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California, 1900s

Photographs and portraits taken in California during the 1900s, with the source archive and rights statement on every image.

45 portraits · free to download

Mrs. MCK Shuey, Porterville, California, ca 1900, 1900 (Internet Archive)

Mrs. MCK Shuey, Porterville, California, ca 1900

1900

Group of young adults outdoors, circa 1900, 1900 (Internet Archive)

Group of young adults outdoors, circa 1900

1900

Portrait, Young Man with beard, 1900 (Internet Archive)

Young Man with Beard and Mustache

1900

Portrait, Family of five, Pioneer Jews, 1900 (Internet Archive)

Pioneer Jewish Family Portrait - Two Adults and Three Children

1900

Portrait, Family, Pioneer Jews, 1900 (Internet Archive)

Pioneer Jewish Family Portrait - Ten Members Including Children

1900

People: Manuel and Mariana Branco and daughter Maria portrait, sitting down, 1900, 1900 (Internet Archive)

People: Manuel and Mariana Branco and daughter Maria portrait, sitting down, 1900

1900

Pickerings, Taylors, and others at a picnic at Verdugo Park, 1900 (Internet Archive)

Pickerings, Taylors, and others at a picnic at Verdugo Park

1900

Group of men sitting in front of a building at Hall Ranch, 1900 (Internet Archive)

Group of men sitting in front of a building at Hall Ranch

1900

Patterson Family Home, 1900 (Internet Archive)

Patterson Family Home

1900

Portrait, Three men, Pioneer Jews, 1900 (Internet Archive)

Three Pioneer Jewish Men - Family Portrait

1900

Norton and Mary Tharp, Porterville, California, ca 1900., 1900 (Internet Archive)

Norton and Mary Tharp, Porterville, California, ca 1900.

1900

Rollie and Lottie Chinowth, Visalia, California, ca 1900, 1900 (Internet Archive)

Rollie and Lottie Chinowth, Visalia, California, ca 1900

1900

People: Mary DeBorba Portrait looking at the camera, 1900~, 1900 (Internet Archive)

People: Mary DeBorba Portrait looking at the camera, 1900~

1900

Portrait of the Cragg Brothers, 1901 (Internet Archive)

The Cragg Brothers Acrobatic Troupe Portrait by Frederick Bushnell

1901

Family Photo in front of Giant Sequoia, 1901 (Internet Archive)

Family Photo in front of Giant Sequoia

1901

Portrait of cellist Enrico Mario Scognamillo, 1901 (Internet Archive)

Enrico Mario Scognamillo, Italian Cellist and Friend of Enrico Caruso

1901

People: Frank Silva and Rosa Pacheco Wedding picture, 1901, 1901 (Internet Archive)

People: Frank Silva and Rosa Pacheco Wedding picture, 1901

1901

Knights of Pythias, 1903 (Internet Archive)

Knights of Pythias

1903

Malloch Family, Visalia, California, ca 1904, 1904 (Internet Archive)

Malloch Family, Visalia, California, ca 1904

1904

Portrait of John P. Kennedy, 1904 (Internet Archive)

John P. Kennedy, Actor and Performer Portrait

1904

Portrait of Elvia Bates, 1904 (Internet Archive)

Actress Elvia Bates, 1904

1904

Shades of Whittier - Family Portraits, 1904 (Internet Archive)

Shades of Whittier - Family Portraits

1904

Alonzo Coffin, 1904 (Internet Archive)

Alonzo Coffin

1904

Price Hardware Store, Porterville, California, 1905, 1905 (Internet Archive)

Price Hardware Store, Porterville, California, 1905

1905

Mr. and Mrs. Lee Hill (Anna Hill), Porterville, California, ca 1905, 1905 (Internet Archive)

Mr. and Mrs. Lee Hill (Anna Hill), Porterville, California, ca 1905

1905

Portrait, Dr. David W. Edelman, circa 1900 - 1910, 1905 (Internet Archive)

Dr. David W. Edelman, Chief of Staff at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital

1905

Portrait, Kaspare Cohn, circa 1900 - 1910, 1905 (Internet Archive)

Kaspare Cohn, Founder of Kaspare Cohn Hospital, Los Angeles

1905

Minerva Kate McGinnis (1874 - 1958), 1905 (Internet Archive)

Minerva Kate McGinnis (1874 - 1958)

1905

Clinton Thomas Brown, 1905 (Internet Archive)

Clinton Thomas Brown

1905

People under the trees at a Hawley family picnic, 1906 (Internet Archive)

People under the trees at a Hawley family picnic

1906

First Grade class, San Bruno Park School, ca. 1906, 1906 (Internet Archive)

First Grade class, San Bruno Park School, ca. 1906

1906

W. V. "Fred" Stolte, 1906 (Internet Archive)

W. V. "Fred" Stolte

1906

Reed Family #5 S.D. home of F.P., 1906 (Internet Archive)

Reed Family #5 S.D. home of F.P.

1906

People: Attilia (Pellindini) Lafranchini in long white dress and hat, 1907, 1907 (Internet Archive)

People: Attilia (Pellindini) Lafranchini in long white dress and hat, 1907

1907

Portrait of Alexandra Dagmar, 1907 (Internet Archive)

Alexandra Dagmar, Vaudeville Performer Known as the Danish Nightingale

1907

Portrait of Lorena Bell Dorsey from shoulders up, 1907 (Internet Archive)

Lorena Bell Dorsey, Mill Valley Resident, 1907

1907

Florence Wical [01], 1907 (Internet Archive)

Florence Wical [01]

1907

People: Pio Lafranchi portrait in suit, 1907, 1907 (Internet Archive)

People: Pio Lafranchi portrait in suit, 1907

1907

Portrait of Maybelle Kelly, seated, 1908 (Internet Archive)

Maybelle Kelly, Music Teacher and Pianist, Marin County California

1908

Shades of Long Beach - At the Beach, 1908 (Internet Archive)

Shades of Long Beach - At the Beach

1908

Shades of Folsom - Nichols House, 1908 (Internet Archive)

Shades of Folsom - Nichols House

1908

Novato House, Captain Hirbarren, circa 1909, 1909 (Internet Archive)

Novato House, Captain Hirbarren, circa 1909

1909

Worthley Family, Lumber Mill at Shaver Lake, California, 1909, 1909 (Internet Archive)

Worthley Family, Lumber Mill at Shaver Lake, California, 1909

1909

Ling Joe and son Yow Joe, 1909 (Internet Archive)

Ling Joe and son Yow Joe

1909

Mrs. Radley, 1909 (Internet Archive)

Mrs. Radley

1909

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