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The Silver Tip oil well just outside of Coalinga, California. The well blew in with the greatest gusher known in California at that time. The oil flow was estimated at 10,000 - 20,000 barrels a day. The roar of the well could be clearly heard in the…

South Methodist Episcopal Church on Fresno and L Streets

People walking towards a fire at Fresno's Southern Pacific Railroad Depot located at Tulare and H streets. This is possibly the 1911 fire that damaged upstairs offices. The depot was constructed entirely of brick and topped with a slate bellcast…

Advertising for the Star Horse Market located at 933 L Street in Fresno. Pictured is a Percheron draft horse. Earl C. Buchanan arrived in Fresno in 1899 and operated a livery business. After selling his stables he operated a horse and mule market…

Picture shows the campus of Fresno State College located on an extension of Van Ness Avenue. The college was moved to this location in September 1913 as Fresno State Normal School, which in 1921 was renamed Fresno State Teachers' College. The name…

Fresno street scene. Photo taken from atop the Fresno County Courthouse dome looking in a westerly direction up Mariposa street. The U.S. Post Office and Courthouse (1908) can be seen under construction in the left of the photo at the corner of Van…

A view of Van Ness looking south with the Hotel California (1923) seen in the distance at the corner of Van Ness and Kern streets. The 15 floor Pacific Southwest Building (1923) is prominent in the center of the photo at 1060 Fulton.

A 15 April 1926 photograph of the Sugar Pine Lumber Company office located in Pinedale, California. This multimillion-dollar operation existed from 1921 until 1933 using some of the most modern sawmill and logging equipment in the United States at…

As the world's largest raisin plant, Sunmaid Raisin's Plant Number 4 was a major center for raisin packing in Fresno for nearly fifty years. The plant was constructed between 1918 and 1920 on Hamilton and East Avenues. By 1918 more than 85% of…

Horseback rider leading pack mules down the Muir Trail near Mono Creek. The John Muir Trail is 211 miles long and runs from Yosemite Valley to Mount Whitney. Named after John Muir, the 19th century naturalist and conservationist who was…