Historical Portrait
Worthley Family, Lumber Mill at Shaver Lake, California, 1909
Archive record
Historic 1909 family portrait of the Worthley family at their lumber mill in Shaver Lake, California. Public-domain historical photograph documenting early 20th century logging industry.
About this photograph
The Worthley family posed at their lumber mill at Shaver Lake in 1909.
Shaver Lake lies in the Sierra Nevada east of Fresno. The area supported active logging operations in the early twentieth century, supplying timber as California's population and construction expanded.
The photograph comes from the Tulare County Library collection, which holds images of ordinary residents, families, schools and businesses rather than public figures. Though Shaver Lake itself sits outside Tulare County, the library's holdings reflect the wider region's documentary record.
The record does not identify the family members, their roles at the mill, or the photographer. Lumber operations in the Sierra Nevada during this period ranged from small family enterprises to larger commercial ventures, but the specifics of the Worthley mill's scale and output are not documented here.
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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