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Students and a teacher standing on the front steps of the Summit District School located above Armstrong Grove in 1901

Title

Students and a teacher standing on the front steps of the Summit District School located above Armstrong Grove in 1901

Creation Date (Original)

1901

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Description

Photo--black and white: Summit District School in 1901. Located at the top of the ridge above present-day Armstrong Redwoods State Reserve in Guerneville. The one room school building has students and teacher standing on front steps.

Item Format or Genre

["black-and-white photographs"]

Local History and Culture Theme

["Education and Culture"]

Subject (Corporate Body)

["Summit District School (Guerneville, Calif.)"]

Digital Collection Name(s)

["Western Sonoma County Historical Society Collection"]

Digital Collections Identifier

casebwsc_pho_01582

Item Details
Image Details

Item Details

Title

Students and a teacher standing on the front steps of the Summit District School located above Armstrong Grove in 1901

View on Alternative Site

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

Maps/StreetView

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Description

Biographical or Historical Note

Schoolhouse site is currently (2013) a picnic area along Bull Frog Pond in Austin Creek State Recreation Area, approximately 1/2 mile south of the campground. The creek below the site is named Schoolhouse Creek.

Creation Date (Original)

1901

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

sepia-toned, in embossed paper frame.

Local History and Culture Theme

["Education and Culture"]

Subject (Corporate Body)

["Summit District School (Guerneville, Calif.)"]

Subject (Time Period)

1900-1909

WSCHS Subject (Topical)

["architecture","buildings","1901","teacher","students","Guerneville","Rio Nido","Sweetwater Springs Road","Mt. Jackson","Summit District School","Summit School"]

Country

["United States"]

State or Province

["California"]

California County

["Sonoma"]

District

["Austin Creek State Recreation Area"]

Geographic Feature

["Bullfrog Pond Road"]

Street Address

Bullfrog Pond Road, Guerneville, California

Latitude

38.559295

Longitude

-123.0108207

Geocoding Status

["Exact geocoding"]

Source of Title and Description Note

Title supplied by cataloger

Original Collection Name

["Fred Bollinger Collection"]

Credit line

Courtesy, Western Sonoma County Historical Society

Local System Identifier

1582

Digital Collections Identifier

casebwsc_pho_01582

Digital Collection Name(s)

["Western Sonoma County Historical Society Collection"]

Digital Collections Area Group(s)

["Local History & Culture"]

Accession #

11-648

Shelving Location of Physical Item(s)

WSCHS Archives: Rack E: Shelf 4: Box 5

Copyright Statement

Neither the Western Sonoma County Historical Society 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 this 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 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 Western Sonoma County Historical Society. Please contact the Society regarding additional reproduction and reuse information at: https://wschs.org/contact-us

Contributing Organizations

Western Sonoma County Historical Society, 261 South Main St., Sebastopol, CA 95472 (https://wschs.org)

Date Digitized

2011

Digitizing Agency

Western Sonoma County Historical Society, 261 South Main St., Sebastopol, CA 95472 (https://wschs.org)

Archival File Data Quality

["Medium resolution master file image (300 ppi)"]

Acquisition Type

["Gift"]

Filename

casebwsc_pho_01582

Image Details

Title

Original

Description

Photo--black and white: Summit District School in 1901. Located at the top of Mt. Jackson near Sweetwater Springs Road, Rio Nido and Guerneville. The one room school building has students and teacher standing on front steps.

Number of Parts or Pages

Material Type