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Visalia Union High School track team members sprint at the Mineral King Bowl in Visalia, CA, in the early 1950s. Left to right are Hank Bethany, class of 1959; Bill Bean, 1952; and Tom Disbrow, 1951.

This unidentified pitcher served the Visalia Cubs, in Visalia, CA, in the 1940s.

Louise Gong, Shangri La Queen for a 4th of July bond drive in 1943, shares her court with her attendants Gladys Yahnian, left, and Jane Higgins, right. The bond drive ceremony was held at Recreation Park in Visalia, CA.

Louise Gong, a Visalia, CA, resident, was the Shangri La Queen for that city's 4th of July bond drive in 1943.

This was the 1925 baseball team of Visalia High School in Visalia, Calif. Two players -- Larry French and Lyn Lary -- later played professionally. The umpire for many of their games was Arch Medlin.

Newsprint: In 1959, the Visalia Times-Delta newspaper printed this photo of the virst high school band in Visalia, Calif. Formed in 1912 at Visalia High School, it included (left to righto): Back row: Chester Narver, John Michels, Fred DeVall, Rex…

This ranch scene shows rake wheels for hay rakes in field in Visalia, CA.

A mechanical harvester picks cotton in a field in Tulare County in the 1940s..

This early blacksmith shop was located at 209 N. Locust St., Visalia, Calif.

Wells Fargo & Co's Express office was located on the southeast corner of Main and Locust streets in Visalia, CA. Pictured are Zane Steuben and Mary A.E. Blake.