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Probably taken in the 1950s, this photo shows Children's Librarian Juliana Bissett of the Visalia Public Library, talking to children about "Satellites Around the World." This library now is the Visalia branch of the Tulare County Library system.

Josephine Rhodehamel was the Reference Librarian in June, 1955, when this photo was taken at the Visalia Public Library in Visalia, CA.

Hilda L. Collins was the Head Librarian in June, 1955 at the Visalia Public Library in Visalia, CA. Her tenure began September 1, 1954.

At the Tulare County Library in Visalia, CA, sometime after 1910, the balcony containing the upper stacks measured only 6 feet 6 inches high. This view looks down on the shipping and wrapping table and on the piles of books to be sorted for…

This is a photo of the Tulare County Library in 1961, located in Room 10 of the County Courthouse.

At the Tulare County Library in Visalia, CA, sometime after 1910, the balcony containing the upper stacks was so difficult to climb to via the steep, shallow stairs that a basket and pulley were used to raise and lower books. The balcony above this…

Shown here is the Springville branch of the Tulare County, CA, Public Library System.

Prize winners in the June, 1958 reading club program at the Visalia, CA, branch of the Tulare County Library System pose with leaders, from left, Ann Hopping, Goerge Broughton, and Phoebe Winkler.

The Woodville branch of the Tulare County Library System was hosted by the Woodville Farm Supply in 1973.

Shown here is the Woodville Farm Center Branch of the Tulare County Library System, housed in 1973 at the Woodville, CA, farm labor camp.