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The old courthouse and county jail at Millerton the first in Fresno County abandoned seven years after it was built- Sept 24 1874.

Big Creek School house

Kinema Theater was built by the Roeding Estate Company on Fulton Street which is now currently Fulton Mall. The theater had 1,400 seats and was noted for being built without a stage. The first film was shown in November 30, 1913. In 1952 Gamble and…

The Fresno Photo Theatre was located at 1130 J Street in between Mariposa and Fresno Streets. It was built on the land that had been occupied by the Grand Central Stables. It was built sometime after 1906.

In 1925, J.B. Inderrieden Company was a fruit shipping and packing company that operated on the southwest corner of R and Ventura Streets right next to the Santa Fe Railroad tracks. This building still stands (2016) and is current address in 2721…

The Salvation Army Building located at 730 M Street in downtown Fresno.

This is a postcard photo taken by Maxwell and Mudge Photography taken sometime between 1898-1914. The photo was taken from the Fresno County courthouse showing the westward view of Mariposa Street and K Street (now Van Ness Ave).

Jerry Dwyer delivers library books to patrons at the Power Houses by dog sled team.

Designed by Chicago architect George W. Maher the Fresno Water Tower was inspired by Chicago Ave Water Tower. It is an example of the Romanesque revival created in the late 1800s. The tower built in 1894 with a capacity of 250,000 gallons was…