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Sebastopol Apple Growers Union (SAGU) ships its 540th Pacific Fruit Express rail car of canned and processed apple products, about 1950-52 completing its largest shipping season since World War II

Title

Sebastopol Apple Growers Union (SAGU) ships its 540th Pacific Fruit Express rail car of canned and processed apple products, about 1950-52 completing its largest shipping season since World War II

Creation Date (Original)

between 1950 and 1952

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

Description

Photo--Black and white, mounted: The Sebastopol Apple Growers Union (SAGU) ships its 540th Pacific Fruit Express rail car of canned and processed apple products circa 1950-52 completing its largest shipping season since World War II. Producers of California's famous Gravenstein, Delicious, Jonathans and Romes. Canners of "Appleland" Gravenstein Apple Sauce and Robin Hood Apple Juice. Processors of Apple concentrated vinegar and evaporated apples. The men pictured, L-R: B.C. Berry (broker) of Rosenberg Brothers, Inc, Ivan Roberts, Director of SAGU, Paul Yowell (broker) Heggblade-Marguleas Co. , Frank O.Linehan, SAGU General Manager, Rollo W. Winkler, SAGU Secretary & Director, David M. Durst, SAGU President & Director, H. S. Graham, P&SR Railroad Traffic Manager, H. L. Hotle, Bank of Sonoma County President, E. W. Arnold, SAGU Director and Fred Miller, SAGU Director.

Item Format or Genre

["black-and-white photographs"]

Local History and Culture Theme

["Business and Industry"]

Subject (Person)

["Berry, B. C.","Roberts, Ivan","Yowell, Paul","Linehan, Frank O.","Winkler, Rollo W.","Durst, David M.","Hotle, Harold L.","Arnold, E. W.","Miller, Fred","Graham, H. S."]

Digital Collection Name(s)

["Western Sonoma County Historical Society Collection"]

Digital Collections Identifier

casebwsc_pho_006422-1

Item Details
Image Details

Item Details

Title

Sebastopol Apple Growers Union (SAGU) ships its 540th Pacific Fruit Express rail car of canned and processed apple products, about 1950-52 completing its largest shipping season since World War II

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)

between 1950 and 1952

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

Dimension Details

Mounted

Local History and Culture Theme

["Business and Industry"]

Subject (Person)

["Berry, B. C.","Roberts, Ivan","Yowell, Paul","Linehan, Frank O.","Winkler, Rollo W.","Durst, David M.","Hotle, Harold L.","Arnold, E. W.","Miller, Fred","Graham, H. S."]

Subject (Time Period)

1950-1959

WSCHS Subject (People)

["Berry, B. C.","Roberts, Ivan","Yowell, Paul","Linehan, Frank O.","Winkler, Rollo W.","Durst, David M.","Graham, H. S.","Hotle, H. L.","Arnold, E. W.","Miller, Fred"]

WSCHS Subject (Topical)

["Petaluma & Santa Rosa Railroad","railroad","railroad car","co-op","processed apples","apple sauce","Robin Hood Apple Juice","Appleland","Sebastopol Apple Growers Union","agriculture","Pacific Fruit Express","circa 1950","gravenstein","Delicious","Jonathans","Romes"]

Country

["United States"]

State or Province

["California"]

California County

["Sonoma"]

City or Town

["Sebastopol"]

Street Address

Sebastopol, California

Latitude

38.40174

Longitude

-122.825254

Geocoding Status

["Approximate 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

6422

Digital Collections Identifier

casebwsc_pho_006422-1

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 #

03-270

Original/Copy Note

Copy

Shelving Location of Physical Item(s)

WSCHS Archives: Rack M: Shelf 4: Box 1

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