Browse Items (174 total)

  • Collection: Fresno County Public Library Postcards

frp0013a.jpg
Front view of Huntington Lake lodge with guests visible. Based on the flags draped over the entrance it appears to be the 4th of July. The lodge opened on July 4, 1915 so this photo could be of the opening day. The lodge was a combination style of…

frp0154a.jpg
Picture of Hutchinson Post Office in Fresno, taken in 1884, located in the two-story Hutchinson Block, currently the location of the Security Bank Building at Mariposa and Fulton Streets. The Hutchinson Block was built by Charles G. Hutchinson, a San…

frp0061a.jpg
A possible tour group inside Boyden Cavern. Boyden Cavern is a limestone cave located in the 8,000 feet deep Kings River Canyon between Grants Grove and Cedar Grove in the Sequoia National Forest. The cave was discovered by J.P. Boyden, a logger…

frp0095a.jpg
Electrical generators located inside Power House Number 3, part of California Edison's Big Creek Project in the Sierra mountains. Hailed by the press as "the Electrical Giant of the West" for its then 99,000 kilowatts of rated capacity made it the…

frp0041a.jpg
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. …

frp0132a.jpg
On 16 February 1884, flood waters covered every street in Fresno. All basements and ground floors were flooded. The only means of transportation within the city was by boat. This photo depicts the situation on J street looking northwest from Fresno…

frp0150a.jpg
A 1920 street scene along the 1100 block of J Street (later Fulton) looking north from the Grand Central Hotel at the corner of Mariposa and J streets. Clearly seen on the right is the Strand Theatre at 1132 J Street. Also seen further up the street…
Output Formats

atom, csv, dcmes-xml, json, omeka-xml, rss2