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Early Tulare County school class with teacher.

Teachers and school children on porch of early school.

At the Tulare County Library in Visalia, CA, sometime after 1910, the balcony containing the upper stacks was so difficult to climb to via the steep, shallow stairs that a basket and pulley were used to raise and lower books. The balcony above this…

At the Tulare County Library in Visalia, CA, sometime after 1910, the balcony containing the upper stacks measured only 6 feet 6 inches high. This view looks down on the shipping and wrapping table and on the piles of books to be sorted for…

Tulare County Library, Allensworth, Tulare County

This is the Allensworth branch of the Tulare County Library System, in Allensworth, CA.

Tulare County Library was established in 1910, with headquarters in the county courthouse. As there was only one entrance available, freight was deposited at the front door. A balcony provided access to the upper stacks, the only means of…

This photo shows the work room of the Tulare County Library in February, 1924, when it was located in the Masonic Building on South Church Street in Visalia, CA.