Browse Items (252 total)

A hunter pauses to make sure his target -- a small bear -- is dead. This photo was taken in the mountains of eastern Tulare County, CA.

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 library, a gift to the community of Exeter, Calif., from the Andrew Carnegie Foundation, cost $5,000 to build in 1916. It measured 28' x 50'.

This photo shows the Dinuba branch library interior in 1929. First constructed in 1916-1917 through a Dale Carnegie grant, it is part of the Tulare County Library system.

This was the Ivanhoe Branch of the Tulare County Library, in May, 1929. It was located in the Ivanhoe Hardware Building, a general merchandise store. Ivanhoe is in Tulare County, CA.

The Ivanhoe Hardware building in Tulare County, CA, was built in 1914 by William Waddle. It began as the Venice Hill general merchandise store.

Mother and son (D. H. Rowland) stand in front of the J. S. Rowland home at 237 W. Acequia in Visalia, CA. Three Rowland sisters were born in the house.

John Clark was a judge in Tulare County, CA, from 1873 to 1879.

John Wirt with donkeys delivering oranges in front of Stevens Store in Exeter, Calif.. Reputedly the first oranges delivered to Exeter, the oranges were grown on the Joe Osborne ranch in the Yokohl Valley. In the background is the old water works…

This winter photo shows the Johnsondale, CA, branch of the Tulare County Library System which, in 1973, was housed in the Joseph E. Elliot Hall.