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View of Grand Sentinel (on the right) as seen from Zumwalt Meadow. Grand Sentinel and North Dome are striking rock formations on opposite sides of the meadow. The bank of the Kings River forms the north edge of the meadow and mountains, such as the…

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,…

Panoramic view of Wonder Valley about 35 miles east of Fresno. A saucer-shaped valley surrounded by low-lying hills with the Sierras in the distance. Large cattle ranches originally covered the valley. Del Piedra, meaning "stone" in Spanish, grew up…

Winter conditions at possibly a construction camp of the Big Creek Hydroelectric Project begun in 1910 in the remote canyons of California's Sierra Nevada Mountains. By 1920 Big Creek was a construction town of 5,200 workers spread over thirty-two…

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…

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.

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.

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…

Exterior of Valley Auto & Truck Wrecking Company.