Historical Portrait
Mrs. Radley
Archive record
Historical portrait of Mrs. Radley from 1909. Public-domain photograph capturing early 20th century American portraiture and family documentation.
About this photograph
This portrait shows a woman identified only as Mrs. Radley, photographed around 1909. The photographer is not recorded.
The photograph comes from the Tulare County Library's local history collection. 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 library's photographic holdings document ordinary residents and families rather than public figures.
Nothing further is known about Mrs. Radley herself, her family, or the circumstances in which this portrait was made. Studio portraiture was common practice in this period for preserving family likenesses, but without additional records the reason for this particular sitting remains unclear.
The image was digitised through California Revealed, a statewide programme that makes photographs and other materials from California libraries, archives, museums and historical societies publicly available.
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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