Historical Portrait
Noble Newton Tollerton (World War I, Tulare County), 002
Archive record
Public domain historical portrait of Noble Newton Tollerton from Dinuba, Tulare County, California, circa 1914 during World War I era.
About this photograph
The archive record identifies this as a portrait of Noble Newton Tollerton from Dinuba in Tulare County, dated to the period 1914 to 1918.
Tulare County lies in California's San Joaquin Valley, a farming area that drew settlers in the late nineteenth century and relied on irrigated agriculture. The county library maintains a substantial collection of local history photographs documenting ordinary residents and community life rather than prominent figures.
The United States entered the First World War in April 1917. Though the record dates this photograph as early as 1914, American involvement did not begin until three years into the conflict. Local photographers across the country found steady work making portraits of men who had enlisted, often before they departed for training or deployment. For many young men these sittings produced the only formal photograph ever taken of them, and copies were made so families could keep one at home.
The photograph forms part of material digitised through California Revealed, a statewide effort that makes holdings from libraries, archives, museums and historical societies publicly accessible online.
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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