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Crowd gathered at the Somoma County Sheriff Office after the murder of Sheriff James Petray, Santa Rosa, California, December 5, 1920

Title

Crowd gathered at the Somoma County Sheriff Office after the murder of Sheriff James Petray, Santa Rosa, California, December 5, 1920

Creation Date (Original)

December 5, 1920

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Description

An unidentified group of men are gathered on the steps of the Sonoma County Sheriff"s Office, with three unidentified sheriff deputies standing in front of the entrance, after the murder of Sheriff James Petray by the Howard Street Gang.

Item Format or Genre

["black-and-white photographs"]

Local History and Culture Theme

["Public Safety, Law and Crime"]

Subject (Topical)

["Murder"]

Digital Collection Name(s)

["Sonoma County Library Photograph Collection"]

Digital Collections Identifier

cstr_pho_042419

Item Details
Image Details

Item Details

Title

Crowd gathered at the Somoma County Sheriff Office after the murder of Sheriff James Petray, Santa Rosa, California, December 5, 1920

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Description

Biographical or Historical Note

Detectives Miles M. Jackson and Lester Dorman of the San Francisco Police Department and Sonoma County Sheriff James Petray were slain by George Boyd of the San Francisco Howard Street Gang in Santa Rosa on December 5, 1920. The law officers were killed during the arrest of the gang. Charles Valento and Terrance Fitts were also members. The gang was lynched by Sonoma County vigilantes in the Santa Rosa Rural Cemetery on December 10, 1920. (ANNEX R 979.418 OWEN)

Creation Date (Original)

December 5, 1920

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

["Public Safety, Law and Crime"]

Subject (Time Period)

1920

Subject (Topical)

["Murder"]

Country

["United States"]

State or Province

["California"]

California County

["Sonoma"]

City or Town

["Santa Rosa"]

Street Address

Old Courthouse Square, Santa Rosa, California

Latitude

38.439909

Longitude

-122.712888

Geocoding Status

["Exact geocoding"]

Source of Title and Description Note

Title assigned by cataloger.

Original Collection Name

["Howard Street Gang collection"]

Credit line

Courtesy, Sonoma County Library

Local System Identifier

1497879

Digital Collections Identifier

cstr_pho_042419

Digital Collection Name(s)

["Sonoma County Library Photograph Collection"]

Digital Collections Area Group(s)

["Local History & Culture"]

Physical Item Barcode(s)

37565023236861 (ANNEX PHOTO 42419);37565024715541 (ARCHIVES PHOTO 42419)

Item Call Number(s)

ANNEX PHOTO 42419;ARCHIVES PHOTO 42419

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

The Sonoma County Library makes no 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 Sonoma County Library. Please see additional reproduction and reuse information at http://sonomalibrary.org/locations/sonoma-county-history-and-genealogy-library/order-photo

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,

Date Digitized

2014

Digitizing Agency

Luna Imaging, Inc. (2702 Media Center Drive Los Angeles, CA 90065-1733 http://www.lunaimaging.com)

Archival File Data Quality

["High resolution master file image (600 ppi)"]

Acquisition Type

["Gift"]

Date of Acquisition

2015

Provenance

Photo copied from a digital collection of the photo scrapbooks of Jesse Brown Cook. They are stored in the Digital Archives of the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, California

Filename

cstr_pho_042419.jp2

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