Rear view of two story Potter School in Bodega - Sonoma County Library Digital Collections -- Colecciones Digitales de la Biblioteca del Condado de Sonoma

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Title

Rear view of two story Potter School in Bodega

Creation Date (Original)

1940s

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: Rear view of two story Potter School in Bodega. The school was established in 1873 after Sheriff Samuel Potter built it on a portion of his ranch. Classes continued until 1961. The school is also renouned as the school in the 1963 film 'The Birds' directed by Alfred Hitchcock.

Item Format or Genre

["black-and-white photographs"]

Local History and Culture Theme

["Education and Culture"]

Subject (Person)

["Potter, Samuel--Homes and haunts"]

Subject (Corporate Body)

["Potter School (Bodega, Calif.)"]

Digital Collection Name(s)

["Western Sonoma County Historical Society Collection"]

Digital Collections Identifier

casebwsc_pho_001577

Item Details
Image Details

Item Details

Title

Rear view of two story Potter School in Bodega

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)

1940s

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

8" x 10"

Local History and Culture Theme

["Education and Culture"]

Subject (Person)

["Potter, Samuel--Homes and haunts"]

Subject (Corporate Body)

["Potter School (Bodega, Calif.)"]

Subject (Time Period)

1940-1949

WSCHS Subject (People)

["Potter, Samuel","Hitchcock, Alfred"]

WSCHS Subject (Topical)

["schools","Bodega","buildings","architecture","cupola","circa 1940s","The Birds","1963","1873","Potter School"]

Country

["United States"]

State or Province

["California"]

California County

["Sonoma"]

District

["Bodega"]

Geographic Feature

["Bodega Lane"]

Street Address

17110 Bodega Lane, Bodega, California

Latitude

38.345936

Longitude

-122.971931

Geocoding Status

["Exact geocoding"]

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

1577

Digital Collections Identifier

casebwsc_pho_001577

Digital Collection Name(s)

["Western Sonoma County Historical Society Collection"]

Digital Collections Area Group(s)

["Local History & Culture"]

Accession #

79-13-006 A

Original/Copy Note

Original

Shelving Location of Physical Item(s)

WSCHS Archives: Rack E: Shelf 4: Box 4

Copyright Statement

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