Color polaroid snapshot of Miles Paoli and a friend sitting on a timber bench in front of a wooden board fence, 1978-1980. (Gift of Dolly Efishoff, Miles Paoli Collection, Kelley House Photographs) “Between the old Paoli Hotel and his home [next door to the west], Miles [Paoli] had somehow maneuvered a large squared-off timber, setting it as a bench in front of his fence. [...]
Apple Shed and MacCallum-Kelley Property, 1894 - 1908. The apple shed on the MacCallum house property, looking north from Albion Street directly opposite the Kelley House. A Mendocino-style picket fence runs along the road. Other buildings visible in this image include, left to right: the MacCallum house water tower, the Kelley Baptist Church, the tall Hegenmeyer water tower, and the back porch of Rose McGuire's [...]
Sunday School Picnic at Big Hill, 1931. Photograph of women attending the Presbyterian Church's Sunday School picnic at Big Hill. Back row: Susie Walbridge, Molly Valentine, Laura Lammers, Catherine Swanson, ? Silver, ? Hamblin. Front row: ? Hanna, Vernice Brown, Mary Nichols. (Kelley House Collection, Kelley House Photographs) January 8, 1947 - Mrs. Mary Nichols, cousin of Mendocino Beacon editor and proprietor Auggie Heeser, [...]
Elevated view looking to the northeast along Ukiah Street in Mendocino, 1920 - 1949. The image was probably captured from the Heeser water tower, located on the southeast corner of Kasten and Ukiah Streets. The Beacon building is seen in the left foreground. The undeveloped fenced field to its right will become the site of the post office and the Penny Farthing Building. Two water towers [...]
A 1970s postcard of Ruth Carlson's Studio Gallery in the Redwood Center at the junction of Highway 1 and Main Street in Mendocino. Between the years 1966 and 2000, the gallery, later called Gallery One, featured her paintings as well as the work of other local artists. This unique building is called THE REDWOOD CENTER and was built in 1966 by Kenneth Ricksecker, one [...]
Parade car decorated with flowers passing the Red House on Ukiah Street in Mendocino, California, c. 1920. This building was a Kelley family rental and came to be known as the "Red House" since it was painted that color for many years. (Kelley House Collection, Kelley House Photographs) January 5, 1885 - The bell in the cupola of the old school house, located near [...]
Napoleon Bonaparte Bever with a three-horse team hauling lumber-filled railroad cars from the Mendocino mill on the flats to the incline by the beach, c. 1902. (Gift of Emery Escola, Emery Escola Collection, Kelley House Photographs) January 4, 1913 - Napoleon Bonaparte Bever passed away after a long illness. Mr. Bever had been unwell for several years, “and although originally a man of strong [...]
Lansing House, 1931. The south (front) and west sides of the Lansing House, built by David Lansing in 1855 with lumber milled in San Francisco and shipped to Mendocino. Captain Lansing died in 1877, and the house went to his daughter, Julia Lansing Morrow and her husband, J. J. Morrow. In 1888, the house was purchased by Oscar M. Stone, a Main Street watchmaker and jeweler, [...]
Gordon-Dilling Family Camping Trip, 1923-1925. Left top, standing: Jennie Dilling, Ella (Gordon) Luiz, Margaret Dilling. Seated: Frank Gordon, Annie (Dilling) Gordon, Juanita Luiz, Frank Dilling, Mamie Gordon, Thelma Dilling, Susie (Gordon) Walbridge, Frances Walbridge, Malcolm Luiz, Archie Gordon, Agnes Dilling, Clara Dilling. Sitting in front of tent: Chester Walbridge. (Emery Escola, Emery Escola Collection, Kelley House Photographs) January 2, 1919 - Five-year-old Malcolm Luiz [...]
Richard and Margaret Kelley Postcard, 1915. Picture postcard with a photograph of Richard and Margaret Kelley as very young children. Richard, left, and Margaret, right, are posing on a large tree stump somewhere in Mendocino. The postcard was sent by Annie Kelley to Aunt Elise Kelley Drexler, wishing Elise (Aunt Lee, as the children called her) a Happy New Year and dated December 30, 1915. The [...]