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This is a postcard photo taken by Maxwell and Mudge Photography taken sometime between 1898-1914. The photo was taken from the Fresno County courthouse showing the westward view of Mariposa Street and K Street (now Van Ness Ave).

The Fresno Photo Theatre was located at 1130 J Street in between Mariposa and Fresno Streets. It was built on the land that had been occupied by the Grand Central Stables. It was built sometime after 1906.

Kinema Theater was built by the Roeding Estate Company on Fulton Street which is now currently Fulton Mall. The theater had 1,400 seats and was noted for being built without a stage. The first film was shown in November 30, 1913. In 1952 Gamble and…

Big Creek School house

The old courthouse and county jail at Millerton the first in Fresno County abandoned seven years after it was built- Sept 24 1874.

An exterior view of the Parlor Lecture Clubhouse. It was located at 1350 Van Ness Ave.

Built in 1889-1890 by Robert Barton a local vineyardist, the Barton Opera House was a state of the art theater facility. The Opera House had a capacity of 1600 seats. The building was located at the corner of Fresno and J(Fulton) Street.

Orignally built as the home for William N. Oothout on his 560 acre Sunnyside Estate where he plated the first Thompson Seedless grapes. In 1911, 9 men bought a portion of the estate and mansion to build a golf course. The Sunnyside Country Club . It…

A typical day at the turn of the century. A man and woman are walking into Courthouse Park on Mariposa Street having just crossed K Street. The Boy with the Leaking Boot Fountain can be seen on the right, the Temple Bar Building behind it.