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Portion of I Street, Fresno.
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…
Public Library, Laton's Pride.
Laton Public Library, circa 1921, located on 4th Street, now 6313 De Woody St. The oldest library building in the Fresno County Public Library System, mission style building erected in 1904.
Public School Building at Selma
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…
Residence and 4-Year-Old Orange Grove, Fancher Creek Nursery.
Fancher Creek Nursery lies east of Fresno, eight miles and compromises 649 acres of land, through which Fancher Creek runs. The nursery one of the largest in California was organized in 1884. Mr. F. Roeding is the land owner and his son, George C…
Residence of Colonel William Forsyth Fresno County California
Located at Forsyth Vineyard property, 3 1/2 miles NE of Fresno. Forsyth (1850-1910), a native of Toronto, Canada, arrived in California in 1875 and became a prominent hotelier in Sacramento. He purchased and first planted the Fresno vineyard property…
Residence of the Marceau's, Fresno
The residence of Col. Theodore C. Marceau and wife (the former Mrs. Amanda J. Fiske) on M Street. They hold significant real estate investments in Fresno, but spend much of their time traveling the globe.