Historical Portrait
Clinton Thomas Brown
Archive record
Historical portrait of Clinton Thomas Brown and his wife Ruby Anna Gibbons Brown from 1905 in Porterville area, California. Public domain photograph.
About this photograph
The archive identifies this 1905 portrait as showing Clinton Thomas Brown and his wife Ruby Anna Gibbons Brown, photographed in the Porterville area of California. The photographer is not recorded.
Porterville lies in Tulare County in California's San Joaquin Valley, a farming region that saw heavy settlement in the late nineteenth century and relied on irrigated agriculture. The photograph forms part of the Tulare County library's local history collection, which documents ordinary residents, families, schools and businesses rather than prominent figures.
The record reached this archive through California Revealed, a statewide digitisation programme that brings material from California libraries, archives, museums and historical societies into public view. Because the programme draws on many separate local institutions across the state, items sharing this pathway reflect the varied holdings of different communities rather than a single collection.
Compiled from the catalogue record and reference notes on the formats and events involved. The archive record above is the primary source.
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