Blanchard Family Photo on Porch
Image
Title
Blanchard Family Photo on Porch
Identifier
37417 OS
Description
Outdoor image of family gathering on porch, mounted on 35.3 x 30.5 cm light grey cardboard. This photograph corresponds to page 28 of the book Of California's First Citrus Empire: A Rainbow Arches From Maine to Ventura County. Writing concerning photo in book reads: "From Aunt Sarah on the window-ledge, in front, are grandmother Ann Elizabeth, Nathan Weston Blanchard 11 (with toy top), grandfather Blanchard and cousin Elizabeth (Blanchard) Kelsey restraining the candy-hand of Eliot while Dean's attention skids to toy research. Standing in back appear Aunt Eunice (Blanchard) Kelsey, N.W. Blanchard Jr. and his wife."
On the back of the photograph is written the following: "Family of Nathan Weston Blanchard, Sr. (Founder of Santa Paula, California, and Pomona College) on veranda. 'Piazza' @ 'EI Naranjal' residence at Santa Paula, California. Right to left: His eldest (if not favorite) daughter, Sarah Eliot Blanchard, his wife, my grandmother, Anne Elizabeth (Hobbs) Blanchard; Aunt Eunice Blanchard Kelsey, 2nd daughter also born at Dutch Flat (1871); my elder brother, N.W. Blanchard III with the toy top; then grandfather seated patriarachally in centre. Nathan Weston Blanchard, Jr; my father. Behind him in turn my incomparable mother. Josephine Esther (McClelland) Blanchard, demure and much talented as a musician and poet. On chair to mother's left, Elizabeth (Kelsey) daughter of Aunt Eunice who was married to Dr. Arthur Kelsey of Los Angeles, youngest brother Eliot McClelland Blanchard on Elizabeth's lap; and finally myself, Dean Hobbs Blancbard obsessed in subjects tangent to photographer. DHB."
On the back of the photograph is written the following: "Family of Nathan Weston Blanchard, Sr. (Founder of Santa Paula, California, and Pomona College) on veranda. 'Piazza' @ 'EI Naranjal' residence at Santa Paula, California. Right to left: His eldest (if not favorite) daughter, Sarah Eliot Blanchard, his wife, my grandmother, Anne Elizabeth (Hobbs) Blanchard; Aunt Eunice Blanchard Kelsey, 2nd daughter also born at Dutch Flat (1871); my elder brother, N.W. Blanchard III with the toy top; then grandfather seated patriarachally in centre. Nathan Weston Blanchard, Jr; my father. Behind him in turn my incomparable mother. Josephine Esther (McClelland) Blanchard, demure and much talented as a musician and poet. On chair to mother's left, Elizabeth (Kelsey) daughter of Aunt Eunice who was married to Dr. Arthur Kelsey of Los Angeles, youngest brother Eliot McClelland Blanchard on Elizabeth's lap; and finally myself, Dean Hobbs Blancbard obsessed in subjects tangent to photographer. DHB."
Creator
Unknown
Date
circa 1917
Format
25.5 x 20.3 cm
Black and white photograph
Subject
Blanchard family
Coverage
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Santa Paula (Calif.)
Relation
37514
Publisher
Museum of Ventura County
Rights
The copyright to this image has not been determined. These images are intended for personal or research use only. Please contact library staff for rights determinations and additional uses.
Type
Image
Language
English
Collection
Citation
Unknown, “Blanchard Family Photo on Porch,” Research Library at The Museum of Ventura County, accessed April 29, 2024, https://photographs.venturamuseum.org/items/show/3623.