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J Street N from Fresno Flood 1884 California

On 16 February 1884, flood waters covered every street in Fresno. All basements and ground floors were flooded. The only means of transportation within the city was by boat. This photo depicts the situation on J street looking northwest from Fresno…

Tags: Floods -- California -- Fresno County -- 1884 -- Photographs., Fresno (Calif.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- 19th century -- Photographs.

Old Court House 1884 Fresno California

View of the Fresno County Courthouse. Foundation work started on 1 October 1874 and completed on 19 August 1875. Board of Supervisors met here for the first time on 6 September 1875. In 1878 about four acres of land around the courthouse were…

Tags: Courthouses -- California -- Fresno County -- 19th century -- Photographs., Fresno (Calif.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- 19th century -- Photographs., Fresno County Courthouse -- Photographs., Historic buildings -- California -- Fresno County -- 19th century -- Photographs., Public buildings -- California -- Fresno County -- 19th century -- Photographs

Kern east from G Street 1888 Fresno Calif

The flooded Union Ice Company warehouse located just south of the Southern Pacific Railroad tracks. The photographer was on G Street looking northeast towards Kern. The sign in the background says "Planing Mill", probably Madary's Planing Mill…

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.

Fresno Fire Company July 4 1877 Fresno California

The Fresno Hook and Ladder Company was organized in February 24, 1877. Mr. Leopold (Lee) Gundelfinger was the fire chief, is seated in the center of the front row of this photograph. The other fire fighters starting in the back row, left to right,…

Tags: Fire departments -- California -- Fresno County -- 19th century -- Photographs., Fire fighters -- California -- Fresno County -- 19th century -- Photographs., Fresno (Calif.) -- Social life and customs -- Photographs.

Expositor office 1874 Fresno California

The Fresno Weekly Expositor Newspaper first made its appearance in Millerton Calif. on 27 April 1870, founded by J.W. Ferguson acting as both editor and owner. Moved to Fresno in 1874 along with the county seat, located on J (Fulton) Street near the…

Tags: Fresno (Calif.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- 19th century -- Photographs., Historic buildings -- California -- Fresno County -- 19th century -- Photographs.

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.

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

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