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Picture taken just south of Tulare Street looking northward on I Street (now Broadway). On the left is the 3-story Hughes block, an elaborate brick and iron structure 75 x 150 feet in size, costing $100,000. The first floor is occupied by the…

A view of 2nd Street looking east towards the public school at the corner of McCall and Mill Streets. On the left side of 2nd street is the Wells, Fargo & Co Express office, on the right side is Hawks Furniture & Undertakers and the Hauptli Hotel,…

The public school building (Valley View School) in Selma sat on the corner where McCall and High Streets met Mill and Selma Street. The school was a first class graded school having 11 teachers., a union high school with enrollment of nearly one…

Bachtold's Flouring Mill was known as the Selma Flouring Mill. It had both the mill and a grain warehouse. It was located on the Centerville and Kingsburg Canal and East Street (now Evergreen St) which ran the mill before it switched to steam.The…

W.B. Good and family on the front porch of their house. W.B. Good was the city attorney of Selma from 1893-1895 and 1896-1903.

Man fishing and two people in a boat on the Centerville & Kingsburg Canal near Selma, CA with a home in the background.

The Bank of Selma was formed on March 7, 1887 by three Fresno bankers. John A. Stroud was named president. The building, opened in March 1889, was on Second Street just east of East Front Street.

An exterior view, interior view of the Landale sawmill and a view of the logging teams and skidway. The sawmill is located on Pine Ridge three miles east of Kenryon's and is owned by the Landale brothers. About 25 men are employed through at the…

An exterior view of the Fresno County hospital, almshouse and farm. The eighty acre premises is one and half miles southeast of the city of Fresno. There are four buildings (three seen in the photo) all connected by covered passageway. The main…

An exterior view of the Fresno Cafe. The Fresno Cafe was located at 1052 I Street (Broadway). It is known as a first class restaurant and oyster house with main and private dining rooms. Messrs. Lamond & Bielenburg are proprietors.