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A biographical sketch of Samuel R. Bowen. Samuel Bowen was proprietor of the S. R. Bowen Company. They manufactured oil well tools. The plant was located at E and Seventh Streets, in Coalinga, California. He was married to Victoria Colling of…

Real Estate Broker

Samuel Wallace Turk

View of mountains and clouds.

San Emigidio mine buildings from mountain top.

San Francisco city hall, constructed of Knowles Granite

San Joaquin Baking Company Truck and delivery man with loaves of bread.

Picture of San Joaquin Elementary School, built in 1919 at San Joaquin, Calif. in Mission Revival architectural style. The structure replaced a one-room schoolhouse which was destroyed by fire in 1918. Another school replaced this complex in 1951.…

Picture of the San Joaquin Light & Power Building in Fresno, California, located at 1401 Fulton Street. Richard F. Felchlin, along with engineer Charles Franklin and chief desinger Raymond Shaw, built the San Joaquin Light & Power Building in 1923.…

San Joaquin Light and Power Building, located at 1947 Tuolumne Street (northwest corner of Fulton and Tuolumne streets), Fresno, circa 1930. In the building’s earlier years, it was often dramatically illuminated at night; the image depicts one of…