Historical Portrait
Emerson Family
Archive record
Public-domain 1910 historical photograph of the E.L. Emerson family by their barn in Mountain View, California. Features family members with horse buggy.
About this photograph
The photograph shows the E.L. Emerson family gathered near their barn in Mountain View, California. A horse buggy appears in the scene alongside family members. The image was recorded by the archive as dating from around 1910 to 1912, though the year 1910 is given more specifically in the cataloguing.
The photographer is not identified in the record.
This photograph was digitised through California Revealed, a statewide programme that makes material from California libraries, archives, museums and historical societies publicly available. The digitisation source indicates the photograph comes from local collections but does not specify where the image was originally taken or by whom.
The barn setting and horse buggy reflect the agricultural character of Mountain View during this period. No further information about the Emerson family or their place in the community survives in the archive record.
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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