Historical Portrait
Walter Sill (World War I, Tulare County)
Archive record
Historical portrait of Walter Sill, a World War I soldier from Tulare County, California, circa 1914. Public-domain photograph from historical archives.
About this photograph
Historical portrait of Walter Sill, a World War I soldier from Tulare County, California, photographed around 1914.
The record indicates a 1914 date, though the United States did not enter the war until April 1917. Local studios commonly photographed enlistees in uniform before departure, and these portraits often served as the only formal photograph a young man ever sat for. Families kept copies at home.
Tulare County lies in California's San Joaquin Valley, a farming region settled during the later nineteenth century. The county library maintains a local history photograph collection focused on ordinary residents rather than public figures.
This photograph is part of material digitised through California Revealed, a statewide programme that makes holdings from California libraries, archives, museums and historical societies publicly available. The photographer is not identified in the record.
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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