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W. B. Coy General Merchandise store with home above store in Occidental north of Altamont Hotel

Title

W. B. Coy General Merchandise store with home above store in Occidental north of Altamont Hotel

Creation Date (Original)

about 1890

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: W. B. Coy General Merchandise store with home above store in Occidental north of Altamont Hotel. William Bela Coy was a native of Wisconsin. Narrow gauge North Pacific Coast railroad track seen in foreground on what is now present day Bohemian Highway. Main Street Occidental runs in front of store.

Item Format or Genre

["black-and-white photographs"]

Local History and Culture Theme

["Business and Industry"]

Digital Collection Name(s)

["Western Sonoma County Historical Society Collection"]

Digital Collections Identifier

casebwsc_pho_002849

Item Details
Image Details

Item Details

Title

W. B. Coy General Merchandise store with home above store in Occidental north of Altamont Hotel

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)

about 1890

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"x10"

Dimension Details

Print and one photocopy

Local History and Culture Theme

["Business and Industry"]

Subject (Time Period)

1890-1899

WSCHS Subject (People)

["Proctor Coy, Effie Lenore","Coy, William Bela"]

WSCHS Subject (Topical)

["W. B. Coy General Merchandise Store","general store","Coy, W.B.","dry goods","Altamont Hotel","North Pacific Coast Railroad","narrow gauge","Occidental"]

Country

["United States"]

State or Province

["California"]

California County

["Sonoma"]

District

["Occidental"]

Geographic Feature

["Main Street"]

Street Address

Main Street, Occidental, California

Latitude

38.409674

Longitude

-122.947856

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

2849

Digital Collections Identifier

casebwsc_pho_002849

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 #

92-044 B

Negative #

N182

Original/Copy Note

Photocopy

Shelving Location of Physical Item(s)

WSCHS Archives: Rack A: Shelf 5: Box 1

Negative Location

Photo Negative Binder A

Condition Notes

Good

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