George Nissen's car stuck in the ditch beside an unidentified Sonoma County, California road, 1924 - Sonoma County Library Digital Collections -- Colecciones Digitales de la Biblioteca del Condado de Sonoma

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Title

George Nissen's car stuck in the ditch beside an unidentified Sonoma County, California road, 1924

Creation Date (Original)

1924

Description

George Nissen's Model A Ford is stuck in a ditch with a tow truck's cable attached to the front bumper.

Item Format or Genre

["black-and-white photographs"]

Local History and Culture Theme

["Transportation"]

Subject (Topical)

["Traffic accidents","Ford Model T automobile"]

Subject (Person)

["Nissen, George Henry, 1901-1975"]

Subject (Family)

["Nissen family"]

Digital Collection Name(s)

["Sonoma County Library Photograph Collection"]

Digital Collections Identifier

cstr_pho_032828

Item Details
Image Details

Item Details

Title

George Nissen's car stuck in the ditch beside an unidentified Sonoma County, California road, 1924

Additional Title(s)

Uncle George's car 192

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Description

George Nissen's Model A Ford is stuck in a ditch with a tow truck's cable attached to the front bumper.

Biographical or Historical Note

Part of a collection of Nissen family photographs. Donor, Caroline Bird, is a niece of George Nissen.

Creation Date (Original)

1924

Item Type

["Still image"]

Item Format or Genre

["black-and-white photographs"]

Number of Parts or Pages

1 photographic print

Item Physical Dimensions

19 x 13 cm.

Local History and Culture Theme

["Transportation"]

Subject (Person)

["Nissen, George Henry, 1901-1975"]

Subject (Family)

["Nissen family"]

Subject (Time Period)

1924

Subject (Topical)

["Traffic accidents","Ford Model T automobile"]

Country

["United States"]

State or Province

["California"]

California County

["Sonoma"]

Street Address

Sonoma County, California

Latitude

38.5779555

Longitude

-122.9888319

Geocoding Status

["Approximate geocoding"]

Source of Title and Description Note

Title supplied by cataloger.

Other Notes

Caption printed on original.

Original Collection Name

["Nissen-Bird Family collection"]

Credit line

Courtesy, Sonoma County Library

Local System Identifier

1114846

Digital Collections Identifier

cstr_pho_032828

Digital Collection Name(s)

["Sonoma County Library Photograph Collection"]

Digital Collections Area Group(s)

["Local History & Culture"]

Digital Collections Topical Subgroup(s)

["Mystery Photographs"]

Physical Item Barcode(s)

37565006081151 (ANNEX PHOTO 32828);37565040323338 (PETALUMA PHOTO 32828)

Item Call Number(s)

ANNEX PHOTO 32828;PETALUMA PHOTO 32828

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; Petaluma History Room, 100 Fairgrounds Drive, Petaluma, CA 94952 https://sonomalibrary.org/locations/petaluma-history-room

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 (2007-2008)

Contributing Organizations

Owned by Sonoma County Library.

Fiscal Sponsor

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

Date Digitized

2011

Digitizing Agency

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

Digitization Note

Scanned from original photo on November 17, 2006

Archival File Data Quality

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

Acquisition Type

["Gift"]

Date of Acquisition

2008

Filename

cstr_pho_032828.jp2

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