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Pacific Telephone and Telegraph building, Petaluma, California, 1949, with sign proclaiming that "San Francisco Speaks with New York City Distance 3,400 miles"

Title

Pacific Telephone and Telegraph building, Petaluma, California, 1949, with sign proclaiming that "San Francisco Speaks with New York City Distance 3,400 miles"

Creation Date (Original)

1949

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Item Format or Genre

["black-and-white photographs","postcards"]

Local History and Culture Theme

["Communication"]

Subject (Topical)

["Telephone companies"]

Subject (Corporate Body)

["Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company"]

Digital Collection Name(s)

["Sonoma County Library Photograph Collection"]

Digital Collections Identifier

cstr_pho_005584

Item Details
Image Details

Item Details

Title

Pacific Telephone and Telegraph building, Petaluma, California, 1949, with sign proclaiming that "San Francisco Speaks with New York City Distance 3,400 miles"

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Biographical or Historical Note

Location is 127 Kentucky. Phone call took place October 17, 1949, when Mark Sullivan, president of Pacific Telephone in New York City, dialed Oakland and spoke to Dr. Oliver E. Buckley, president of Bell Laboratories, and Keith S. McHugh, president of the New York Telephone Co.

Creation Date (Original)

1949

Item Type

["Still image"]

Item Format or Genre

["black-and-white photographs","postcards"]

Number of Parts or Pages

1 photographic print

Local History and Culture Theme

["Communication"]

Subject (Corporate Body)

["Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company"]

Subject (Time Period)

1949

Subject (Topical)

["Telephone companies"]

Country

["United States"]

State or Province

["California"]

California County

["Sonoma"]

City or Town

["Petaluma"]

Geographic Feature

["Liberty Street"]

Street Address

125 Liberty Street, Petaluma, California

Latitude

38.233844

Longitude

-122.643937

Geocoding Status

["Exact geocoding"]

Source of Title and Description Note

Title supplied by cataloger.

Credit line

Courtesy, Sonoma County Library

Local System Identifier

453280

Digital Collections Identifier

cstr_pho_005584

Digital Collection Name(s)

["Sonoma County Library Photograph Collection"]

Digital Collections Area Group(s)

["Local History & Culture"]

Physical Item Barcode(s)

37565029252250 (ARCHIVES PHOTO 5584);37565008762238 (PETALUMA PHOTO 5584)

Item Call Number(s)

ARCHIVES PHOTO 5584;PETALUMA PHOTO 5584

Shelving Location of Physical Item(s)

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, June 2008

Archival File Data Quality

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

Acquisition Type

["Gift"]

Date of Acquisition

1993

Filename

cstr_pho_005584.jp2

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