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J J Robinson Grocery Fresno California
Outside view of the J. J. Robison grocery with the Fresno County Courthouse visible in the background. Delivery wagons and probably employees are in this group photo. The card indicates the year as 1909 and location as 2147 Kern Street in Fresno. …
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.
Wreck of the Owl Selma California
Features the Southern Pacific Railroad Station in Selma on 12 February 1937. The Owl, a Southern Pacific passenger train, derailed at 12:11 AM after striking a stalled automobile driven by Frank K. Ritchie of Porterville. The Owl's engine, tender,…
Well borer Reedley California
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.
After the fire Reedley California
The entire business district of Reedley was destroyed in a disastrous fire the morning of 11 August 1902. The Fresno Morning Republican newspaper reported the following day how the fire broke out at approximately 12:45 in the morning starting in a…
Remains of Webb Land Office and Greens Pharmacy Reedley California
A scene of destruction after the 1902 Reedley fire. W.W. Green's drug store pictured here was one of the fifteen businesses destroyed in the early morning blaze. Mr. W.W. Green was Reedley's first druggist establishing his business in 1889. The…
Pinedale Post Office Pinedale California
A 1926 photograph of the Pinedale, California, Post Office and service station. Shows fuel pump of the era as well as Shell Oil Company signs.
Sugar Pine Lumber Company office Pinedale California
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…
Pinedale townsite office Pinedale California
A 1923 photograph of the townsite office for Pinedale, California. In June 1923 the Sugar Pine Lumber Company mill was completed on property donated to the lumber company on the south bluff of the San Joaquin River north of Fresno in the Fig Garden…
Switchbacks on the Muir Trail North Fork Mono Creek California
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…