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Oakmont Drive looking southeast toward future site of retirement village, Santa Rosa, California, May 10, 1964

Title

Oakmont Drive looking southeast toward future site of retirement village, Santa Rosa, California, May 10, 1964

Creator (Person)

["Meacham, Don"]

Creation Date (Original)

1964

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View photo location on the Sonoma County Historical Photos Map hosted by the City of Santa Rosa

Description

Photo shows Pacific Gas and Electric Company work at Oakmont.

Item Format or Genre

["black-and-white photographs"]

Local History and Culture Theme

["Transportation"]

Subject (Topical)

["Roads","Retirement communities"]

Subject (Corporate Body)

["Pacific Gas and Electric Company"]

Digital Collection Name(s)

["Sonoma County Library Photograph Collection","Don Meacham photography collection, 1934-1985"]

Digital Collections Identifier

cstr_pho_026359

Archival Collection Sort Name

["Don Meacham Photography Collection, 1934-1985 (SPC.00012)"]

Item Details
Image Details

Item Details

Title

Oakmont Drive looking southeast toward future site of retirement village, Santa Rosa, California, May 10, 1964

Creator (Person)

["Meacham, Don"]

View on Alternative Site

View photo location on the Sonoma County Historical Photos Map hosted by the City of Santa Rosa

Maps/StreetView

View location in Google Maps

Description

Photo shows Pacific Gas and Electric Company work at Oakmont.

Biographical or Historical Note

Founded in 1963, Oakmont Village is an age-restricted (55-plus) residential community situated off California State Highway 12 within Santa Rosa, California, city limits near the foot of Hood Mountain in the storied "Valley of the Moon". Oakmont consists of approximately 3,l5O single and multi-family homes on 1,400 acres, with an estimated population of more than 4,5OO residents. The community abuts Annadel State Park and is close to two other state parks, two regional parks, and several wineries and vineyards in one of the world's foremost wine producing areas. The independently-owned and operated Oakmont Golf Club has two 18-hole golf courses within the Oakmont Village, a par 72 West Course and a par 63 executive-level East Course. The Oakmont Village Association (OVA) is the master association. The community occupies land once home to villages of two Native American tribes, the Wappo and Southern Pomo. The area passed through a number of hands under Spanish, Mexican, Russian and subsequent American settlers and was part of the 18,800-acre Rancho Los Guilicos granted to General Mariano Vallejo's Carillo family relative, John Wilson (the husband of Ramona Carillo) in 1837. Joe Coney, owner of Annadel Farm, sold a portion of his holdings to southern California developer H. N. Berger. Berger developed the master plan for Oakmont and had developed much of the project by his retirement in 1986, at which time development passed to the Gallaher Group, led by Bill Gallaher and his brother, Pat Gallaher. The remaining areas were developed by the Gallaher Group and by Dennis Hunter's Redwood Equities Investments LLC, with final construction underway in 2017. (Source: Oakmont Village Community Profile & History http://bit.ly/oakmont_history)

Creation Date (Original)

1964

Item Type

["Still image"]

Item Format or Genre

["black-and-white photographs"]

Number of Parts or Pages

1 photographic print

Local History and Culture Theme

["Transportation"]

Subject (Corporate Body)

["Pacific Gas and Electric Company"]

Subject (Time Period)

1964

Subject (Topical)

["Roads","Retirement communities"]

Country

["United States"]

State or Province

["California"]

California County

["Sonoma"]

City or Town

["Santa Rosa"]

District

["Old Courthouse Square"]

Geographic Feature

["Oakmont Drive"]

Street Address

Oakmont Drive, Santa Rosa, California

Latitude

38.4318008

Longitude

-122.5922167

Geocoding Status

["Approximate geocoding"]

Creator Note

Don Meacham (May 30, 1916-Feb. 28, 2010) was born in Cowell, Contra Costa County in 1916. He lived most of his life in Sonoma County where he retired as freelance commercial photographer after 50 years in the profession. He worked as a photographer in the Navy during WWII; was the flagship photographer on the U.S.S. Augusta during the North African invasion; and was Chief Photographer of the Naval Air Station in Santa Rosa until the war ended. Meacham was a charter member and chairman of the Santa Rosa Civic Art Commission and was instrumental in establishing Arttrium, the county's first visual and performing arts festival.

Source of Title and Description Note

Title supplied by cataloger.

Reproduction Details (Physical Items)

Photo taken for Jim Hussey, Seattle, Washington.

Original Collection Name

["Don Meacham photograph collection"]

Credit line

Courtesy, Sonoma County Library

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Don Meacham photography collection, 1934-1985, SPC.00012.01.026359 (Photo 26359, Sonoma County Library Digital Collections), History and Genealogy Library, Sonoma County Library, Santa Rosa, CA.

Collection Guide Name

Don Meacham Photography Collection, 1934-1985 (SPC.00012)

Collection Guide URL

View collection guide

Local System Identifier

763191

Digital Collections Identifier

cstr_pho_026359

Digital Collection Name(s)

["Sonoma County Library Photograph Collection","Don Meacham photography collection, 1934-1985"]

Digital Collections Area Group(s)

["Archival Collections","Local History & Culture"]

Archival Collection Item Identifier

SPC.00012.01.026359

Archival Collection Identifier

["SPC.00012"]

Archival Collection Sort Name

["Don Meacham Photography Collection, 1934-1985 (SPC.00012)"]

Archival Collection Series

["SPC.00012.01. Photographs, 1930-1985"]

Physical Item Barcode(s)

-944132 (ANNEX PHOTO 26359);37565029447454 (ARCHIVES PHOTO 26359);37565039879423 (ARCHIVES PHOTO 26359)

Item Call Number(s)

ANNEX PHOTO 26359;ARCHIVES PHOTO 26359;ARCHIVES PHOTO 26359

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 (2004-2005)

Contributing Organizations

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

Fiscal Sponsor

Owned by Sonoma County Library.

Date Digitized

2011

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

2000

Filename

cstr_pho_026359.jp2

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