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Picture of the Californian Hotel located at 851 Van Ness Avenue, corner of Kern Street, in Fresno. Constructed in the Beaux-Arts architectural style, it rises 138 feet in 9 floors. It is listed on the Local Register of Historic Places and now serves…

Picture of the interior of Reinhardt's Bakery in Reedley, California. Shows period furniture, including chairs and buffet with mirror.

Picture of the flooded bridge over the Kings River near Reedley, California, taken January 26, 1914. The Kings River had historic floods in 1914, 1951, and 1959, damaging buildings and killing animals. Flooding occurs when the tremendous amount of…

Picture of downtown business district in Reedley, California in the 1940s or 1950s. Picture was taken looking down Main Street. Various period cars are parked in front of the stores, such as Safeway, Valley Liquor, and Valley Cafe. These stores were…

Picture of G Street in Reedley in the 1920s. Picture was taken possibly looking at the corner of E and 11th streets.

Panoramic view of Reedley, California, in the 1910's timeframe, looking east towards the Sierra Mountains. Various stores, including Eymann Hardware and post office run by Knauer family, are located on both sides of Main Street between 11th and 12th…

Front view of the Fresno County Courthouse, which was completed in 1875 and served the county until 1966. A fountain with a statue, "The boy with the leaking boot", is seen in the foreground of the building. The statue was cast from pewter by Daniel…

Statue was originally cast from pewter and placed in Courthouse Park in August 1895. It was known as "Iron Johnny", depicting a boy holding up one of his leaking boots, which constantly drain water. It served as a combination of statue and communal…

Picture of First Christian Church taken from the corner of N and Tuolumne streets. Completed in 1915 with a distinctive dome and red brick facade, showing a trait of High Victorian Gothic style. This building was the third downtown location of the…

Two boys riding on a Kutner-Goldstein delivery wagon. During the 1890s general stores and grocery stores became more numerous in Fresno. One of the better known was Kutner-Goldstein & Company whose main store was on the corner of Mariposa and H…