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Frank Putnam's house built about 1893, it was located on Morton Street near Hockett. Later the house was turned to face Hockett.

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.

Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Leslie. Mr. Leslie was the last miller of the flour mill.

The flouring mill and the park, showing the pond and the first park plantings. The brick building for the mill erected in 1897 by Andrew Leslie who was the last miller. After the wooded mansard story was burned Mr. Leslie altered the exterior but…

John T. Manter miller for the Pioneer Land Company

Albert Reece Henry miller from 1876-1877.

The flouring mill in the park, erected, at least in part in 1868 using water power for the mill. Notice the water tank which supplied the town's water for a while and the electric lines from the generator run by mill machinery at night.

Blue grapes in the left foreground, brand name near the top in red and blue lettering. Family in the center, with a brown band below.

Yellow background, brand name in large blue print. In the center, a smiling sun, with smiling vegetables to the right and left of it.

Red background, L-shaped branding iron on the bottom left. On the right, a lariat surrounding a yellow oval with an "L-" inside, steer head above.