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Front view of the Fresno County Courthouse, which was completed in 1875; the county's Board of Supervisors met here for the first time on September 6 of that year. About four acres of land around the courthouse were landscaped as a park between 1878…

First Baptist Church located on the corner of 1st and Sylvia in Selma, California. The Selma Woman's Christian Temperance Union was formed here in 1889.

Outdoor church service in a field in Fresno, California, being conducted from the back of a mobile chapel. People are arrayed around the back of the truck both sitting on boxes and standing.

Built in 1906-07 by a congregation of German Baptist Brethren. Originally named the Dunker Brethren Church at 2160, 11th street. The congregation adopted the name Cornerstone Community Church more recently.

Two couples and a girl in a car posing behind the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) Fountain at the intersection of McCall Avenue and Mill Street in Selma, California. The view is north looking up High steet.

A 1920's Fresno street scene viewed from the corner of Van Ness and Tulare. To the right is the U.S. Post Office with the Patterson Block further up the street. The tall building in the background is the Bank of Italy building, constructed in 1918 at…

Picture of the Wahtoke Winery Company compound built in 1905 by the California Wine Association. Located at a central location in the Wahtoke Vineyard, consisting initially of 1,480 acres located five miles north of Reedley. The plant was expanded in…

Coalinga, California, with a view of the Sierras as a backdrop. Oil well operations can be seen in the distance. Peak years of the oil boom were 1909, 1910, and 1911 in this area. The 1910 census credited the city with a population of 4,199.

Holiday street scene of 1920's Fulton Street looking north from the corner of Fulton and Kern streets. The J.C. Penney store seen in the left foreground on the corner of Fulton and Kern. Beyond the J.C. Penney store is the five story Radin & Kamp…

A 1920s view of the 1300 block of Fulton Street looking north with the prominent San Joaquin Light and Power Building (built in 1923) at the top of the photo at 1401 Fulton Street on the corner of Fulton and Tuolumne streets. Based on the postmark of…