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1950's

Hugh Codding, in a circa 1950s photo, transformed post-war Santa Rosa from orchards to suburbs.

In a bit of showmanship, developer Hugh Codding built one Montgomery Village area home in less than four hours.

An award-winning 1952 photo of the Petaluma Leghorns semi-professional football team. (Photo by John LeBaron)

Santa Rosa residents view the Navy's newest planes at an open house at the Santa Rosa Naval Air Station during the Korean war. (LeBaron collection photo)

In a photograph captioned "Ginger Ale and a Tom Collins," actress Bette Davis visits with Santa Rosa Librarian Ruth Hall in 1955. Davis was in town to film the movie "Storm Center," in which she plays a librarian, and researched her part by questioning Hall about her job. (Press Democrat archive photo)