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A mule team waits to be loaded in the construction area surrounding a major fire site in downtown Tulare, CA. The French Hotel and the Bacigalupi Building, shown here, both were destroyed. Temporary wooden buildings were constructed to meet…

This is the construction area surrounding a major fire site in downtown Tulare, CA. The French Hotel and the Bacigalupi Building, shown here, both were destroyed. Temporary wooden buildings were constructed to meet community needs.

A fireman in Tulare, California, displays the Tulare Fire Department's new truck for the photographer. The date is thought to be in the early 1900s.

This was the first official fire brigade in Tulare, CA. Their headquarters was in the Dodsons' house just north of Sweet's Drugstore.

Water looked as if it always would be plentiful in the days of this artesian well in Tulare County, CA. The time is thought to be around 1900.

No information has been found relating to this airplane crash that took place west of Visalia, CA, in the 1920s.

This 1920 photograph shows a Strathmore irrigation pump unit installed west of Woodlake, CA.

This building built in Visalia, CA, in the late 1800s was named in honor of its owner, J. Harrell.