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At the northeast corner of Main and Encina streets in Visalia, CA, the Carnegie Building -- the Visalia Free Library -- was in use from 1904 to 1936. It cost $10,000 to build. It was damaged by fire in 1913 and closed severval months for repairs.

This was the office of the Visalia Delta, on the southwest corner of Court and Main streets in Visalia, CA, in 1879.

These men are standing in front of the Visalia Delta office on N. Church Street between Main and Center streets in Visalia, CA, sometime during the 1890s. Shown are J.J. Macm.illaw, M. C. Butz, G. W. Stewart, and Harry S. Stuart.

This team of oxen is shown on North Court St., between Mainand Center streets, in Visalia, CA, in 1907.

Hotel Johnson was located on the northeast corner of Main and Church streets, in Visalia, CA. This photo was taken in 1939. The Johnson was built by J. Johnson in 1917 on the site of the old Visalia House. It was remodeled in 1938.

The "I.O.G.T. Hall" belonged to the International Order of Good Templars. The Hall was located on Lot 8 of Block 20 -- North Court St. between Center and Oak streets -- in Visalia, CA. Built in 1875, the building was torn down in November, 1940.

This San Joaquin Valley Sugar Company plant was located in Visalia, CA, on East Avenue about one mile south of the city in 1914. The plant was built in 1906. Carl D. Adams, who married Christy Bradley, was superintendent from 1912 to 1919, when the…

This is the CPC Cannery, in Visalia, CA, in 1907. Employees worked beneath "punkah" mechanical overhead fans.

The Swanson log cabin was built by John Swanson in the late 1850's, east of Visalia, CA, on the south side of what now is Highway 198.

An unidentified man poses near bear skins, about 1900, in the Sierra Nevada mountains of eastern Tulare County, CA.