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Dr Floyd B Rice Fresno California

Advertising for the dental practice of Dr. F. B. Rice located at 1047 1/2 J Street in Fresno. The street was renamed Fulton in 1923. Dr. Rice's office was thus near the present day intersection of Fulton Mall and Mariposa. Dr. Rice first appears…

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Drying Fruit at Selma California

Drying yard in Selma, California. Note on the card identifies the fruit as peaches. For a time peaches were more lucrative than raisins in Selma to the point Selma declared itself "Home of the Peach". Most peaches were sun-dried because of the…

Tags: Farm produce -- California -- Fresno County -- Photographs., Fruits -- California -- Fresno County -- Photographs., Selma (Calif.) -- Photographs.

Excavation for Friant Dam and rerouting of the San Joaquin River Friant California

Annotation on the back of the photo tells how the Friant Dam will sit "right in the V" where the earth has been removed. During construction of the Dam, powder charges helped remove over 1.2 million cubic yards of loose material during foundation…

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Expositor office 1874 Fresno California

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…

Tags: Fresno (Calif.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- 19th century -- Photographs., Historic buildings -- California -- Fresno County -- 19th century -- Photographs.

First Baptist Church Selma California

First Baptist Church located on the corner of 1st and Sylvia in Selma, California. The Selma Woman's Christian Temperance Union was formed here in 1889.

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First Christian Church Fresno California

Picture of First Christian Church taken from the corner of N and Tuolumne streets. Completed in 1915 with a distinctive dome and red brick facade, showing a trait of High Victorian Gothic style. This building was the third downtown location of the…

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First house built in Fresno California 1872

Built in 1872, this home of George McCullough, pioneer lumberman, is reportedly the first residence in Fresno. Housing was scarce during Fresno's early years. Homes built during the 1870s were little more than simple frame cottages. Construction…

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First YMCA building in Fresno County Sanger California

The first Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) in Fresno County located in Sanger at the corner of North P Street and West 7th Street. The front porch overlooks West 7th Street.

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Forsyth ruins March 19 1921 Fresno California

Forsyth Building is completely destroyed by Fire, loss million read the headline in the 20 March 1921, Fresno Morning Republican newspaper. The fire chief characterized the event as the biggest fire in the history of Fresno. A conservative estimate…

Tags: Fires -- California -- Fresno -- 20th Century -- Photographs., Forsyth Building (Fresno, Calif.) -- Photographs., Fresno County (Calif.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- 20th century -- Photographs.

Fresno Amateur Radio Card

Fresno had a big amateur radio community. These were QSL response postcards that were sent to other radio operator to confirm transmissions. It contained the call sign of both stations participating in the contact, the time and date when it occurred…

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