Michael Acker’s book will be out on March 27. There will be a book signing at Reader’s Books in Sonoma on March 30, 7PM. Other events to follow including one at the Depot Park Museum, date TBD.
The book features 210 photographs of the Springs from 1885 to 2016. Part history, part nostalgia, part pride of place in the here and now, it is sure to interest and delight residents, visitors, and the curious alike.
Buy it here: https://www.arcadiapublishing.com/Products/9781467124300
These priceless photographs of Boyes Hot Springs in the 1950s by Zan Stark are by courtesy of Special Collections, Stanford Univerity Library.
Sadly, Paul’s Resort burned in 2014.
Eve, Marcucci was kind enough to share some of her scrap book photos with the Museum.
Sadly, Paul’s Resort burned in 2014.
Eve, Marcucci was kind enough to share some of her scrap book photos with the Museum.
CORRECTED LINK
Link to Flickr gallery of all the photographs of Highway 12 between Verano Blvd. and Agua Caliente Rd., on the east side, taken in 2008. These are the base photos the Main Stem Project. Only six years ago, but a lot has changed. Sidewalks! New businesses. Old businesses gone. A literal walk down memory lane.
West side to follow.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/83786542@N00/sets/72157648810262200/
1942 War Department aerial photograph of Boyes Hot Springs. The Sonoma Mission Inn is clearly visible. (In the upper left hand corner you can see the Boyes Bath House complex and the baseball field.) There is not much building on Highway 12 south of The Inn. Is this because of the fire of 1923, or was this area just not developed by 1942?
Thanks to Arthur Dawson for this fascinating photo/map.
This is a very rare view of the center of Boyes Springs in the 1930s or 40s, standing near the RR depot, looking east across the Plaza (that is what they called it. Note the palm tree.) In the center is a large sign that says “Boyes Hot Springs”. The tall pole marks where Vallejo St. meets the highway.
Boyes Hot Springs, 1917. Unidentified, elegantly posed women, intriguing building in the background. Great composition. A wonderful photograph.
Thanks to the Depot Park Museum.
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