Guide to the Morton Family Photograph Album MC297
Liz Phillips
University of California, Davis Library, Dept. of Special Collections
2019
1st Floor, Shields Library, University of California
100 North West Quad
Davis, CA 95616-5292
speccoll@ucdavis.edu
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
University of California, Davis Library, Dept. of Special Collections
Title: Morton Family Photograph Album
Creator:
Morton, Florence E.
Identifier/Call Number: MC297
Physical Description:
0.2 linear feet
Date (inclusive): circa 1910-1920
Abstract: Photograph album documenting the life and
activities of the Morton Family, early settlers in the San Joaquin Valley.
Physical Location: Researchers should contact Archives and Special
Collections to request collections, as many are stored offsite.
The Morton family were early settlers in the San Joaquin Valley.
Album of 162 snapshot-sized images recording the lives and travels of a family of early San Joaquin Valley settlers. The
album appears to have been assembled by Florence E. Morton (whose parents settled in the area in the 1850s) for her son,
William P. Morton and his wife, Violet. Some detail on the family history is provided in two newspaper clippings laid into
the album. William Morton was a farmer, and many interesting images document the working life of the farm: harvesting hay,
alfalfa, pumpkins, and melons; orange groves; dairy cows, goats, and pigs; mule teams at work, etc. There are shots of the
family homestead as well as those of relatives in neighboring counties, with locales in Stockton, Coalinga, and Kern County
identified. The family appears to have been relatively prosperous. Will stands proudly next to his first car (likely a 1917
Reo Model M), and the family is shown vacationing at Pismo Beach, sending a son to Camp Sequoia and seeing the big trees,
and
traveling to Washington State and Canada. (Description courtesy of Walkabout Books)
Album pages are fragile. Some photographs are not well attached to pages.
Collection is open for research.
This collection was processed by Liz Phillips.
Purchased from Walkabout Books, 2019.
[Identification of item], Morton Family Photograph Album, MC297, Archives and Special Collections, UC Davis Library,
University of California, Davis.
All applicable copyrights for the collection are protected under chapter 17 of the U.S. Copyright Code. Requests for
permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission
for publication is given on behalf of the Regents of the University of California as the owner of the physical items. It is
not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
San Joaquin Valley (Calif.) -- History
Agriculture -- California -- Pictorial works
Morton Family -- Archives