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Main Street, Petaluma, California, featuring Dahlgren's Drug Store, February 1948

Title

Main Street, Petaluma, California, featuring Dahlgren's Drug Store, February 1948

Creator (Person)

["Stark, Alexander J."]

Creation Date (Original)

February 1, 1948

View on Alternative Site

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

Description

A view down Main Street with Dahlgren's Drug Store to the right. The photo also shows the Petaluma 5-10 cent/$1 store, Admiral appliance store, real estate offices and a restaurant. Cars are parked along the curb.

Item Format or Genre

["black-and-white photographs"]

Local History and Culture Theme

["Cities, Towns and Settlements"]

Subject (Topical)

["Business enterprises","Roads"]

Digital Collection Name(s)

["Sonoma County Library Photograph Collection"]

Digital Collections Identifier

cstr_pho_042179

Item Details
Image Details

Item Details

Title

Main Street, Petaluma, California, featuring Dahlgren's Drug Store, February 1948

Creator (Person)

["Stark, Alexander J."]

Title Statement

Zan Stark Photograph.

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

Arthur Dahlgren was the proprietor of the drug store.

Creation Date (Original)

February 1, 1948

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 25cm

Local History and Culture Theme

["Cities, Towns and Settlements"]

Subject (Time Period)

1948

Subject (Topical)

["Business enterprises","Roads"]

Country

["United States"]

State or Province

["California"]

California County

["Sonoma"]

City or Town

["Petaluma"]

Geographic Feature

["Petaluma Boulevard North"]

Street Address

110 Petaluma Boulevard North, Petaluma, California

Latitude

38.234474

Longitude

-122.640154

Geocoding Status

["Exact geocoding"]

Creator Note

Alexander J. "Zan" Stark (Apr. 10, 1889-Mar. 17, 1967) was born in Michigan moving to California in his early 20's. He first lived in San Francisco moving to Mill Valley in Marin County in the mid 1920's, where he established a studio at 324 Miller Avenue and worked as a postcard photographer. He worked from the 1920's into the early 1950's under the name Zan of Tamalpais. He was the official photographer of the Redwood Empire Association from 1936. Zan photographed the California coast from Monterey Co., Big Sur, the Redwood Highway and most of Northern California and southern Oregon. Zan moved to Sonoma around 1952 and died on March 17th, 1967 in a Sonoma rest home.

Source of Title and Description Note

Title assigned by cataloger.

Original Collection Name

["Frank Sternad collection"]

Credit line

Courtesy, Sonoma County Library

Local System Identifier

1497532

Digital Collections Identifier

cstr_pho_042179

Digital Collection Name(s)

["Sonoma County Library Photograph Collection"]

Digital Collections Area Group(s)

["Local History & Culture"]

Physical Item Barcode(s)

37565023235061 (ANNEX PHOTO 42179);37565025000455 (ARCHIVES PHOTO 42179)

Item Call Number(s)

ANNEX PHOTO 42179;ARCHIVES PHOTO 42179

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

Frank Sternad

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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