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  • Collection: Fresno County Public Library Postcards

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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…

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The Fresno Weekly Expositor Newspaper first made its appearance in Millerton Calif. on 27 April 1870, founded by J.W. Ferguson acting as both editor and owner. Moved to Fresno in 1874 along with the county seat, located on J (Fulton) Street near the…

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The Fresno Hook and Ladder Company was organized in February 24, 1877. Mr. Leopold (Lee) Gundelfinger was the fire chief, is seated in the center of the front row of this photograph. The other fire fighters starting in the back row, left to right,…

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The flooded Union Ice Company warehouse located just south of the Southern Pacific Railroad tracks. The photographer was on G Street looking northeast towards Kern. The sign in the background says "Planing Mill", probably Madary's Planing Mill…

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View of the Fresno County Courthouse. Foundation work started on 1 October 1874 and completed on 19 August 1875. Board of Supervisors met here for the first time on 6 September 1875. In 1878 about four acres of land around the courthouse were…

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On 16 February 1884, flood waters covered every street in Fresno. All basements and ground floors were flooded. The only means of transportation within the city was by boat. This photo depicts the situation on J street looking northwest from Fresno…

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Early Fresno photographer Roderick W. Riggs (1859-1940) created rogues galleries of pioneer Fresnans by tearing photos and gluing them on heavy pieces of cardboard. Mr. Riggs titled his portrait composites according to some shared trait. Starting in…

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Early Fresno photographer Roderick W. Riggs (1859-1940) created rogues galleries of pioneer Fresnans by tearing photos and gluing them on heavy pieces of cardboard. He titled his portrait composites according to some shared trait. Starting in the…

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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…
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