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Title
Main tasting room of the Italian Swiss Colony
Date Created and/or Issued
1961
Publication Information
Italian Swiss Colony (Firm)
Contributing Institution
Sonoma County Library
Collection
Sonoma County Library Photograph Collection
Rights Information
The Sonoma County Library makes no assertions as to ownership of any original copyrights to digitized images and can claim only physical ownership of the image(s) described in this records. However, these images are intended for Personal or Research use only. Any other kind of use, including, but not limited to commercial or scholarly publication in any medium or format, public exhibition, or use online or in a web site, may be subject to additional restrictions including but not limited to the copyrights held by parties other than the Library. USERS ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE for determining the existence of such rights and for obtaining any permissions and/or paying associated fees necessary for the proposed use. Preferred credit line is: Courtesy, the Sonoma County Library. Please see additional reproduction and reuse information at https://sonomalibrary.org/locations/sonoma-county-history-and-genealogy-library/order-photo .
Description
Shows two Italian Swiss Colony employees in costume (actually actors in a series of television commercials, including "Little Old Winemaker--Me! actor Ludwig Stossel) seated at a table tasting wine, with a third (also in costume) behind a bar pouring wine. Caption on verso:"Here in the picturesque tasting room visitors may relax and sample the fine wines of Italian Swiss Colony. Also, they may enjoy conducted tours of the historic winery, established in 1881. Italian Swiss Colony is located in the small village of Asti, 85 miles north of San Francisco on the Redwood Highway." [Postcard no.] SC13833
Type
image
Format
color photographs
postcards
Identifier
259b0fc3-5eaf-4d29-9930-6a4dc5ce6378
https://digital.sonomalibrary.org/documents/detail/170279
https://images.quartexcollections.com/sonomalibrary/thumbnails/preview/259b0fc3-5eaf-4d29-9930-6a4dc5ce6378
cstr_pho_035036
Language
English
Subject
Wine and Winemaking
Stossel, Ludwig
Italian Swiss Colony (Asti, Calif.)
1961-1970
Wine and wine making
Wineries
Wine tasting
United States
California
Sonoma
Asti
Asti Road
Place
26150 Asti Rd, Cloverdale, CA
Relation
Sonoma County Visionaries, Immigrants and Wine Makers Collection, about 1865-2005

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