Historical Portrait
Jesse Grove Newman (World War I, Tulare County), 001
Archive record
Public-domain historical portrait of Jesse Grove Newman from Dinuba East precinct, Tulare County, California, taken in 1914 during World War I era.
About this photograph
The archive record gives the subject's name as Jesse Grove Newman, from Dinuba East precinct in Tulare County. The photograph is dated 1914, though the catalogue range runs through 1918, the span of the First World War era.
Tulare County lies in California's San Joaquin Valley, a farming region that developed through irrigated agriculture in the late nineteenth century. The county library maintains a local history photograph collection documenting ordinary residents, families, schools and businesses rather than public figures.
The United States entered the war in April 1917. Around 24 million men registered under Selective Service and roughly 4.7 million served. Local photography studios found regular work making portraits of enlistees in uniform before departure. These sittings were often the only formal photographs young men ever had taken, with copies kept at home while they were away. County historical collections across the country hold many such portraits as a result.
The photograph's creator is unknown. It forms part of material digitised under California Revealed, a statewide programme that makes holdings from California libraries, archives, museums and historical societies publicly available. The shared source tag indicates where digitisation occurred rather than where the photograph originated.
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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