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A group of lumbermen and a few family members pose on what then was called the W. S. Scott Tree in Sequoia National Park (late 1800s).

This was the first Congregational Church built in Porterville, CA, in the late 1800s.

Using a pair of mules for the hardest labor, a farm family in Tulare County, CA, nurtures a young orchard ca 1900.

A baker peddles his baked goods from a horse-drawn cart in Porterville, CA, in the early 1900s.

This 1899 Oldsmobile was driven in a 1918 Porterville, CA, exhibition. At that time, there were road races on the streets of Porterville at the Armistice Day celebration each year. This photo was taken at Main and Putnam streets. (Photo courtesy…

The cast of "The Mikado" poses in costume on the stage of Moore's Opera House in Porterville, CA, in 1908. (Photo courtesy of Porterville Library)

Moore's Opera House Alta Club holds a costume party at the opera house in Porterville, CA, in 1909. (Photo courtesy of Porterville Library)

A group of visitors from Porterville, CA, pose at Yosemite National Park in 1900. (Photo courtesy of Porterville Library)

Taken at the Moore Opera House in Porterville, CA, in 1888, this photo includes, back row left to right, Henry Ford, Henry Tragger, Clyde Tyler, and Wilko Mentz. Front row left to right are Will Kurtey, Will Putman, Jim Redd, Bob Redd, Ben…

1914 officers of the Masonic Lodge in Porterville, CA, pose at the Moore Opera House in Porterville, CA. (Photo courtesy of Porterville Library)