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The first city jail in Visalia, CA, was built in 1873 on the north side of Block 21, the original town site of Visalia, on the north side of the Tulare County Courthouse. About 1876 the building was moved to the west half of Lot 7, Block 16, and…

At the northeast corner of Main and Encina streets in Visalia, CA, the Carnegie Building -- the Visalia Free Library -- was in use from 1904 to 1936. It cost $10,000 to build. It was damaged by fire in 1913 and closed severval months for repairs.

This was the office of the Visalia Delta, on the southwest corner of Court and Main streets in Visalia, CA, in 1879.

These men are standing in front of the Visalia Delta office on N. Church Street between Main and Center streets in Visalia, CA, sometime during the 1890s. Shown are J.J. Macm.illaw, M. C. Butz, G. W. Stewart, and Harry S. Stuart.

This team of oxen is shown on North Court St., between Mainand Center streets, in Visalia, CA, in 1907.

Hotel Johnson was located on the northeast corner of Main and Church streets, in Visalia, CA. This photo was taken in 1939. The Johnson was built by J. Johnson in 1917 on the site of the old Visalia House. It was remodeled in 1938.

The "I.O.G.T. Hall" belonged to the International Order of Good Templars. The Hall was located on Lot 8 of Block 20 -- North Court St. between Center and Oak streets -- in Visalia, CA. Built in 1875, the building was torn down in November, 1940.

This is the CPC Cannery, in Visalia, CA, in 1907. Employees worked beneath "punkah" mechanical overhead fans.

The Swanson log cabin was built by John Swanson in the late 1850's, east of Visalia, CA, on the south side of what now is Highway 198.

An unidentified man poses near bear skins, about 1900, in the Sierra Nevada mountains of eastern Tulare County, CA.