Hoyt earthquake photograph collection, 1906

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Summary

Creators:
Hoyt, Henry A. and Hoyt, Frank L. Hoyt, Henry A.
Abstract:
Extent:
2 boxes and 1 binder
Language:
Preferred citation:

Hoyt earthquake photograph collection . Sonoma State University Library

Background

Scope and content:

Thirty-two photographs (plus three duplicates) of the damage to the downtown area of Santa Rosa, California from the earthquake and fire of April 18,1906. They are 8” X 10” black and white photographs. The collection also includes one original Press Democrat issue, April 19, 1906 and two clippings of newspaper articles using Hoyt photographs on earthquake anniversaries. They are accompanied by a compact disk of high resolution tiff files of the photographs. The contents of the collection are organized in two boxes and one binder. The photographs are numbered according to their order in the original binder and correspond with the numbering used in the North Bay Digital Archive (http://northbaydigital.sonoma.edu/).

Biographical / historical:

Henry A. Hoyt was a building contractor in business with his brother Frank L. Hoyt in Santa Rosa, California at the time of the 1906 earthquake. The Hoyt Brothers were integral to the rebuilding of the city, including the new Sonoma County Courthouse and the post office which now houses the Sonoma County Museum. Henry and Frank were born in Galway, Saratoga County, N.Y. in 1877 and 1881. They trained in architectural design and engineering in Wisconsin, where the family had moved in 1891. In 1901 the brothers moved to California, and by 1903 were settled in Santa Rosa. Henry married Ora Mabelle Smith in 1901, and they had one child, Frances Louise, born in 1907. The family lived in the house he built at 827 Spencer Street in Santa Rosa. (Gregory. History of Sonoma County, bio. sketches 1911.)

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research by appointment.

Terms of access:

The library can only claim physical ownership of the collection. Users are responsible for satisfying any claimants of literary property.

Preferred citation:

Hoyt earthquake photograph collection . Sonoma State University Library

Location of this collection:
Special Collections
1801 E. Cotati Avenue
Rohnert Park, CA 94928, US
Contact:
(707) 664-4152
specialcollections@sonoma.edu
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