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L Street and Old Mill Ditch 1884 Fresno California

Photo of intersection of L Street and Fresno Street with the Southern Methodist Church on the corner. Mill Ditch visible on Fresno Street in front of the church. This irrigation ditch was built in 1878 by Moses J. Church to power his Champion Flour…

Tags: Church buildings -- California -- Fresno County -- 19th century -- Photographs., Fresno (Calif.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- 19th century -- Photographs., Irrigation canals and flumes -- California -- Fresno County -- 19th century -- Photographs., Streets -- California -- Fresno County -- Photographs.

Laton Library Laton California

Frontal view of the Laton Public Library located at 6313 DeWoody Street in Laton, California. Dedicated in the spring of 1904 this library is the oldest in Fresno County and one of the oldest in California. The Laton Library is a mission…

Tags: Fresno (Calif.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- 19th century -- Photographs., Fresno County Free Library. Laton Branch Library -- Photographs, Laton (Calif.) -- Photographs, Library architecture -- California -- Fresno County -- 20th century -- Photographs.

Loading logs at Shaver Lake Railroad Fresno County California

Photo taken around 1910 at Shaver Lake area, Fresno County, California, shows flatcars on railroad track loaded with logs. Three men are standing on a pile of logs watching the loading.

Tags: Logging -- California -- Fresno County -- 19th century -- Photographs., Logging -- California -- Fresno County -- 20th century -- Photographs., Lumber industry -- California -- 1900-1910 -- Photographs., Shaver Lake (Calif. : Lake) -- Photographs., Shaver Lake Railroad.

Logging scene at Shaver Lake area Fresno County California

Photo taken around 1920 at Shaver Lake area, Fresno County, California, shows cut logs on mountainside.

Tags: Fresno (Calif.) -- Economic conditions -- 20th century -- Photographs., Logging -- California -- Fresno County -- 20th century -- Photographs., Lumber industry -- California -- 1900-1920 -- Photographs.

Looking up the San Joaquin River Pollasky California

The San Joaquin River Basin encompasses nearly 15,000 square miles. The river's headwaters begin life as snow on the peaks of the Sierra Nevada Mountains seen in the background. Most of the Sierra's annual average 80 to 90 inches of snowpack…

Tags: Rivers -- California -- Fresno County -- Photographs., San Joaquin River (Calif.) -- Photographs.

Los Angeles First National Trust Savings Bank building Fresno California

Picture of fifteen-story Sullivanesque architectural styled bank building in Fresno, California, located at 1060 Fulton Street. It was dedicated on January 19, 1925 with the opening of the Fidelity Branch of the Pacific Southwest Trust and Savings…

Tags: Banks, Buildings, Fresno, Fresno (Calif.) -- Buildings, Fresno (Calif.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Photographs., Historic buildings, Historic buildings -- California -- Fresno County -- Photographs., Pacific Southwest Building (Fresno, Pacific Southwest Building (Fresno, Calif.) -- Photographs., structures

M south of Merced Flood of 1884 Fresno California

Photo depicts the situation on M Street when the Flood of 1884 covered every street in Fresno. The Fresno County Courthouse is seen in the background to the left. The church seen to the right is the Southern Methodist Church at the intersection of L…

Tags: Floods -- California -- Fresno County -- 1884 -- Photographs., Fresno (Calif.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Photographs., Fresno County Courthouse -- Photographs., Streets -- California -- Fresno County -- 19th century -- Photographs.

Main Street Reedley California

Picture of downtown business district in Reedley, California in the 1940s or 1950s. Picture was taken looking down Main Street. Various period cars are parked in front of the stores, such as Safeway, Valley Liquor, and Valley Cafe. These stores were…

Tags: Main Street (Reedley, Calif.) -- Photographs., Reedley (Calif.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Photographs., Reedley (calif.) -- Economic conditions -- 20th century -- Photographs., Reedley (calif.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Photographs., Streets -- California -- Fresno County -- Photographs.