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I.N. Parlier (center) and wife to his left with their children and inlaws (18 in all) with hands joined to show the bough spread of his Smyrna Fig Tree. It was planted in 1888. The dimensions of the tree at this time (1909) were: Girth at ground,…

Group of people in front of an unknown building in Raisin City. People are: front row (L-R) Miss Fike, Laton; Miss Holsinger, Laton; Miss Whitmore, Raisin City; unknown, Miss Flickinger, Raisin City; Miss Brandt, Raisin City; Mr. Kunc, Raisin City.…

Unknown man by his Hupmobile car in Eisen's Date Garden. November 24, 1910. F.T. Eisen's property and vineyard was bounded by Clovis, Belmont, Fowler Avenues and Kings Canyon Road. He was the first to cultivate wine and raisin grapes in the Valley.

Unknown man, standing in is Hupmobile picking dates off a tree in the Eisen Date Garden.

This is a picture of the Fresno Vineyard's manager's residence on 400 acres of wine vineyard and orchard. Built in 1881.

Looking down Mariposa Street from I Street (now Broadway). The Fresno County Courthouse is seen in the distance. The First National Bank in the foreground at the southwest corner of I and Mariposa and the Farmer's National Bank is on the northwest…

The first permanent school in Clovis built in 1897. This two-story served grades first through ninth. The building was located between First and Second Street on Pollasky Ave. Funding for the building came from a bond for $5000.

A parade (Armistice Day or 4th of July?) in what is likely Tulare Street in front of the Edgerly Block on the southeast corner of J (Fulton) and Tulare Street. The Palm Garden Bar is the background which is its second location after the first one…

A Clovis horticultural exhibit circa 1914-1919 at the Fresno Fair. Different Valley towns would compete with horticultural booths displaying the fruits and vegetables available in their residence.

An epic display of Fresno's agricultural offerings.