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Title

Advertisement for Russell Distributing Company, Kresky Manufacturing Company distributor

Creation Date (Original)

1950s

Description

Russell Distributing of St. Petersburg, Florida advertising Kresky oil burner fireplace furnace mounted on a car and flanked with girls in bathing suits.

Item Format or Genre

["black-and-white photographs"]

Local History and Culture Theme

["Communication"]

Subject (Topical)

["Signs and signboards"]

Subject (Corporate Body)

["Kresky Manufacturing (Petaluma, Calif.)"]

Digital Collection Name(s)

["Sonoma County Library Photograph Collection"]

Digital Collections Identifier

cstr_pho_039932

Item Details
Image Details

Item Details

Title

Advertisement for Russell Distributing Company, Kresky Manufacturing Company distributor

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Description

Russell Distributing of St. Petersburg, Florida advertising Kresky oil burner fireplace furnace mounted on a car and flanked with girls in bathing suits.

Biographical or Historical Note

Established 1910 by James Kresky as the Kresky Brooder Co; name changed to Kresky Manufacturing Co. in 1919; purchased by Clarence Miller in 1938; manufactured oil burning heaters.

Creation Date (Original)

1950s

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

["Communication"]

Subject (Corporate Body)

["Kresky Manufacturing (Petaluma, Calif.)"]

Subject (Time Period)

1950-1959

Subject (Topical)

["Signs and signboards"]

Country

["United States"]

State or Province

["Florida"]

City or Town

["St. Petersburg"]

Street Address

St. Petersburg, Florida

Latitude

27.7789724

Longitude

-82.6773319

Geocoding Status

["Approximate geocoding"]

Source of Title and Description Note

Caption title.

Original Collection Name

["Kresky collection"]

Credit line

Courtesy, Sonoma County Library

Local System Identifier

1418084

Digital Collections Identifier

cstr_pho_039932

Digital Collection Name(s)

["Sonoma County Library Photograph Collection"]

Digital Collections Area Group(s)

["Local History & Culture"]

Physical Item Barcode(s)

37565011090494 (ANNEX PHOTO 39932);37565024619123 (ARCHIVES PHOTO 39932)

Item Call Number(s)

ANNEX PHOTO 39932;ARCHIVES PHOTO 39932

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

Print: Sonoma County Archives (managed by 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

About 2010

Provenance

Clarence Miller

Filename

cstr_pho_039932.jp2

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