Petaluma Regional Library brings photo conservator Gawain Weaver to the Petaluma Arts Center for an informative and enlightening presentation on early California portraiture, Saturday, February 22nd, 2025.
“This is an opportunity to place yourself and your family in local history and improve your understanding of the artifacts in your homes and local museums,” says Connie Williams, the History Room Librarian at the Petaluma Regional Library.
Weaver will discuss early California portraits: how they were created, how to view them and what they can tell us about life in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
“Explore the techniques, styles, and cultural significance of these captivating portraits,” Williams says, “and bring your own early family portraits to share.”
The two-hour workshop will be held from 10 a.m. to 12 noon on Saturday, February 22, at the Petaluma Arts Center, 230 Lakeville Street in downtown Petaluma.
The session will include an opportunity for participants to share their family heirlooms and scan them to a flash drive for digital preservation.
Photos Featured above:
Abigail Ainsley Goodwin Haskell (1819-1884), unidentified photographer, Petaluma Pioneers archive (petalumapioneers.org)
Maxima Antonia Ynitia (1841-1901) and Maria Antonia Ynitia (1845/6 -1925), sisters abnd members of a prominent Coast Miwok family.