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Men are shown operating a conveyor belt sealing cans at Visalia Canning Company, Visalia, CA.

Mary and Harriett Curtis pose with a friend in a citrus grove on the Cototn Woods Ranch, Tulare County, CA, in the late 1800s.

This was the Tulare County Courthouse, in Visalia, CA, in 1925 after wings were added.

This courtroom scene took place at the Tulare County Courthouse in Visalia, Calif., in 1900. Pictured are Mr. Hanna, Daniel McFadzean, Abe Murray, Judge W. W. Cross, Judge W. B. Wallace, Harry McClure (clerk), Judge Jonas A. Allen, and Maurice…

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

Left to right, Frank, Johnny and Henry Bryant pose next to a Curtis biplane. This was the first plane to fly in Tulare County, CA. Frank Bryant was the pilot.

A Curtis Robin Challenger landed in Monache Meadow (14 miles south of Mount. Whitney) in 1930. This was one of two sites proposed as a High Sierra landing field. Sol Sweet of Visalia, CA, was the pilot.

Although the storekeeper of Cutler Mercantile Co. in Cutler, Calif., also served as postmaster and as the agent for a nearby laundry, he still found time to serve as librarian for the Tulare County Library System. Cutler Mercantile was opened soon…

The Cutting of the Watermelon in Tulare County, CA, involved participants (left to right) George Eitel, Henry Slocum, William "Dutch Bill" Mehrtens, unknown, "Dad" Hartley, W. A. Sims, Dan Overall, L. V. Nanscowen, unknown, Judge Wheaton Gray,…

These are plans for a single-track locomotive, illustrating the top, side and back wheel views. D. Brigham James invented the locomotive in Visalia, CA, about 1880.