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Automobiles waiting for L.A. Business Man Special train

Depicts a lane of poplar trees within the vineyard. One of the earliest agricultural enterprises in Fresno County, founded in 1872 by Francis T. and Gustavus A. Eisen, immigrant brothers from Sweden. The vineyard consisted of 640 acres planted in…

Shigeo Uota was presented an award from the Emperor of Japan at a testimonial dinner April 29, 1985. The award, honoring him for the twenty years Uota trained Japanese workers for farm work in Japan, was the "Sixth Class of the Rising Sun" medal.

Aye Ogata (right), Tom Uyeda of Sacramento (foreground) and Bill Ishida in a bomb crater on Bougainville Island late 1944 or 1945. Bougainville is part of the Solomon Island group. The bomb was dropped from a "Betty," a two-engine Japanese bomber.…

Portrait of 16-year-old Azelia Van Campen (1850-1918) married Albert O. Bruce 1872.

Portrait of Azelia Van Campen Bruce (1850-1918) seated outdoors at Wawona, Calif., circa 1910.

Portrait of Azelia Van Campen Bruce (1850-1918) seated, wearing dark suit and patterned blouse; wife of Albert O. Bruce.

Portrait of Aziel Barnes Van Campen, Wawona homesteader; blacksmith in Raymond, Calif., and Plainsburg, Calif.

Aztec School was the first school in Oil Center. It opened in September 1901. Front of photograph is labelled "M. Kowalsky, Bakersfield, Cal."