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Three men working inside of the Porterville Cigar Factory.

Porterville band in front of the old Fire house. Putnam County was a demonstration favoring that name instead of Tulare County when Kings was made a separate county.

This band was called The High School Band, because it was organized by Frank Howard, high school teacher (1900-1902) mostly from high school boys. They met to practice at high school, but was not in the curriculum.

Porterville Band

Music for Porterville. The members of the band are using a section from the Sequoia tree that furnished the exhibit for the world's Columbian Exposition as a bandstand.

The city band taken at the dedication of the city park. This was a volunteer band.

Porterville City Hall on the northwest corner of Main Street and Cleveland Avenue. Built around 1940.

Porterville's second library dedicated on March 8, 1953.

The Porterville Co-operative Creamery (1904-1914) located near Walnut Street between F and G streets.

Porterville College building. The building is now used as part of Porterville High School and is their Science Department.