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Sixteen year old Bill Silva filling the apple spray rig with sulfur and water on the dormant apple trees on the Silva Apple Ranch, located on Cherry Ridge Road, Sebastopol, 1944

Title

Sixteen year old Bill Silva filling the apple spray rig with sulfur and water on the dormant apple trees on the Silva Apple Ranch, located on Cherry Ridge Road, Sebastopol, 1944

Creation Date (Original)

1944

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Description

Photo--black and white: Sixteen year old Bill Silva filling the apple spray rig with sulfur and water, 1944. This mixture was sprayed on dormant apple trees to control pests. The Silva Apple Ranch is located on Cherry Ridge Road in Sebastopol.

Item Format or Genre

["black-and-white photographs"]

Local History and Culture Theme

["Agriculture, Rural Life and Fisheries"]

Subject (Person)

["Silva, Bill"]

Digital Collection Name(s)

["Western Sonoma County Historical Society Collection"]

Digital Collections Identifier

casebwsc_pho_silva1-7

Item Details
Image Details

Item Details

Title

Sixteen year old Bill Silva filling the apple spray rig with sulfur and water on the dormant apple trees on the Silva Apple Ranch, located on Cherry Ridge Road, Sebastopol, 1944

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

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Description

Creation Date (Original)

1944

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

5" x 7"

Local History and Culture Theme

["Agriculture, Rural Life and Fisheries"]

Subject (Person)

["Silva, Bill"]

Subject (Time Period)

1940-1949

WSCHS Subject (People)

["Silva, Bill"]

WSCHS Subject (Topical)

["agriculture","ranch","Gravenstein apple","sulfur","rig","spray","apple","orchard","dryers","cherry","Ridge","1944","apples"]

Country

["United States"]

State or Province

["California"]

California County

["Sonoma"]

City or Town

["Sebastopol"]

Geographic Feature

["Cherry Ridge Road"]

Street Address

10020 Cherry Ridge Road, Sebastopol, California

Latitude

38.412797

Longitude

-122.878042

Geocoding Status

["Exact geocoding"]

Source of Title and Description Note

Title supplied by cataloger

Original Collection Name

["Bill Silva Collection"]

Credit line

Courtesy, Western Sonoma County Historical Society

Local System Identifier

10241

Digital Collections Identifier

casebwsc_pho_silva1-7

Digital Collection Name(s)

["Western Sonoma County Historical Society Collection"]

Digital Collections Area Group(s)

["Local History & Culture"]

Accession #

10-486

Original/Copy Note

Copy

Shelving Location of Physical Item(s)

WSCHS Archives: Rack M: Shelf 4: Box 1

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