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Monarch or Tunnel Tree in the Petrified Forest, 4100 Petrified Forest Road, Calistoga, California, in the 1920s

Title

Monarch or Tunnel Tree in the Petrified Forest, 4100 Petrified Forest Road, Calistoga, California, in the 1920s

Creation Date (Original)

1920s

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Description

Shows a couple posing by the entrace to the Monarch or Tunnel Tree in the Petrified Redwood Forest in California in the 1920s.

Item Format or Genre

["sepia (color)","black-and-white photographs"]

Local History and Culture Theme

["Environment"]

Subject (Topical)

["Petrified forests"]

Digital Collection Name(s)

["Sonoma County Library Photograph Collection"]

Digital Collections Identifier

cstr_pho_041493

Item Details
Image Details

Item Details

Title

Monarch or Tunnel Tree in the Petrified Forest, 4100 Petrified Forest Road, Calistoga, California, in the 1920s

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Description

Shows a couple posing by the entrace to the Monarch or Tunnel Tree in the Petrified Redwood Forest in California in the 1920s.

Biographical or Historical Note

The Monarch or Tunnel Tree was discovered in 1919; it measure about 300 feet in length and 8 feet in diameter; aged 3000 years old, and buried for six million years, it is the most complete and perfect petrified redwood tree in the world. And is located in the Petrified Redwood Forest, 12 miles from Santa Rosa, about (Description from Calisphere: http://content.cdlib.org/ark:/28722/bk000113c7x/.

Creation Date (Original)

1920s

Reprinting Date (Original)

October 18, 2013

Item Type

["Still image"]

Item Format or Genre

["sepia (color)","black-and-white photographs"]

Number of Parts or Pages

1 photographic print

Other Physical Details

Sepia (color)

Item Physical Dimensions

15 x 25 cm; with borders, 20 x 25 cm

Local History and Culture Theme

["Environment"]

Subject (Time Period)

1920-1929

Subject (Topical)

["Petrified forests"]

Country

["United States"]

State or Province

["California"]

California County

["Sonoma"]

City or Town

["Calistoga"]

Geographic Feature

["Petrified Forest Road"]

Street Address

4100 Petrified Forest Road, Calistoga, California

Latitude

38.5554348

Longitude

-122.6386532

Geocoding Status

["Exact geocoding"]

Source of Title and Description Note

Title supplied by cataloger.

Reproduction Details (Physical Items)

Reprinted from original print by the Lab, 400 Tesconi Circle, Santa Rosa, Calif., October 18, 2013.

Credit line

Courtesy, Sonoma County Library

Local System Identifier

1418886

Digital Collections Identifier

cstr_pho_041493

Digital Collection Name(s)

["Sonoma County Library Photograph Collection"]

Digital Collections Area Group(s)

["Local History & Culture"]

Physical Item Barcode(s)

37565011097895 (ANNEX PHOTO 41493);37565027336311 (ARCHIVES PHOTO 41493)

Item Call Number(s)

ANNEX PHOTO 41493;ARCHIVES PHOTO 41493

Shelving Location of Physical Item(s)

Sonoma County History & Genealogy Library, 211 E Street, Santa Rosa, CA 95401 https://sonomalibrary.org/locations/sonoma-county-history-and-genealogy-library

Location of Originals

Negative (in Negative file): Sonoma County History & Genealogy Library, 211 E Street, Santa Rosa, CA 95401 https://sonomalibrary.org/locations/sonoma-county-history-and-genealogy-library

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 https://sonomalibrary.org/locations/sonoma-county-history-and-genealogy-library/order-photo

Project Affiliation

Sonoma County Tourism Grant (2012-2013)

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)

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 (400 ppi)"]

Acquisition Type

["Gift"]

Date of Acquisition

Date of donation not determined

Filename

cstr_pho_041493.jp2

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