Historical Portrait
Pioneer Jewish Family Portrait - Ten Members Including Children
Archive record
Public domain 1900 historical photograph of a pioneer Jewish family of ten members, including five women, two men, and three young children.
About this photograph
The archive catalogues this as a portrait of ten family members, made around 1900 and contributed through California Revealed, which digitises collections held by California libraries, archives and museums for public access.
The subject terms place the photograph in the context of immigration and Jewish history. Between roughly 1880 and 1920 some twenty million people arrived in the United States, most from southern and eastern Europe. Studio portraits marked that journey, made at home to leave with relatives or soon after arrival to send back as proof of safe passage and employment.
The photographer is not identified. The year suggests the portrait was made during this wave of migration, though the record itself gives no information about where the family lived, when they arrived, or where the photograph was taken.
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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