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Rex Hardware building in flames, Petaluma, California, Jun. 21, 1942

Title

Rex Hardware building in flames, Petaluma, California, Jun. 21, 1942

Creation Date (Original)

1942

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Description

Several men are walking on street in front of the hardware store. Firehoses stretching across the intersection with B Street are visible close to the buildings.

Item Format or Genre

["black-and-white photographs"]

Local History and Culture Theme

["Public Safety, Law and Crime"]

Subject (Topical)

["Hardware stores--Fires and fire prevention","Fires","Bakeries--Fires and fire prevention"]

Subject (Corporate Body)

["Rex Hardware Company (Petaluma, Calif.)","Schindler Bakery (Petaluma, Calif.)"]

Digital Collection Name(s)

["Sonoma County Library Photograph Collection"]

Digital Collections Identifier

cstr_pho_035430

Item Details
Image Details

Item Details

Title

Rex Hardware building in flames, Petaluma, California, Jun. 21, 1942

Additional Title(s)

Rex Hardware and Schindler Bakery fire, Petaluma, Calif., Jun. 21, 1942

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Description

Several men are walking on street in front of the hardware store. Firehoses stretching across the intersection with B Street are visible close to the buildings.

Biographical or Historical Note

For a full account of the fire see page 55 of A history of the Petaluma Fire Department, 1857 to 1963. Located at B and Fourth Street, Petaluma, California.

Creation Date (Original)

1942

Item Type

["Still image"]

Item Format or Genre

["black-and-white photographs"]

Number of Parts or Pages

1 photographic print

Item Physical Dimensions

7 x 10 cm.

Local History and Culture Theme

["Public Safety, Law and Crime"]

Subject (Corporate Body)

["Rex Hardware Company (Petaluma, Calif.)","Schindler Bakery (Petaluma, Calif.)"]

Subject (Time Period)

1942

Subject (Topical)

["Hardware stores--Fires and fire prevention","Fires","Bakeries--Fires and fire prevention"]

Country

["United States"]

State or Province

["California"]

California County

["Sonoma"]

City or Town

["Petaluma"]

Geographic Feature

["Fourth Street","B Street"]

Street Address

B and Fourth Street, Petaluma, California

Latitude

38.232708

Longitude

-122.6395888

Geocoding Status

["Exact geocoding"]

Source of Title and Description Note

Title supplied by cataloger.

Original Creation or Publication Details

Photo printed by Peptone Art Prints, Sept 16, 1942

Referenced By

Carpadus, Norman. History of the Petaluma Fire Department, 1857 to 1963

Credit line

Courtesy, Sonoma County Library

Local System Identifier

1237699

Digital Collections Identifier

cstr_pho_035430

Digital Collection Name(s)

["Sonoma County Library Photograph Collection"]

Digital Collections Area Group(s)

["Local History & Culture"]

Physical Item Barcode(s)

37565003402632 (ANNEX PHOTO 35430)

Item Call Number(s)

ANNEX PHOTO 35430

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

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 Advertising Grant (2006-2007)

Contributing Organizations

Owned by Sonoma County Library.

Fiscal Sponsor

Grant provided to the Sonoma County Library through the Sonoma County Advertising Program

Date Digitized

2007

Digitizing Agency

Backstage Library Works, 533 East 1860 South, Provo UT 84606 http://www.bslw.com)

Archival File Data Quality

["High resolution master file image (600 ppi)"]

Acquisition Type

["Gift"]

Date of Acquisition

1993

Filename

cstr_pho_035430.jp2

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