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Royal Tallow & Soap Company, Inc., Petaluma, California, about 1954

Title

Royal Tallow & Soap Company, Inc., Petaluma, California, about 1954

Creator (Person)

["Colvin, Thomas Floyd"]

Creation Date (Original)

1954?

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Description

The photo gives a front view of the Royal Tallow and Soap Company building with office, entry ramp, water tank and smoke stacks.

Item Format or Genre

["black-and-white photographs"]

Local History and Culture Theme

["Business and Industry"]

Subject (Topical)

["Soap factories"]

Subject (Corporate Body)

["Royal Tallow & Soap Company, Inc. (Petaluma, Calif.)"]

Digital Collection Name(s)

["Sonoma County Library Photograph Collection"]

Digital Collections Identifier

cstr_pho_041881

Item Details
Image Details

Item Details

Title

Royal Tallow & Soap Company, Inc., Petaluma, California, about 1954

Creator (Person)

["Colvin, Thomas Floyd"]

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Description

The photo gives a front view of the Royal Tallow and Soap Company building with office, entry ramp, water tank and smoke stacks.

Biographical or Historical Note

The Ricci Brothers were proprietors of the tallow works. The building was constructed in 1941.

Creation Date (Original)

1954?

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

["Business and Industry"]

Subject (Corporate Body)

["Royal Tallow & Soap Company, Inc. (Petaluma, Calif.)"]

Subject (Time Period)

1954

Subject (Topical)

["Soap factories"]

Country

["United States"]

State or Province

["California"]

California County

["Sonoma"]

City or Town

["Petaluma"]

Geographic Feature

["Lakeville Highway"]

Street Address

2592 Lakeville Highway, Petaluma, California

Latitude

38.233761

Longitude

-122.602631

Geocoding Status

["Exact geocoding"]

Creator Note

Thomas Floyd Colvin later operated Cee Jay Photo at his home at 412 Bodega Avenue, Petaluma, California

Source of Title and Description Note

Title assigned by cataloger.

Source note

Tim Colvin is the son of Thomas Floyd Colvin

Original Collection Name

["Colvin collection"]

Credit line

Courtesy, Sonoma County Library

Local System Identifier

1497308

Digital Collections Identifier

cstr_pho_041881

Digital Collection Name(s)

["Sonoma County Library Photograph Collection"]

Digital Collections Area Group(s)

["Local History & Culture"]

Physical Item Barcode(s)

37565023231698 (ANNEX PHOTO 41881);37565025000232 (ARCHIVES PHOTO 41881)

Item Call Number(s)

ANNEX PHOTO 41881;ARCHIVES PHOTO 41881

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

Tim Colvin

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

2013

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 (400 ppi)"]

Acquisition Type

["Gift"]

Date of Acquisition

2014

Provenance

Photograph donated through Harlan Osborne

Filename

cstr_pho_041881.jp2

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