P&SR steamer Petaluma seen in October, 1947 - Sonoma County Library Digital Collections -- Colecciones Digitales de la Biblioteca del Condado de Sonoma

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Title

P&SR steamer Petaluma seen in October, 1947

Creation Date (Original)

1947

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: P&SR steamer Petaluma seen in October, 1947. The steamer hit a submerged piling in Petaluma Creek and sank into the mud near Haystack. The steamer was repaired and put back into service. The Petaluma was the last river steamer in service on the West Coast when it was retired in 1950. Caption taken from "Petaluma & Santa Rosa Railway" by J & K Schmale.

Item Format or Genre

["black-and-white photographs"]

Local History and Culture Theme

["Transportation"]

Subject (Corporate Body)

["Petaluma and Santa Rosa Railroad Company"]

Digital Collection Name(s)

["Western Sonoma County Historical Society Collection"]

Digital Collections Identifier

casebwsc_pho_006876

Item Details
Image Details

Item Details

Title

P&SR steamer Petaluma seen in October, 1947

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

Description

Creation Date (Original)

1947

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 and Santa Rosa Railroad Company"]

Subject (Time Period)

1940-1949

Country

["United States"]

State or Province

["California"]

California County

["Sonoma"]

City or Town

["Petaluma"]

Geographic Feature

["Petaluma River"]

Street Address

Petaluma, California

Latitude

38.232471

Longitude

-122.644448

Geocoding Status

["Approximate 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

6876

Digital Collections Identifier

casebwsc_pho_006876

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 #

12-3227

Original/Copy Note

scanned copy

Shelving Location of Physical Item(s)

WSCHS Archives: Rack C : Shelf 4 : Box 1

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