Historical Portrait

Roland McIntosh (World War I, Tulare County)

1914·Source: internet_archive·View original ↗·Public Domain

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Archive record

Public domain historical portrait of Roland McIntosh from Tulare County, California during World War I era, circa 1914. Part of California Revealed archive.

About this photograph

The archive catalogues this as a portrait of Roland McIntosh from Tulare County, photographed sometime between 1914 and 1918. The creator is unknown.

Tulare County sits in California's San Joaquin Valley, a farming region that grew through irrigated agriculture in the late nineteenth century. The county library maintains a local history photograph collection focused on ordinary residents rather than public figures.

The United States entered the First World War in April 1917. Local photographers made many portraits of men in uniform before they shipped out, and these images now fill county historical collections. For many young men, sitting for such a photograph was the only time they had a formal portrait made. Families often commissioned them specifically so a copy could remain at home.

The record does not specify McIntosh's military service or whether this portrait was taken before deployment. The photograph forms part of the Tulare County Library collection and was made publicly accessible through California Revealed, a statewide digitisation programme that works with libraries, archives, museums and historical societies across California.

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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