Historical Portrait
John Albert Goble, Banker, Tulare, California, 1920
Archive record
Public domain historical photograph of banker John Albert Goble studying a modern automobile in Tulare, California in 1920. From the Tulare Historical Museum collection.
About this photograph
John Albert Goble was a banker in Tulare, California, photographed in 1920 examining an automobile. The photographer is not recorded.
Tulare County sits 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 comes from the Tulare Historical Museum collection, part of the county library's extensive holdings of local history images documenting ordinary residents, families, schools and businesses rather than public figures.
The record describes Goble as studying a modern automobile, suggesting the vehicle represented recent technology at the time. By 1920, automobiles had become increasingly common in American towns, though ownership remained a marker of prosperity, particularly in rural areas.
The photograph was digitised through California Revealed, a statewide programme that makes material from California libraries, archives, museums and historical societies publicly available. Items reaching the Internet Archive through this programme originate from many separate local institutions across the state.
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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