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Anna Woodward Fountain Fresno California

Fountain erected in Fresno's Courthouse Park by Oscar J. Woodward in 1921 in memory of his deceased wife Anna Woodward. Mr. Woodward came to Fresno in 1885 from Clinton, Illinois and became one of the leading financiers of the San Joaquin Valley,…

Tags: Fountains -- California -- Fresno County -- Photographs., Fresno (Calif.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Photographs., Historic buildings -- California -- Fresno County -- Photographs.

County Hospital Fresno California

Officially named the General Hospital of Fresno County, built in 1903, located today at the corner of Cedar and Kings Canyon Avenue. Expanded in 1917 with enlargement of the central building and addition of four wings which extended the front of the…

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On the lake Roeding Park Fresno California

Boating on the lake at Roeding Park, the first city park in Fresno, located on the donated land from Frederick C. Roeding. Park designed by Johannes Reimas, a landscape architect from Stockton. Initial 71.76 acres were given to the city in 1903.…

Tags: Boats, Parks, Roeding, Roeding Park -- Photographs., Urban Parks -- California -- Fresno County -- Photographs.

Park scene Roeding Park Fresno California

A gathering of teenagers under the trees at Roeding Park approximately 1910. The park was the first city park in Fresno, located on the donated land from Frederick C. Roeding, designed by Johannes Reimas. City zoo originated here with donated…

Tags: Roeding Park -- Photographs., Urban Parks -- California -- Fresno County -- Photographs.

Church Ditch Barn 1872 Fresno California

Picture of a very weathered, possibly abandoned barn or stable. Advertising for Climax chewing tobacco on the front of the building. Power poles indicate possible date of the photo ca. 1920. Caption probably refers to Moses J. Church who formed the…

Tags: Fresno (Calif.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Photographs., Historic buildings -- California -- Fresno County -- Photographs.

Banks of Fresno California

Untitled postcard containing five individual photographs of the five principal Fresno banks and their location. Fresno National Bank was organized on May 1, 1888 and located at the northwest corner of Tulare and J (Fulton) streets in a new…

Tags: Banks, Buildings, First National Bank (Fresno, First National Bank (Fresno, Calif.) -- Photographs., Fresno, Fresno (Calif.) -- Buildings, Fresno (Calif.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- 19th century -- Photographs., Fresno National Bank -- Photographs., Historic buildings, Historic buildings -- California -- Fresno County -- 19th century -- Photographs., Peoples Savings Bank of Fresno -- Photographs., structures

L Street and Old Mill Ditch 1884 Fresno California

Photo of intersection of L Street and Fresno Street with the Southern Methodist Church on the corner. Mill Ditch visible on Fresno Street in front of the church. This irrigation ditch was built in 1878 by Moses J. Church to power his Champion Flour…

Tags: Church buildings -- California -- Fresno County -- 19th century -- Photographs., Fresno (Calif.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- 19th century -- Photographs., Irrigation canals and flumes -- California -- Fresno County -- 19th century -- Photographs., Streets -- California -- Fresno County -- Photographs.

Tags: Floods -- California -- Fresno County -- 1888 -- Photographs., Fresno (Calif.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- 19th century -- Photographs., Fresno (Calif.) -- Social conditions -- 19th century -- Photographs., Madary's Planing Mill -- Photographs., Union Ice Company (Fresno, Calif.) -- Photographs.

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