Historical Portrait
Frank Putnam, Porterville, California, 1892
Archive record
Public domain historical portrait of Frank Putnam, son of Porterville founder Royal Porter Putnam, photographed in Porterville, California in 1892.
About this photograph
The archive catalogues this as Frank Putnam, the son of Royal Porter Putnam, who founded Porterville.
The photograph was taken by Hill and Franklin in Porterville in 1892. Tulare County sits in California's San Joaquin Valley, a farming region that saw substantial settlement in the later nineteenth century and relied on irrigated agriculture.
The image comes from the Tulare County Library's local history photograph collection, which documents ordinary residents, families, schools and businesses from the area rather than public figures. It was digitised through California Revealed, a statewide programme that makes material from California libraries, archives, museums and historical societies publicly available.
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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