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Armory Hall and Barton Opera House, situated at the northeast corner of J (Fulton) and Fresno streets in Fresno, circa 1900. Armory Hall is situated behind the “Barton Opera House” sign on the corner. The Opera House itself is connected to Armory…

Southwest view down Mariposa Street (extreme left of image), circa 1930. Van Ness Avenue is obscured by trees in lower section of image. Temple Bar Building (1889) is the large structure at the Mariposa – Van Ness intersection. Behind it is the…

Novelty/Humorous Postcard. The J. S. Ogilvie Pub. Co., with offices in New York and Chicago, produced a wide variety of books and other printed materials during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

A stock postcard from Raphael Tuck & Sons — postmarked 1909, Fresno? The Tuck postcard and novelty business began in 1866 in Bishopsgate, London, and reached its high-water mark during the turn of the century, when this item appeared. Though…

Apparently a stock postcard advocating raisins, turned by additional printing into a Fresno Chamber of Commerce promotion. Published by Charles T. Cearley (1865-1937), longtime Fresno stationer and book seller. Cartoon by Richard F. Outcault…

H. Graff & Co, J & Tulare Sts, grocery (March 1911 calendar card). Willard Cundiff was a cartoonist who did magazine and promotional work in southern California during the early 20th century. Hans Graff (1863-1918), a native of Denmark, immigrated to…

E. Gottschalk & Co., calendar card from March 1907 (“Sunbonnet Babies” Chicago). Gottschalk’s department store was founded in 1904 by Emil Gottschalk (1856-1939), formerly the manager of Kutner-Goldstein’s Fresno operation. It moved to a much…

Fisher-Glassford Hardware Co., 1932-1934 Tulare St, Fresno (September 1911 calendar card). In 1903, the Fisher-Glassford Hardware Co. was founded in Fresno by Frederick W. Fisher (1854?-1910) and George H. Glassford (1862?-1910). Fisher was a…

Fresno Savings Bank, 1923 Mariposa Street, Fresno (December 1910 calendar card). Created as a subsidiary of the Union National Bank of Fresno in March 1910, Albert B. Clark, local farmer, was president. Fresno Savings Bank opened for business in…

Fresno Savings Bank, 1923 Mariposa Street, Fresno (June 1910 calendar card). Created as a subsidiary of the Union National Bank of Fresno in March 1910, Albert B. Clark, local farmer, was president. Apparently calendar cards were sent out on the…