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First school bus in Tulare
The first school bus in Tulare was a 1908 Buick Truck. Floyd Tubbs is the driver; seated next to him is Ida Moore.
First Steam Harvester, Built by Stockton J. Berry, Lindsay, Calif.
This is Berry's Combined Traction Steam Harvester, the first steam harverster. It was built by George Stockton Berry on his ranch near Lindsay, Calif.
First Store in Kingston
Five men on porch of store with two windows and advertising signs on wall.
First Test of Holly Water System for Fighting Fires, Hanford
Spectators watching men with hoses in front of Hanford Hotel on 7th and Douty Street.
First theatre of Porterville
The old Opera House Porterville's first theatre, made from Porter Putnam's warehouse on Main at Garden. Walter Norris and P.C. Montgomery opened it in 1894. In 1895 it was bought by Arthur R. Moore who put in movies in 1908.
First Train to Lemoore
Locomotive with tender and passenger car at railroad depot.
First United Airlines Flight into Airport in Visalia, Calif.
A group greets a woman as she descends from a United Airlines aircraft at the Visalia, CA, Airport. This was United Airlines' first flight into Visalia, in 1946.
First United Airlines Flight into Visalia, Calif.
A group congregates around a United Airlines aircraft at Visalia Municipal Airport; commemorating UAL's first flight into Visalia, CA.
First use of auditorium by staff in second Beale Memorial Library
Front row, left to right: Clement "Clemie" Lilburn (secretary), librarian Mila De Laveaga, librarian Miss Eleanor Wilson; second row, Miss Betty Jo Peterson, Miss Mary Corbitt, Lois Rainey; five rows back, aisle seat, Miss Irene Branham, Children's…