Three PHL&M Exhibits Pertaining to

Petaluma’s Pioneers

Petaluma’s Participation in the Women’s Suffrage Movement,
a Commemoration of the Ratification of the 19th Amendment

The Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, a Story of Civic Progress & Pride

Portraits of Petaluma Pioneers,
Personal Images and Public Stories of a California River Town

The Petaluma Historical Library & Museum ’s fall 2020 exhibit, "Petaluma’s Participation in the Women’s Suffrage Movement, A Commemoration of the Ratification of the 19th Amendment," is presented in an informal gallery tour by curator, Paula Freund. With newly discovered artifacts and documents from Petaluma’s past, the exhibit tells the inspiring story of a California community’s contribution to women winning the right to vote. Videographer, Kaye Chandler

3D Virtual Tour



 Portraits of Petaluma’s Pioneers,

Personal Images & Public Stories of a California Rivertown

A 3D Virtual Tour of the Exhibit

 

Portraits of Petaluma’s Pioneers

An Audio Tour of the Exhibit

(with accompanying text version)

The audio files below correspond to selected portraits displayed in the exhibit.  If you prefer to read the narratives, click on the accompanying PDF file (text version). 

1-1-1

Introduction to "Portraits of Petaluma Pioneers"

1-1-2

Petaluma's First Pioneers, the Coast Miwok Native Americans

1-1-3

Maxima Antonio Ynitia & Maria Antonia Ynitia

1-2-1

General Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo

1-2-2

Petaluma Adobe

1-2-3

Francisca Benicia Carrillo de Vallejo

     1-3-1

                            Captain John Gallagher Sr.  


1-4-1

Susan Durgin Eastman Whitney


2-1

"Oval Bust Portrait of Young Woman with an Elaborate Coiffure and Simple Choker"

2-2

"Standing Man with Top Hat"

2-3

"Seated Baby with Top Curl"

3-1-1

Giles Pease Kellogg

3-1-2

Bryan R. Johnson

3-2-1

"Pensive Couple"

3-2-2

"Oval Bust Portrait of Woman with Tinting Applied to her Cheeks, Lips, Eyes & Necklace"

3-2-3

Edward Hope

3-2-4

"Seated Stoic Woman"

3-2-5

"Young Couple with Baby"

3-3-1

Ida Lucia Codoni

3-3-2

Two Standing Little Girls

3-4-1

Elizabeth Bailey Williams & Clara McNear (Leppo)

3-4-2

George Bailey Williams & Mehetabel Lilly Williams

3-4-3

John Agustus McNear

3-4-4

Clara D. Williams McNear

3-4-5

Jennie Otis McNear

3-4-6

George Plummer McNear

5-1

"Member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows"

6-1-1

Fred Northrup

6-1-2

Legrand (Lee) Ellsworth

6-1-3

Charlotte Damon Ellsworth

6-1-4

Lulu Ellsworth Northrup

6-1-5

Henry Ellsworth

6-2-1

Hellene Krecklow Myers & Frank Heinrich Myers

6-2-2

Freeman Parker

6-2-3

Cynthia Adeline Roberts Parker

6-2-4

Gelo Parker

6-3-1

Dorcas Haley Clark

6-3-2

Harrison Tyler Mecham

6-3-5

William Howard Pepper

6-4-1

Charles Minturn

John Cavanaugh


  6-4-3

Peter Donahue