Other Portrait Collections
That Include Petaluma Pioneers
The Boggs Family Photographs
A collection of photographic prints of the Boggs family, the Petaluma Adobe and information regarding the family’s stay at the adobe the winter of 1846-47, Bancroft Library, University Archives.
The Cabinet Card Gallery, Viewing History, Culture and Personalities Through Cabinet Card Images
This popular blog containing an extensive collection of captioned cabinet cards, includes a single portrait by Petaluma photographer, Hugh S. Anderson taken when he was working in San Francisco.
California Historical Society: Online Catalog
The CHS lists 8 portraits from Petaluma.
The Carl Mautz Collection of Carte de Visite, The Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens
Carl Mautz’ extensive collection of CDVs is owned by the Huntington but is not currently available for research. The collection contains many images by Petaluma photographers, and hopefully it will be made available to the public soon.
The Charles Martin Family Portrait Photographs
A collection of 60 photographic portraits of the Charles Martin family, Bancroft Library, University Archives
The Giorgi Portrait Collection of Stockton Pioneers
A collection of early Stockton California pioneers portraits including photos by John Quincy Reed and other photographers who worked in Petaluma.
The Grabhorn Collection of Nineteenth Century Photographic Portraits & Calling Cards
A collection of approximately 1000 photographic prints and 9 cased photographs housed at the Bancroft Library, University Of California, Berkeley.
Peter E. Palmquist Collection of Male Photographers in the American West
Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
This exceptional and extensive collection contains more early Petaluma portraits than any other outside of the Petaluma Historical Library & Museum.
Portrait File of the Bancroft Library
This extensive collection contains portraits of identified individuals primarily associated with the San Francisco Bay Area, including pioneers, artists, literary figures, and community leaders.
San Francisco History Center Collection of Cartes de Visite, The April (Wayne) Portrait Photograph Collection
A collection of carte de visite from the San Francisco Bay area and beyond.
San Francisco History Center Cabinet Card Collection
This is a collection of over 300 cabinet cards mostly from San Francisco studios. Images from Petaluma include three by Anderson: one unidentified, one depicting Annie Pixley and a third depicting L.P. McCarthy & Wm. H. Barnes; one by Dowe, subject unidentified; one by Ormsby, subject unidentified.
The Sonoma County Library Digital Collections, Petaluma Portraits
This URL will direct you to the Sonoma County Library’s extensive photographic portrait collection of Petaluma pioneers. It contains over 360 portraits of Petalumans taken between 1840 and 1930.
The T. P. Peter Image Collection
This personal collection of approximately 20,000 + cdv and cabinet cards contains one portrait of Petaluma pioneers. It is an exceptionally example of a young family taken by Petaluma photographer, Bryan Johnson. Petaluma portrait: http://theoimages.com/united-states/california/petaluma-ca/ca-00028acdv.html
The Tustin Area Historical Society
Columbus Tustin was instrumental in establishing the City of Petaluma and is credited with the establishment of the city of Tustin in Southern California. Visit that city’s historical society web site to see his portrait and to learn more about him.
The William C. Darrah Collection of Cartes-de-visite Pennsylvania State University Libraries, Special Collections Library, Historical Collections and Labor Archives
This collection includes 62,608 CDV images; 15 were created by Petaluma photographers.
PJGF, 2017