Photograph and pennant commemorating the service of the Frank Mendosa Family during World War I. The pennant was presented to Frank Mendosa, Sr. for having five sons serve in the Armed Forces during a time of war. On the left side is an official photograph of President Woodrow Wilson, and on the right side is the pennant of white satin with a red border. Five [...]
Interior of the South Main Meat Market, c. 1920. (Kelley House Collection, Kelley House Photographs) In 1874, Dudley O. Philbrick left the employ of the Mendocino Lumber Company to open a meat market in Mendocino. Philbrick constructed a building on the south side of Main Street across from the intersection of Main and Kasten Streets. The lumber company, which owned the property, supplied the [...]
A view of Main Street in Mendocino, c. 1920, looking west. On the right or north side of the street, the Central Hotel with its balcony can be seen in the front right of the photograph. Next to it is the former OK Saloon, then the Pioneer Drugstore Building, then the Remedy Store, then the two-story Jarvis-Nichols Building that had Burtt Elliott's General Store at this [...]
Woodmen of the World (WOW). Front row [L to R]: Fred Peterson, Carl Nystrom, Olaf Tannlund, Metcalf. 2nd row [L to R]: Percy Daniels, Mr. Sjolund, Roy Switzer, John Strum, Bert Stone, unidentified, Charlie Peterson, Lee Dodge, unidentified, unidentified, Ambrose Patton, Jim Chalmers, John Larson, Tracy, unidentified. (Emery Escola, Emery Escola Collection, Kelley House Photographs) February 11, 1937 - Percy Daniels died at noon, [...]
The Albion Field Station of Pacific Union College has produced an amazing body of work after 60 years of research on myriad topics relating to the Mendocino Coast. Thirty years ago, Dr. Richard White was publishing “Mendocino Medicine and Gazetteer” and highlighted the station’s research on natural history. Here’s some information on the Albion area I’d bet most folks don’t know exists. Railroad Slough on [...]
Portrait of Dr. William A. McCornack, Physician, Surgeon, and Obstetrician, 1874-1895. February 9, 1918 - Dr. William A. McCornack died in Oakland, following a heart attack. Born in Elgin, Illinois in 1849, Dr. McCornack came to the Mendocino Coast in 1873 and opened a medical office in Little River. Several months later, he moved to Mendocino where he practiced medicine for the next 23 [...]
Mendocino Mill Crew, c. 1915. Front row [L to R]: Minnie Paoli, Jesse Paoli, Rafael Paoli, Carmel Paoli, Ansano Paoli. Middle row [L to R]: Herman Fayal, A. V. Silva, Melville Fraser, Tony Silva, Earl Cummings, Frank Brown, Bob Bever, Tom Doyle, Unidentified, Gus Mendosa. Back row [L to R]: Frank Mendosa, John Gomes, Manuel (?) Silveria, Joe Pedro Vieira, Tony Gomes, Tony Fraga, Herman [...]
On this day in Mendocino history… Edward Brown on his horse in front of the Albert Brown house in Mendocino, July 1917. (Kelley House Collection, Kelley House Photographs) February 7, 1965 - Edward G. Brown, noted horseman and early-day Mendocino resident, died at a hospital in Colusa at the age of 83. He was the eldest son of Albert and Georgianna Brown of Mendocino. [...]
Monotype Composition Caster and Keyboard February 6, 1909 - The Mendocino Beacon published its first edition to use type that was cast and set on a Lanston monotype casting and composing machine. Invented by Tobin Lanston, this Monotype System was brought to market in 1900. This machine was a great improvement over the previous hand-set wooden type. The Beacon explained, “As comparatively few of [...]
Kelley Baptist Church & MacCallum Water Tower, 1956. Kelley Baptist Church on Ukiah Street with the MacCallum water tower on the right. The bell tower opening has been covered, and the four mini-towers on each corner are still intact. At the time of this photo, the church was not being used by the local Baptists, who were meeting at the old Lumber Company office on [...]