March 25, 1896 - A tennis tournament was held on the property that is now the Mendocino Art Center. The Beacon reported, “The strife for the supremacy in the tennis contest last Saturday was a very interesting affair, and highly exciting at times. Our sporting reporter was present from the tossing of the coppers, and states that during the first inning Julius Allen and his accomplice [...]
Take a look at any panoramic photo of early Little River and you’ll notice that where once stood many structures – houses, the mill, hotels – there are now a lot of trees and bushes. Of the several vanished landmarks of long ago, there is one that wasn’t readily seen even when it existed: the shipyard of Thomas Petersen. The Point Arena and Bessie Kimball [...]
Photo: Mendocino High School Orchestra of 1928. Back row (L - R): Ernie Handelin, Henry Triplett, Harold Reep, Pete Lemos, Miss Amerman (Director) Front row: Thelma Silvia, Della Sumner, Dave Paoli, Grace Nichols, Ruby Carvalho. Photograph has been cut out and pasted onto a black paper background. From the reunion album, "A Backward Glance from 1898 - 1983" (Gift of Bertha Mason Estate) March [...]
Studio portrait of Walter and Edna Jackson, c. 1930. March 22, 1920 - Walter Jackson opened the Jackson Vulcanizing Company in the old Flanagan Saloon, which he rented from the Kelley estate. This building faced Lansing Street on the west side of today’s Rotary Park and was torn down in 1929. Jackson’s company advertised Archer, Dayton, and Sampson Tires for sale, and he also [...]
The Wreck of The Albion, 1913. March 21, 1913 - The steam schooner Albion wrecked on the rocks at Stewart’s Point, 57 miles north of San Francisco. While on her southbound trip from Bowen's Landing for San Francisco, the Albion, commanded by Captain Victor Jacobson, put into Stewart's Point early in the day to load railroad ties. At noon, after only part of the [...]
Dodge & Armas Barbershop, Mendocino, 1903-1912. Ruel Armas (left), cuts the hair of Fred Brown. On the right, Lee Dodge, stands next to client, Ed Boyle. March 19, 1938 - Ruel Rodgers Armas, a former resident of Mendocino, died at his home in Oakland. Born in Boston in 1873, his parents moved their family to Mendocino when he was just a year old. “It [...]
Photograph of Justin Nelson and Chester Barry bottling beer at the Ocean View Bottling Works, also known as Brewery Gulch Bottling Works, in Mendocino. Chester and Justin were half-brothers, and Chester was the operator of the brewery. March 18, 1925 - Chester L. Barry passed away in Mendocino at the home of his brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Knacke. He had been [...]
While many people are familiar with the internment camps for people of Japanese ancestry that the US government established during World War II, few folks realize this was not the only group incarcerated in California. Residents of Mendocino County born in Germany or Italy were also considered “enemy aliens.” Pete and Rosa Piccolotti posing at their Big River ranch in 1930 with their children: Ida, [...]
MacCallum Residence, c. 1950. Black & White photograph taken by Ray Wolfe from the south side of Main Street looking over the Kelley House pond to the MacCallum House. Visible to the right of the house is the MacCallum water tower, then the Hegenmeyer water tower (torn down around 1970), and then the Eliza Kelley Baptist Church (Corners of the Mouth in 2022). An unpainted wooden [...]
The Kelley House Museum is interested in collecting materials related to the 1970s band Cat Mother and the All-Night Newsboys for an exhibit in Summer 2022. We are looking for pictures, posters, flyers, music, videos, or memorabilia for consideration as part of the show. If you were there and have something to share, please contact [email protected] for more information! All submissions will be handled with care [...]