New to the Valley of the Moon Historic Photo Database March 2021
Circa 1910. Looking northeast from the hotel. The depot is about in the center. To the left is the club house. The arbor is at center left. In the foreground you can see some wonderful faces. As you know from newspaper accounts, the crowds were very large in the summer. Courtesy of Ron Price.
“Hotel Promenade and Driveway, Boyes Calif.” I think the arbor seen in the first photo is at the right side here. No crowd, just three strolling women. The photographer was C. R. Payne. Courtesy of Ron Price.Saint Francis villa was near Verdiers Resort in El Verano. Courtesy Ron Price.Sonoma Creek at Sonoma Grove Resort, 1911. Acker collection.El Verano Amphitheater. 1950s. At the site of Maxwell Farms on Verano Avenue. I have no information on this establishment. Courtesy Sonoma Valley Historical Society.Larson’s Sport Shop and Liquor Store, 1950s. Booze and hunting equipment are no longer sold in the same store! This is the current location of the Barking Dog Roasters in Boyes Hot Springs. Photo courtesy of the Larson family.Evergreen Cottages was on Pine Avenue on Boyes. The buildings still stand. This looks to be from the 1940s. Dig the crazy colors. Acker collectionFerrando’s Plumbing at Highway 12 and Thompson Ave. 2005. So much has changed since 2005! Photo by M. AckerSonoma Valley Grange #407, 2005. When the sidewalks went in, the front entrance was removed. That wall now sports the famous mural by su servidor. Photo by M. Acker
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I love these! I believe the amphitheater at Maxwell was referred to as “Ther Bowl”, but I’d have to check to be sure. The Sonoma Valley Rodeo was held there once or twice circa 1950’s, and made a return engagement as the Wine Country Rodeo in 1981 and ’82.
These are awesome, thanks! I remember Ferrando’s Plumbing, how times have changed since someone from Sebastopol came in and decided he knew what was best for our community!
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I love these! I believe the amphitheater at Maxwell was referred to as “Ther Bowl”, but I’d have to check to be sure. The Sonoma Valley Rodeo was held there once or twice circa 1950’s, and made a return engagement as the Wine Country Rodeo in 1981 and ’82.
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“The” Bowl ,,, sorry for the typo.
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Thanks Lorrie. I had a suspicion you would know something.
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These are awesome, thanks! I remember Ferrando’s Plumbing, how times have changed since someone from Sebastopol came in and decided he knew what was best for our community!
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Ferrando’s plumbing was originally a Richfield station owned by Tom Paladore
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And it was a gas station going way back, right Jack? I’ve seen a photo where it Red Crown Gas, from the 1930s, looks like.
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