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Mr. Virgil raised mushrooms in this underground adobe house to ship throughout the San Joaquin Valley.

The pond at Murry Park in Porterville, California.

Seven men standing at the top of the Friant Kern Canal west of Porterville, California. This was the first Central San Joaquin Valley Water project.

The Porterville Free Public Library built in 1906 with funds fron the Carnegie Library Foundation. The Library sat on the southwest corner of Thurman Avenue and Main Street. It was torn down in 1949.

Olive Street School in Porterville, California.

Morton Street School at the north end of Main Street in Porterville, California.

Porterville Fire Department on the northeast corner of Hockett Street and Cleveland Avenue in Porterville, California. The building was built in 1937. There are two fire trucks in the stalls and the fire chief's car on the side of the building. …

Porterville City Hall on the northwest corner of Main Street and Cleveland Avenue. Built around 1940.

Porterville Union High School on Olive Street in Porterville, California. This building was torn down between 1952 and 1955 because of damage from the 1952 earthquake.

Porterville College building. The building is now used as part of Porterville High School and is their Science Department.