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Porterville dedicated with ceremony the extension of Main Street north of Morton as part of Highway 65.

The cutting of the rope across the extended main street as part of highway 65 by State Highway Official Kelley, while Joan Berry and Betty Jones hold the rope.

An early automobile: an E M F (Studebaker), 1911 model. Jay G. Brown driving. The ladies with him are Miss Cordie B. Cook in the front seat and in the back are Mrs. Ruby Anderson and his mother, Mrs. Ruby Gibbons Brown. The occasion was the…

A dray-load of produce for the Pohlman Bros. produce store.

Porterville Cannery on South E Street.

Women working in the cannery.

Hand picking cotton in the Porterville area.

A cotton picking machine on the Ed Burns ranch.

Early grain harvesting required many horses, even with a combine header and thresher.

Handling hay needed man power, bailing hay on the Clint Brown ranch.