Historical Portrait
Mrs. Leonard Bergen, 001
Archive record
Public-domain historical portrait of Mrs. Leonard Bergen at her residence in 1915. The house was built by Doc Shoemaker and Leonard Bergen died in 1913.
About this photograph
A portrait taken at the residence of Mrs. Leonard Bergen two years after her husband's death. The photograph was made in 1915 at a house built by Doc Shoemaker.
Leonard Bergen died in 1913. The record does not give Mrs. Bergen's first name or indicate whether she continued living at the residence after her husband's death, though the photograph's setting suggests she remained there.
The house builder, Doc Shoemaker, is named in the record but no further information about him is provided.
This photograph forms part of a Tulare County collection. Tulare County sits in California's San Joaquin Valley, a farming region settled heavily in the later nineteenth century. The county library holds a large local history photograph collection focused on ordinary residents, families, schools and businesses rather than public figures.
The image reached this archive through California Revealed, a statewide programme that digitises material held by California libraries, archives, museums and historical societies. Items carrying this tag come 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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