"Memories of a three weeks sojourn in Sonoma County" traveling account
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Title
"Memories of a three weeks sojourn in Sonoma County" traveling account
Date Created
August 1908
Description
This photograph album contains a manuscript narrative account documenting travels through Sonoma County, California in the first decade of the 20th century. The text and photographs in this album document a nearly month-long tour through Sonoma and Napa counties, with observations on towns, sites, agriculture, and more. The annotated photographs capture a "mountain schoolhouse," a eucalyptus grove near Napa, a vineyard near Forestville, a "glimpse" of the town of Forestville, the small village of Duncan Mills, a scene near the mouth of the Russian River, fishing at Salt Point, "An Old Shipping Point at the Riebach Cove, used in pioneer lumber days," breakers at Salt Point, a rural farming family, "McKerlie's Blacksmith Shop & Granary," people preparing venison jerky, views of the Riebach Cove and the Sutherland Resort between Cazaderro and Guerneville, a large redwood tree growing out of a rock near Cazaderro, the Schuber residence near Fisk Mill, and more. The manuscript narrative opens with the unknown male author and a friend, Gussie Kaufman leaving home and heading to Sonoma County by steamer. They travel around Sonoma County in a horse-drawn carriage, visiting a number of towns and villages including: Winters, Vacaville, Fairfield, Cordelia, Napa, Sonoma City. There are thirty-one annotated photographs, partially-interleaved with 18 pages of handwritten text tipped in.
Creators and Contributors
Creator:
Unknown
Subject Topic
Place(s)
Language
Media type
Format
Photograph Album
Extent
56
Pages
Dimensions
5.5
x
7
in
Generation
Original
Copyright Statement
Public Domain. No restrictions on use.
Country of Creation
United States
Contributing Organization
Call Number
HA 10:8
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