Map of Sebastopol, showing owners of businesses and residences in Sebastopol, California, dated September 1, 1867 - Sonoma County Library Digital Collections -- Colecciones Digitales de la Biblioteca del Condado de Sonoma

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Title

Map of Sebastopol, showing owners of businesses and residences in Sebastopol, California, dated September 1, 1867

Creator (Person)

["Bowers, Alphonzo Benjamin, 1830-"]

Creation Date (Original)

1867

Description

The map denotes businesses and dwellings.

Item Format or Genre

["black-and-white photographs"]

Local History and Culture Theme

["Cities, Towns and Settlements"]

Subject (Topical)

["Business enterprises","Maps"]

Digital Collection Name(s)

["Sonoma County Library Photograph Collection"]

Digital Collections Identifier

cstr_pho_042979

Item Details
Image Details

Item Details

Title

Map of Sebastopol, showing owners of businesses and residences in Sebastopol, California, dated September 1, 1867

Creator (Person)

["Bowers, Alphonzo Benjamin, 1830-"]

Title Statement

A. B. Bowers

Description

The map denotes businesses and dwellings.

Biographical or Historical Note

A. B. Bowers was a civil engineer located in San Francisco in 1869.

Creation Date (Original)

1867

Item Type

["Still image"]

Item Format or Genre

["black-and-white photographs"]

Number of Parts or Pages

1 photographic print

Other Physical Details

black and white

Item Physical Dimensions

20 x 25 cm

Local History and Culture Theme

["Cities, Towns and Settlements"]

Subject (Time Period)

1867

Subject (Topical)

["Business enterprises","Maps"]

Country

["United States"]

State or Province

["California"]

California County

["Sonoma"]

City or Town

["Sebastopol"]

Street Address

Sebastopol, California

Geocoding Status

["No geocoding"]

Creator Note

The map was created by Alphonzo B. Bowers (Alphonzo Benjamin Hay-Thompson Bowers or A. B. Bowers), who was the inventor and patentee of the hydraulic dredger and the hydraulic system. He was born September 25, 1830, in West Baldwin, Maine. He was the son of Sarah (Hay) Bowers and Wilder Bowers, both of Maine. He moved to San Francisco is 1867. The 1910 United States Federal Census has Bowers recorded as living in New York City at the age of 79 and the 1920 U.S. Census has him listed as living in Lynn, Massachusetts at the age of 89. Bowers' documents his age as 96 in his autobiography. Information posted on Bowers.com states he passed away at the age of 95. (Source: A guide to the Alphonnso B. Bowers papers, 1657-1926. San Francisco, Calif. : San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park; in Online Archive of California).

Source of Title and Description Note

Title assigned by cataloger.

Reproduction Details (Physical Items)

Reproduced from original print by The Lab (400 Tesconi Circle, Santa Rosa, California), October 2014.

Source note

The map is from the collection of H.A. Lapham

Credit line

Courtesy, Sonoma County Library

Local System Identifier

1498314

Digital Collections Identifier

cstr_pho_042979

Digital Collection Name(s)

["Sonoma County Library Photograph Collection"]

Digital Collections Area Group(s)

["Local History & Culture"]

Physical Item Barcode(s)

37565024722588 (ARCHIVES PHOTO 42979)

Item Call Number(s)

ARCHIVES PHOTO 42979

Shelving Location of Physical Item(s)

Sonoma County Archives (managed by Sonoma County History & Genealogy Library, 211 E Street, Santa Rosa, CA 95401 http://sonomalibrary.org/locations/sonoma-county-history-and-genealogy-library); Sonoma County History & Genealogy Library

Location of Originals

Copyright Statement

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Project Affiliation

Sonoma County Tourism Grant (2014-2015)

Contributing Organizations

Grant provided to the Sonoma County Library through the Sonoma County Advertising Program.

Fiscal Sponsor

Sonoma County Library, 211 E Street, Santa Rosa, CA 95401 (http://www.sonomalibrary. org); Sonoma County Fair & Exposition, Inc., Santa Rosa, CA 95402 (http://www.sonomacountyfair. com/) 1350 Bennett Valley Road,

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