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Porterville Band

This band was called The High School Band, because it was organized by Frank Howard, high school teacher (1900-1902) mostly from high school boys. They met to practice at high school, but was not in the curriculum.

Porterville band in front of the old Fire house. Putnam County was a demonstration favoring that name instead of Tulare County when Kings was made a separate county.

Three men working inside of the Porterville Cigar Factory.

Porterville Chapter of the American Red Cross.

1917 Porterville Chapter of the American Red Cross.

Volunteers building the Porterville Chamber of Commerce building.

Group of volunteers who built the Porterville Chamber of Commerce building on Cleveland Avenue between Main Street and Hockett Street in 1950.

Newly finished Porterville Chamber of Commerce building located on Cleveland Avenue between Main Street and Hockett Street.

J.W. Miller and family's headstone in the Porterville Cemetery in Porterville, California.