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Three members of an early Visalia, CA, baseball team pose for the cameraman. From left, they are Frank Kimball, Fred Warner, and Thomas Hall. The meaning of the letter "E" is not known. This photo was taken in 1880 or 1881.

Mrs. James B. Swan was the custodian in 1942 for the Terra Bella, CA, branch of the Tulare County Library System.

Mt. Whitney Power and Electric building was erected in 1912 in Visalia, CA. In the foreground is Visalia's first Chevrolet dealership and a display of its auto inventory..

This photo, taken on a ranch near Goshen in Tulare County, CA, shows a mixed horse and mule team hitched to a threshing machine. The photo, taken 6/22/1922, was donated by Tom Rivers.

This is a 25-mule team using a combine to harvest grain in Tulare County, CA.

This mural of crate labels is painted on a building in Exeter, CA.

This mural of horses and a covered wagon is painted on a building in Exeter, CA.

This mural of farmers is painted on a building in Exeter, CA.

A teenage patron examines a newly shelved book in March, 1958 at the Visalia Public Library in Visalia, CA.

This was the old Porterville, CA, city jail built in 1905. It moved to a new location in 1939.