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Earth Day banner and signs at the Santa Rosa-Sonoma County Free Public Library, Santa Rosa, California, April 22, 1970

Title

Earth Day banner and signs at the Santa Rosa-Sonoma County Free Public Library, Santa Rosa, California, April 22, 1970

Creator (Person)

["Meacham, Don"]

Creation Date (Original)

1970

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Description

A banner hung from the tops of book shelving reads: "There is a pleasure in the pathless woods, there is rapture in the endless waves -- Byron." Signs on easels read: "The earth shall not perish from the government," "Spaceship Earth has no liferaft," and "Today, plastic dishes -- tomorrow, plastic food." Several library patrons are reading at tables.

Item Format or Genre

["black-and-white photographs"]

Local History and Culture Theme

["Education and Culture"]

Subject (Corporate Body)

["Santa Rosa-Sonoma County Free Public Library (Santa Rosa, Calif.)"]

Digital Collection Name(s)

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

Digital Collections Identifier

cstr_pho_003366

Archival Collection Sort Name

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

Item Details
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Item Details

Title

Earth Day banner and signs at the Santa Rosa-Sonoma County Free Public Library, Santa Rosa, California, April 22, 1970

Creator (Person)

["Meacham, Don"]

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Description

Biographical or Historical 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.;United States Senator Gaylord Nelson founded Earth Day as an environmental teach-in first held on April 22, 1970. Nelson was later awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom award in recognition of his work. The first Earth Day celebrations took place in two thousand colleges and universities, roughly ten thousand primary and secondary schools, and hundreds of communities across the United States. More importantly, it "brought 20 million Americans out into the spring sunshine for peaceful demonstrations in favor of environmental reform." It now is observed in 192 countries, and coordinated by the nonprofit Earth Day Network, chaired by the first Earth Day 1970 organizer Denis Hayes, according to whom Earth Day is now "the largest secular holiday in the world, celebrated by more than a billion people every year." Environmental groups have sought to make Earth Day into a day of action to change human behavior and provoke policy changes. (source: Wikipedia)

Creation Date (Original)

1970

Item Type

["Still image"]

Item Format or Genre

["black-and-white photographs"]

Number of Parts or Pages

1 photograph

Other Physical Details

black and white

Item Physical Dimensions

20 x 26 cm

Local History and Culture Theme

["Education and Culture"]

Subject (Corporate Body)

["Santa Rosa-Sonoma County Free Public Library (Santa Rosa, Calif.)"]

Subject (Time Period)

1970

Country

["United States"]

State or Province

["California"]

California County

["Sonoma"]

City or Town

["Santa Rosa"]

Geographic Feature

["E Street"]

Street Address

211 E Street, Santa Rosa, California

Latitude

38.441274

Longitude

-122.710238

Geocoding Status

["Exact geocoding"]

Creator Note

Photographer 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.

Source note

Photograph used for a Press Democrat feature on Earth Day.

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.00012.01.003366 (Photo 3366, 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

1515468

Digital Collections Identifier

cstr_pho_003366

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"]

Digital Collections Topical Subgroup(s)

["Public Libraries of Sonoma County"]

Archival Collection Item Identifier

SPC.00012.01.003366

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)

37565007953770 (ANNEX PHOTO 3366);37565007953804 (ARCHIVES PHOTO 3366)

Item Call Number(s)

ANNEX PHOTO 3366;ARCHIVES PHOTO 3366

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 ; Sonoma County Library Archives

Location of Originals

Sonoma County Archives (managed by Sonoma County History and Genealogy Library, 211 E Street, Santa Rosa, CA 95401 http://sonomalibrary.org/locations/sonoma-county-history-and-genealogy-library)

Copyright Statement

Copyrighted. Rights are owned by Tom Heuser. Copyright Holder has given Sonoma County Library permission to provide access to the digitized work online. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the Copyright Holder. In addition, the reproduction of some materials may be restricted by terms of gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and publicity rights, licensing and trademarks. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user. Consult with the Library for copyright holder contact information: https://sonomalibrary.quartexcollections.com/about/contact-us

Copyright Holder

Estate of Don Meacham

Copyright Date

1970

Copyright Notice

Project Affiliation

Sonoma County Tourism Grant (2009-2010)

Contributing Organizations

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

Fiscal Sponsor

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

Archival File Data Quality

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

Acquisition Type

["Gift"]

Date of Acquisition

1998

Filename

cstr_pho_003366.jp2

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