom right. No. 470S. Up Russian River from Monte Rio in white print on bottom left.

Material Type (LBH&G)

["Photograph"]

Item Format or Genre

["black-and-white photographs"]

Contributor(s) (Corporate Body)

["Turrill & Miller (Firm)"]

Local History and Culture Theme

["Environment"]

Digital Collection Name(s)

["Luther Burbank Home & Gardens Collection"]

Digital Collections Identifier

castrbhg_pho_2257

Item Details
Image Details

Item Details

Title

Photo of Russian River

Creator (Person)

["Turrill, Charles B. (Charles Beebe), 1854-1927"]

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)

["Turrill & Miller (Firm)"]

Description

Creation Date (Original)

between 1900 and 1909

Class

["Photograph"]

Photo Category

["Santa Rosa Environs"]

Photo Sub- Category

["Misc. Photos"]

Material Type (LBH&G)

["Photograph"]

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 3/4 x 7 3/4 inches

Local History and Culture Theme

["Environment"]

Subject (Time Period)

1900 - 1909

Country

["United States"]

State or Province

["California"]

California County

["Sonoma"]

District

["Monte Rio"]

Geographic Feature

["Russian River"]

Street Address

Monte Rio, California

Latitude

38.467627

Longitude

-123.0115936

Geocoding Status

["Approximate geocoding"]

Creator Note

Charles Beebe Turrill was born on March 26, 1854, in Folsom, California, and died in San Francisco, on May 11, 1927. He practiced as an amateur photographer for twenty years before establishing the professional firm of Turrill & Miller Photographers circa 1900. The firm's studio would eventually be located in Turrill's home, at 57 Sanchez Street in San Francisco. Turrill was a man of many interests. In addition to his work as a commercial photographer, he was also an historian, collector, author and illustrator. In all of these pursuits, California was his greatest passion. Turrill's first (and only) book, California Notes, was published in 1876, when he was only seventeen. Later, his photographs were featured in several books on California history, such as Gold and Sunshine, Reminiscences of Early California (1922). Throughout his life, he authored numerous articles for The San Francisco Chronicle, The Monitor, and many other magazines and newspapers. Turrill was also an active member of over twenty local societies and associations, including the Society of Philatelic Americans, the Pacific Coast Numismatic Association, and The Society of California Pioneers. He held many important civic posts, such as California Commissioner at the New Orleans Exposition (1884-1886), Secretary of the California State Viticultural Commission (1889), and historian of Lincoln Grammar School in San Francisco. Next to his achievements as a photographer, Turrill was probably best known in his day as a collector. Over a lifetime, he amassed an enormous personal library consisting of thousands of books and ephemeral items, all relating to California history. The collection famously filled all three floors of 57 Sanchez Street. In an article published in The San Francisco Call and Post (September 17, 1921), Elford Eddy describes the experience of visiting Turrill: "Instead of walking into a photograph gallery, you find yourself in an old-fashioned San Francisco house, jammed, crammed, bulging and running over with relics and books and specimens, antiques, works of art and sundry - fourteen rooms filled to overflowing with amazing stuff." After his death, Turrill's library was acquired by The Society of California Pioneers, where it resides today. Turrill lived during the "golden age" of California photography (1860-1890), when Carleton E.Watkins, Eadward Muybridge and George Fiske were making names for themselves in the San Francisco area. He befriended Carleton Watkins in his later years, promoted his work, and wrote the first biography of Watkins for News Notes of California Libraries in January, 1918. Although Turrill worked mainly as a commercial photographer, his contribution is nevertheless a significant one. Turrill thought deeply about purpose and technique in photography, and wrote an article on "Historical Photography" for the 1914 issue of Camera Craft. He believed that photography played a key role in the creation of the historical record, and saw himself as part of this tradition.-- Turrill-Miller Photograph Collection (Santa Clara University) description (http://content.scu.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/turrill)

Source of Title and Description Note

Title supplied by cataloger.

Credit line

Courtesy, the City of Santa Rosa and the Luther Burbank Home & Gardens Association

Digital Collections Identifier

castrbhg_pho_2257

Digital Collection Name(s)

["Luther Burbank Home & Gardens Collection"]

Digital Collections Area Group(s)

["Local History & Culture"]

Digital Collections Topical Subgroup(s)

["Burbankiana"]

Accession Number

16.002.0008

Other IDs

P-VIII-061

Location of Originals

Luther Burbank Home & Gardens, 204 Santa Rosa Avenue, Santa Rosa, CA 95404

Physical Condition

very good

Copyright Statement

Neither the Luther Burbank Home & Gardens Association, the City of Santa Rosa, nor the Sonoma County Library make any assertions as to ownership of any original copyrights to digitized images and can claim only physical ownership of the image(s) described in these 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 Luther Burbank Home & Gardens Association, the City of Santa Rosa, or the Sonoma County 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 Luther Burbank Home & Gardens Association. Please contact the Luther Burbank Home & Gardens Association regarding additional reproduction and reuse information at: http://www.lutherburbank.org/contact-us

Project Affiliation

LBH&G Photo Digitization Project--2018

Contributing Organizations

Luther Burbank Home & Gardens Association (100 Santa Rosa Ave., Room 10, Santa Rosa, CA 95404; http://www.lutherburbank.org); City of Santa Rosa (100 Santa Rosa Ave., Room 10, Santa Rosa, CA 95404; https://www.srcity.org/); Sonoma County Library (6135 State Farm Drive, Rohnert Park, CA; https://sonomalibrary.org/)

Fiscal Sponsor

City of Santa Rosa

Date Digitized

2018

Digitizing Agency

Act 3 Partners (Jack Schaefer, Tiburon, CA; http://www.act3partners.com)

Digitization Note

Scanned from original item, February 2018

Archival File Data Quality

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

Acquisition Type

["Gift"]

Date of Acquisition

5-14-2016

Filename

castrbhg_pho_2257.jp2

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