Historical Portrait
Joe Souza Dairy, West of Porterville, California, 1910
Archive record
Historic 1910 photograph of the Joe Souza Dairy showing family members and cattle herd west of Porterville, California. Public domain historical image.
About this photograph
This photograph shows the Joe Souza Dairy and its residents west of Porterville in 1910. The record names family members and cattle as present but does not identify individuals.
Porterville lies in Tulare County, part of California's San Joaquin Valley. The valley became a major farming region in the late nineteenth century, its agriculture dependent on irrigation systems that enabled dairy operations and other enterprises in an otherwise arid landscape.
The photograph comes from the Tulare County Library's local history collection. That collection focuses largely on ordinary residents, families, schools and businesses rather than prominent public figures, documenting everyday life in the valley's communities during the period of agricultural settlement and expansion.
The creator of the photograph is not recorded. By 1910, local studios and itinerant photographers commonly documented valley farms and businesses, though attribution was not always preserved with the images.
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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