Name/Title
Flooded Napa Streets in 1905Entry/Object ID
1985.2.4iDescription
Sepia photograph mounted onto cardboard. Caption on the back of the photograph reads:
"This picture is of a flood of the Napa River on then, Grant Avenue, now south Brown Street, Napa, about 1905. The Napa River flooded every year, often several times, until the Government dredged the River, and Napa put in storm sewers. The portions of both the buildings in the picture are buildings belonging to the Sawyer Tanning Company, the home of the Reliance Hose Company, volunteer fire department, before the organization of the present fire department."
Rita Harren Bordwell
PF 117 BCollection
PhotographsAcquisition
Accession
1985.2Source or Donor
Foley, RobertAcquisition Method
GiftCredit Line
Robert FoleyLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Print, PhotographicNomenclature Primary Object Term
PhotographNomenclature Sub-Class
Graphic DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsLOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials
FloodsSearch Terms
Floods, Flooding, Brown Street, Flood Scene, 1900sCreate Date
August 16, 2012Update Date
September 1, 2026
