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This is the restored residence of Colonel and Mrs. Allen Allensworth in Allensworth, CA. The colonel was a self-taught, Kentucky-born slave who eventually became a U.S. Army lieutenant colonel and a chaplain at the San Francisco…

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This artesian well was located near Artesia, south of Waukena in what now is Kings County, CA. An artesian well consists of a small hole sunk into the earth, through which water rises naturally from subterranean sources nearly…

This was the municipal auditorium of Visalia, CA, up until the mid-1900s. It was located at the northeast corner of Acequia and Garden streets. This photo was taken from Hyde Park, across the street from the auditorium.

No information has become available about this unidentified driver and automobile thought to be in Visalia, CA.

This Standard Oil Company truck, parked in front of the company site in Visalia, CA, delivered "Zerolene" to customers in the early 1900s.

Two very grand automobiles are shown off at a ranch in Tulare County, CA, ca 1915. The auto at left is said to be a 1911 to 1913 Cadillac.

This 1914 Model T "pickup" appears to be in the Mojave Desert of California, facing the east side the the Sierra Nevada mountain range.