Browse Items (174 total)

  • Collection: Fresno County Public Library Postcards

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Picture of Fresno Hish School located on O Street in Fresno, California, constructed in 1896 with the expenditure of $53,000. School, which was established in 1889 on the site of the 2nd floor of the K Street Grammar school, moved in this new…

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Picture of Washington Grammar School located between N and O streets in Fresno, California, constructed between 1898 and 1906. Building doesn't appear in 1898's map but is shown in 1906's Sanborn map. Part of Hawthorne Public School is shown on the…

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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…

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Picture of the Hughes Hotel which was constructed in 1887 in Victorian style between Tulare and I Streets. Owned by sheep ranchers, father and son, Thomas E. Hughes and William M. Hughes. It was known to be the first building with an elevator and as…

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Picture of Fresno County Hospital which was completed in 1903 after a fire destroyed the original building in 1900. The hospital entrance is designed with a brick veranda encircling the building, which shows a trait of Mission style. The picture was…

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Picture of the Californian Hotel located at 851 Van Ness Avenue, corner of Kern Street, in Fresno. Constructed in the Beaux-Arts architectural style, it rises 138 feet in 9 floors. It is listed on the Local Register of Historic Places and now serves…

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Picture of the flooded bridge over the Kings River near Reedley, California, taken January 26, 1914. The Kings River had historic floods in 1914, 1951, and 1959, damaging buildings and killing animals. Flooding occurs when the tremendous amount of…

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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…
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