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The Fresno Hook and Ladder Company was organized in February 24, 1877. Mr. Leopold (Lee) Gundelfinger was the fire chief, is seated in the center of the front row of this photograph. The other fire fighters starting in the back row, left to right,…

Fresno Flats early years.

Fresno Flats School

Fresno Flats, CA circa 1890

5 views of the Fresno Flume and Irrigation Company's property. The Saw Mill and Lake, Section of Flume, Mills and yards at Clovis, CA; Tree just felled and an aerial of the standing timber and lake.

A portion of the 45 mile long flume constructed in 1893-1894 by Fresno Flume and Irrigation Company to carry bundles of cut lumber from Shaver Lake to Clovis, California. The use of wooden waterways provided an efficient and practical means of…

The Electric plant of Fresno Gas and Electric Company was located at the corner of Tuolumne and I Streets in Fresno.

Fresno Gas and Electric Light Company's Gas Works was located on the corner of Mariposa and F Streets in Fresno.

Picture of Washington Grammar School located between N and O streets in Fresno, California, constructed between 1898 and 1906. Building doesn't appear in 1898's map but is shown in 1906's Sanborn map. Part of Hawthorne Public School is shown on the…

Picture of Fresno Hish School located on O Street in Fresno, California, constructed in 1896 with the expenditure of $53,000. School, which was established in 1889 on the site of the 2nd floor of the K Street Grammar school, moved in this new…