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Jerry Dwyer delivers library books to patrons at the Power Houses by dog sled team.

This is a postcard photo taken by Maxwell and Mudge Photography taken sometime between 1898-1914. The photo was taken from the Fresno County courthouse showing the westward view of Mariposa Street and K Street (now Van Ness Ave).

The Salvation Army Building located at 730 M Street in downtown Fresno.

In 1925, J.B. Inderrieden Company was a fruit shipping and packing company that operated on the southwest corner of R and Ventura Streets right next to the Santa Fe Railroad tracks. This building still stands (2016) and is current address in 2721…

The Fresno Photo Theatre was located at 1130 J Street in between Mariposa and Fresno Streets. It was built on the land that had been occupied by the Grand Central Stables. It was built sometime after 1906.

Kinema Theater was built by the Roeding Estate Company on Fulton Street which is now currently Fulton Mall. The theater had 1,400 seats and was noted for being built without a stage. The first film was shown in November 30, 1913. In 1952 Gamble and…

Big Creek School house

The old courthouse and county jail at Millerton the first in Fresno County abandoned seven years after it was built- Sept 24 1874.

The University Street Playhouse opened in 1935 as part of Fresno State College campus at University and Van Ness Avenues. The campus now houses Fresno City College. The building was previously used as the Trinity Episcopal Methodist Church. From 1935…