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Logging workers standing in from of Berry's Sawmill at Freezeout, Sonoma County, California, July 1894

Title

Logging workers standing in from of Berry's Sawmill at Freezeout, Sonoma County, California, July 1894

Creation Date (Original)

1894

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Description

Logging workers standing in front of Berry's Sawmill at Freezeout, July 1894. Most of the workers are standing in lumber wagons.

Item Format or Genre

["black-and-white photographs"]

Contributor(s) (Person)

["Ross, John, 1859-1929"]

Local History and Culture Theme

["Logging and Mining"]

Subject (Topical)

["Sawmills"]

Subject (Person)

["Morelli, Lee"]

Subject (Corporate Body)

["Berry's Sawmill (Cazadero, Calif.)"]

Digital Collection Name(s)

["Sonoma County Library Photograph Collection"]

Digital Collections Identifier

cstr_pho_000314

Item Details
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Item Details

Title

Logging workers standing in from of Berry's Sawmill at Freezeout, Sonoma County, California, July 1894

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Contributor(s) (Person)

["Ross, John, 1859-1929"]

Description

Logging workers standing in front of Berry's Sawmill at Freezeout, July 1894. Most of the workers are standing in lumber wagons.

Biographical or Historical Note

Photo identified by Ralph Sturgeon as " Logging #11." Mill was located "down from Fern Springs, below where East Fork [of Freezeout Creek] comes, over a mile." Handwritten on photo verso by Ralph Sturgeon: "Berry's Sawmill--a mile or so down from Fern Springs, where creek takes in other draws and water is this sawmill site. When Robert Wade Sturgeon and I (Ralph S. Sturgeon his father) fell 2nd growth fir and redwood in this very same area, trees from 55 to 90 year old, we found pieces of machinery & old timber and parts of old cook stoves, etc. Bob and I, Ralph S. Sturgeon worked here in the early 1960's . Andrew J. Blaney logged it, Adrion McDowell's trucks hauled it. This 2,000 acres belonged to A. J. B. (Blaney), Ejnar Henningsen and myself. Logs were to Bob Schneider's sawmill, north of Cazadero a mile or so, some to Berry's Sawmill Cazadero, in fact most went to Berry's and some went to Cloverdale sawmills, or mill. These two Berrys not at all related as far as I know. Note--Man on right of seat of front wagon to right is Lee Morelli." The mill was abandoned in 1902

Creation Date (Original)

1894

Item Type

["Still image"]

Item Format or Genre

["black-and-white photographs"]

Number of Parts or Pages

1 photographic print

Item Physical Dimensions

20 x 25 cm

Local History and Culture Theme

["Logging and Mining"]

Subject (Person)

["Morelli, Lee"]

Subject (Corporate Body)

["Berry's Sawmill (Cazadero, Calif.)"]

Subject (Time Period)

1894

Subject (Topical)

["Sawmills"]

Country

["United States"]

State or Province

["California"]

California County

["Sonoma"]

District

["Duncans Mills"]

Geographic Feature

["Freezeout Creek"]

Street Address

Duncans Mills, California

Latitude

38.465058

Longitude

-123.053685

Geocoding Status

["Exact geocoding"]

Creator Note

Photo taken by John Ross of Santa Rosa, California

Other Notes

Additional copy owned by Sonoma County Museum, Santa Rosa, Calif., photo number 84.45.1. July, 1894. Additional copy owned by Western Sonoma County Historical Society, photo 011525. One copy reproduced from a copy of original photograph that includes a caption: "[Berr]y's Saw Mill, Freeze Out. Sonoma Co. Cal., July 1894."

Original Collection Name

["Silvio DeCarly Collection","Andrew Blaney Collection"]

Credit line

Courtesy, Sonoma County Library

Local System Identifier

431722

Digital Collections Identifier

cstr_pho_000314

Digital Collection Name(s)

["Sonoma County Library Photograph Collection"]

Digital Collections Area Group(s)

["Local History & Culture"]

Physical Item Barcode(s)

37565039774665 (ARCHIVES PHOTO 314); 37565027218428 (ARCHIVES PHOTO 314); 37565100563005 (ARCHIVES PHOTO 314); 37565100563013 (ARCHIVES PHOTO 314);; 37565100563021 (ARCHIVES PHOTO 314)

Item Call Number(s)

ARCHIVES PHOTO 314

Shelving Location of Physical Item(s)

Sonoma County Archives (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 .

Contributing Organizations

Owned by Sonoma County Library.

Date Digitized

2017

Digitizing Agency

Sonoma County Library, 211 E Street, Santa Rosa, CA 95404 https://sonomalibrary.org

Archival File Data Quality

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

Acquisition Type

["Gift"]

Date of Acquisition

1992; 2020

Provenance

Various copies previously in the collection of H. A "Harry" Lapham, which were later donated to the Sonoma County Historical Society prior to being donated to the Western Sonoma County Historical Society.

Filename

cstr_pho_000314.jp2

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