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  • Collection: Porterville Public Library

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1922 Armistice Day parade in Porterville, California. One car racing through the intersection of Main Street and Oak Street. Several people on the sides of the street.

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1922 Armistice Day Parade in Porterville, California. Three automobiles at the start line of the race. Several people crowded around the cars

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1922 Armistice Day Parade in Porterville, California. Two cars racing around the corner of Main Street and Oak Street. Several people on the sidewalks watching. Jones Hardware Store on the left side of the picture.

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Several people in the intersection of Main Street and Putnam Avenue in front of Claubes Drug Store watching the 1922 Armistice Day Auto Race down Main Street in Porterville, California.

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Several people in the intersection of Putnam Avenue and Main Street in front of Claubes Drug Store, waiting for the races to begin.

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Children standing in front of and in the windows of Morton Street School in Porterville California

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Members of the Porterville City Band are on top of the Van Doorman Stump. The stump was cut into pieces for transportation to the World's Fair. Because it was in pieces it was discounted as a fake.

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1905 Porterville Baseball Team dressed in costumes. Aubrey Lumley is third man from the left in the back row.

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Shell Gas Station on the northwest corner of Olive Avenue and Main Street.

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City of Porterville, California as it was in 1905 looking southwest from the water tower on Fourth Street. The Porter Slough is in the background.
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