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Aerial view of downtown Fresno in the early 1920s looking east with the County Courthouse in the upper center of the photo. Clearly seen in the upper right is the Hotel California (built in 1923) at the corner of Van Ness and Kern. Proceeding down…

Vignetted views of five Fresno residences, all constructed in 19th century in Victorian-Folk style. Top to bottom: Robert Barton Residence, located northeast of Fresno ; W.H. McKenzie Residence, located at K and Calaveras streets ; Henry Gundelfinger…

Two men standing on the main headgate of Kings River of the Fresno Canal and Irrigation Company canal. The water just above the gate will average about eight feet in depth for a width of sixty feet, with the pressure of fall sufficient to cause a…

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…

Fresno Chamber of Commerce Building, situated in Commercial Park, next to the Fresno Southern Pacific Railroad Depot

The carbarn of the Fresno City Railway with 3 railcars and employees standing in front.

Picture of Fresno Colony Elementary School, Easton, Calif., built in 1898 and razed sometime after 1945. Features Western Stick architectural style. This was the second schoolhouse to occupy the site and replaced a one-story building. The Fresno…

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…

Front view of the Fresno County Courthouse, which was completed in 1875; the county's Board of Supervisors met here for the first time on September 6 of that year. About four acres of land around the courthouse were landscaped as a park between 1878…