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Unknown man by his Hupmobile car in Eisen's Date Garden. November 24, 1910. F.T. Eisen's property and vineyard was bounded by Clovis, Belmont, Fowler Avenues and Kings Canyon Road. He was the first to cultivate wine and raisin grapes in the Valley.

Group of people in front of an unknown building in Raisin City. People are: front row (L-R) Miss Fike, Laton; Miss Holsinger, Laton; Miss Whitmore, Raisin City; unknown, Miss Flickinger, Raisin City; Miss Brandt, Raisin City; Mr. Kunc, Raisin City.…

I.N. Parlier (center) and wife to his left with their children and inlaws (18 in all) with hands joined to show the bough spread of his Smyrna Fig Tree. It was planted in 1888. The dimensions of the tree at this time (1909) were: Girth at ground,…

The Plastering Crew that worked on the Barton Opera House in Fresno 1890. Contractor/Mason, M.B. Washburn was first standing on the left his partner Ed. C Bacon was 6th from the left sitting. The Barton Opera House and Armory Hall sat majestically…

Harvesting team at work in 1887. The farm it was taken on is now known as the Boston Vineyard in Kings County.

Wheat Harvesting team. They are using a Header, it would cut off the head of the grain as it went along it would travel up the chute and into a wagon.

A group of men and their horses likely the ranch hands and owner probably sitting in buggy.

Teams of wagons full of their harvest wait in line to load into train cars to take to market.

A farmer standing among his your grapevines with his barns behind him. It is identified as Kirby Ranch on the back.

Another grouping of buildings and half walls at Fort Miller.