Large valley oak along the Calistoga-Lakeport Road (Lake County Highway -- California Highway 29), near Lower Lake, California, 1940s - Sonoma County Library Digital Collections -- Colecciones Digitales de la Biblioteca del Condado de Sonoma

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Title

Large valley oak along the Calistoga-Lakeport Road (Lake County Highway -- California Highway 29), near Lower Lake, California, 1940s

Creation Date (Original)

1940s

Description

Leafless oak growing along Calistoga-Lakeport Road with sign stating "Largest Valley Oak-California"; view looks down the road with cropped tree in the center.

Item Format or Genre

["black-and-white photographs"]

Local History and Culture Theme

["Environment"]

Subject (Topical)

["Valley oak","Roads"]

Digital Collection Name(s)

["Sonoma County Library Photograph Collection"]

Digital Collections Identifier

cstr_pho_038471

Item Details
Image Details

Item Details

Title

Large valley oak along the Calistoga-Lakeport Road (Lake County Highway -- California Highway 29), near Lower Lake, California, 1940s

Additional Title(s)

Calistoga-Lakeport Road--largest all-round tree

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Description

Leafless oak growing along Calistoga-Lakeport Road with sign stating "Largest Valley Oak-California"; view looks down the road with cropped tree in the center.

Biographical or Historical Note

Formerly located along Lake County Highway (Hwy 29) on the Diamond B Ranch near Lower Lake, California. The oak was toppled by winter storms in early December, 1952 and was estimated to have been between 500-800 years old. Editorial from the Times Star, Middletown -- December 19, 1952 A Giant Falls; Let it not go Unmarked Downed by the gales of winter storms, California's largest valley oak is no more. The giant sentinel had stood, four miles from Lower Lake in Lake County, for uncounted centuries. It was more than 200 feet in height and 37 feet in circumference at its base. A hasty estimate based on growth rings places the age of the tree at someplace between 500 to 800 years. It was a towering landmark, remembered from childhood for its size, by Lake County residents who have now reached the 3-quarters of a century mark. It was an ancient giant when the eyes of white men first was here. From the Clear Lake Observer -- Thursday, December 11, 1952 One of the casualties of the week end's rampaging storm was "El Roble Grande," said to be the largest valley oak in California, which crashed down across highway 53 about 3:30 A. M. Sunday. In these pictures, taken Sunday afternoon, Monty Vernon of Middletown, employs the state highway division, is shown standing on the highway on the south side of the downed giant. On the right, highway crewmen are shown making the first cut into the nine-foot trunk. The road was opened to one-way traffic Sunday evening. The venerable oak, a local trademark located four miles south of Lower Lake, was still a sound tree, but its root hold was weakened by the torrential rains, and Sunday morning's high winds did the rest. (Source: http://www.hawkandhorsevineyards. com/our-estate/ranch-history).

Creation Date (Original)

1940s

Reprinting Date (Original)

November 12, 2007

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

18 x 18 cm; with borders measures 25 x 20 cm

Local History and Culture Theme

["Environment"]

Subject (Time Period)

1940-1949

Subject (Topical)

["Valley oak","Roads"]

Country

["United States"]

State or Province

["California"]

California County

["Lake"]

City or Town

["Lower Lake"]

Geographic Feature

["California Highway 29 (Calif.)"]

Street Address

13048 Hwy 29, Lower Lake, California

Latitude

38.859794

Longitude

-122.611616

Geocoding Status

["Exact geocoding"]

Source of Title and Description Note

Title supplied by cataloger.

Source of Title Variations

Handwritten at top and bottom of photo: Calistoga-Lakeport Road; Largest all-round tree. This photo correlates with photo # 38470

Reproduction Details (Physical Items)

Reprinted from original print by the Lab, 400 Tesconi Circle, Santa Rosa, Calif., November 12, 2007.

Original Collection Name

["Lester Banks collection"]

Credit line

Courtesy, Sonoma County Library

Local System Identifier

1416661

Digital Collections Identifier

cstr_pho_038471

Digital Collection Name(s)

["Sonoma County Library Photograph Collection"]

Digital Collections Area Group(s)

["Local History & Culture"]

Physical Item Barcode(s)

37565008709445 (ANNEX PHOTO 38471);37565024878810 (ARCHIVES PHOTO 38471)

Item Call Number(s)

ANNEX PHOTO 38471;ARCHIVES PHOTO 38471

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

Copyright Statement

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Project Affiliation

Sonoma County Tourism Grant (2011-2012)

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

2012

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_038471.jp2

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