Historical Portrait
Mrs. MCK Shuey, Porterville, California, ca 1900
Archive record
Historical portrait of Mrs. MCK Shuey from Porterville, California, taken around 1900. Public domain photograph from the Porterville Library collection.
About this photograph
This portrait shows a woman identified as Mrs. MCK Shuey, photographed in Porterville around 1900. The photographer is not recorded.
Porterville is in Tulare County, which lies in California's San Joaquin Valley. The county was settled heavily in the later nineteenth century and developed as a farming region dependent on irrigated agriculture.
The photograph comes from the Porterville Library collection. Tulare County's library system maintains a large local history photograph collection focused on ordinary residents, families, schools, and businesses rather than public figures.
The record gives no further information about Mrs. Shuey, her background, or the occasion for the portrait.
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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