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1890 Morton Street School Class Picture

Hand-drawn map with names of businesses and people, by Nori Masuda for the Japanese American Project 1980.

East Tulare Avenue looking east from J Street.

Two men on a wagon billed as the "First Car" in Porterville. It was really powered by a horse under the back. One man on a horse and several people standing on the sides of the street.

The relationship of those posing to the names on the trees is unknown, but the "Anna" and "Anthony" trees grew on the Hoskins property near a giant redwood named "Hercules," in the Sequoia National Forest. The year was 1895.

1896 White River School Class Picture taken in White River, California.Back row left to right:Oscar Van Duesen, Miss Dorothy Benton (teacher), Harry Barbaro,__ Guthrie, ___Guthrie, Bennie Allen,__ Villard, Cynthia Uhl.Middle row left to right: Cliff…

This 1899 Oldsmobile was driven in a 1918 Porterville, CA, exhibition. At that time, there were road races on the streets of Porterville at the Armistice Day celebration each year. This photo was taken at Main and Putnam streets. (Photo courtesy…

Children in class picture in front of Morton Street School, Porterville, California.

Girl in a wagon being pulled by a horse in a parade on Main Street in Porterville, California.