Photograph album of agriculture and irrigation in the Sunset Colonies, Marysville, Gridley, Butte County, and Sutter County, California
Content Description
Photograph album containing 123 black and white photographic prints depicting agriculture and irrigation in the Sunset Colonies, Marysville, Gridley, Butte County, and Sutter County, California circa 1907-1908. The photographs included in the album show completed irrigation projects of the Butte County Canal Company, and also, images of weirs, flumes, ditches, and dams. Also contains photographs showing dairying, farming, and agricultural processing, such as fruit drying and canning, throughout Sacramento, Butte, and Sutter counties. Many photographs show local citizens and families; natural features within the counties; public and private buildings, including schools, a library, residences; and commercial buildings including a flour mill and a sub-station for the Northern Electric Railway.
The area described as Sunset Colonies is present day Fair Oaks, Sacramento County.
Dates
- circa 1907-1908
Language of Materials
Collection materials are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Materials in this collection, which were created circa 1907-1908, are in the public domain in the United States. Permission to publish or reproduce is not required.
Extent
1.5 linear feet
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Materials found in collection; provenance is unknown.
- Agriculture -- California, Northern -- Photographs
- Butte County (Calif.) -- Pictorial works
- Dairying -- California, Northern -- Photographs
- Irrigation -- California, Northern -- Photographs
- Sacramento County (Calif.) -- Pictorial works
- Sutter County (Calif.) -- Pictorial works
- Yuba County (Calif.) -- Pictorial works
- Title
- Finding aid to the photograph album of agriculture and irrigation in the Sunset Colonies, Marysville, Gridley, Butte County, and Sutter County, California
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Jaime Henderson
- Date
- January 2019
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the California Historical Society Repository