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Muriel Billing, daughter of the first library custodian, stands outside the Tulare County Library, Alpaugh branch, in 1917. The 24' x 30' library was erected in 1913 by the Alpaugh Library Association with subscriptions of $10.00 per member.

An unidentified woman stands in front of the Angiola branch of the Tulare County Library System.

This was the Yucca Flat Civilian Conservation Corps camp in Tulare County, CA, in the 1930s.

Although the storekeeper of Cutler Mercantile Co. in Cutler, Calif., also served as postmaster and as the agent for a nearby laundry, he still found time to serve as librarian for the Tulare County Library System. Cutler Mercantile was opened soon…

This is the Carnegie Library building exterior in Dinuba, Calif. The cost of construction of this building in 1917 was approximately $8,000. It became part of the Tulare County Library System.

Patrons read in the Dinuba branch of the Tulare County Library Systemin April, 1929. Mrs. Iona Walker was the custodian of the branch, which had a circulation of about 25,000 books.

John Wirt with donkeys delivering oranges in front of Stevens Store in Exeter, Calif.. Reputedly the first oranges delivered to Exeter, the oranges were grown on the Joe Osborne ranch in the Yokohl Valley. In the background is the old water works…

This horse-drawn hearse was used by A. E. Brooks from 1903-1914, when it was replaced by the motor hearse. It belonged to the Brooks Funeral Home.

This was the first motor hearse in Tulare County, owned by Brooks Funeral Home. It went into service in 1914.

This was Young's cabin at Sampson Flat, shown with men standing in the doorway. Notorious Tulare County, CA, criminals Sontag and Evans held off a posse here in Sept., 1892.