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Hobbs & Parsons, established in April 1888, as a retail business soon moving into wholesale. In 1892 they ventured into the dried fruit trade. The fruit and raisin pack is sent out under the brand, "Union Packing Co." the business being jointly…

Fresno Water Works, located on Fresno and O Streets, which has engine rooms, tanks and tower. The water is supplied by eight 8-inch wells, of a depth ranging from 400 to 500 feet. The pumping apparatus is known as the Holly-Gaskill system, with a…

A picture showing the point where water is taken out of the North Fork of the San Joaquin river into a canal which leads to the storage reservoir from which the San Joaquin Electrical Power Co. will pipe the water down to the power house.

Picture of an irrigation canal, near the headgate of the Kings River.

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…

Located at the corner of Mariposa and J (Fulton) streets, Fresno. Erected in 1889-1890 by John D. Fiske, at a total cost of $100,000. The Victorian-style brick structure consisted of three stories with a basement, and occupied a 50' x 150' footprint.…

Located at the corner of I (later, Broadway) and Tulare streets, Fresno. Erected in 1887, in Victorian architectural style by a local real estate developer Thomas E. Hughes at a total cost of $300,000. Consisted of a four-story brick structure…

Image of a farm in Fresno County, with irrigating ditch and drop in foreground, young vineyard in middle ground, and residence with trees in background.

Scenes of unidentified places along the Kings River and its distributary irrigating canals in central and southern Fresno County.

Located at the corner of K (Van Ness) and Mariposa streets, Fresno, built in 1889 by S.N. Griffith and R.B. Johnson. A three-story Victorian architectural style with brick and plaster construction with corner towers. Initially the building had…