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Unidentified test cores created during the construction of Friant Dam.

The flooded Traver Road Bridge located one mile south of Kingsburg, California. Photo taken 26 January, 1914 during Kings River overflow. The Fresno Morning Republican of this date reported the "Kings River at the highest point in 50 years" and…

A 1920 street scene at the corner of Tulare and H streets looking in an easterly direction along Tulare towards I Street (later to become Broadway). The Hughes Hotel, built in 1888 by Mr. Thomas Hughes, can be seen on the right. The sign indicates…

A 1920's Fresno street scene viewed from the corner of Van Ness and Tulare. To the right is the U.S. Post Office with the Patterson Block further up the street. The tall building in the background is the Bank of Italy building, constructed in 1918 at…

Exterior of Valley Auto & Truck Wrecking Company.

Front view of newly constructed Veterans Administration Hospital located at 2615 E. Clinton Ave in Fresno. Groundbreaking was September 1947 with dedication on 19 March 1950. A note on the back of the card places the construction cost at six…

Two couples and a girl in a car posing behind the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) Fountain at the intersection of McCall Avenue and Mill Street in Selma, California. The view is north looking up High steet.

Well drilling operations of L.P. Mullikin, a Reedley, California well borer. Reedley is located approximately 25 miles southeast of Fresno and named after Civil War hero Thomas Law Reed who settled here to provide wheat to the Gold Rush miners.

Picture of Willson School located in Sanger, Fresno County, California, constructed in a combination of Mission style and Classical elements. Facade shows an arched main entrance and colonnades. There are several children in front of the right wing…