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The only information available on this photo comes from a note on the reverse side stating, "The Daggestts and their Eastern Cousin."

This prosperous-looking couple and friend are posing in front of their 1922 Ford Model T in Tulare County, CA. Notice the wear on the right front tire.

February 10, 1912, was an exciting day for Tulare County, CA, residents who showed up for the county's first airplane landing, scheduled at the old fairgrounds one mile east of the city of Tulare. Pilots Frank Bryant and Roy N. Frances were to land…

Sol Sweet, shown here with a sign for his flying school, was a long-time aviator in the Visalia, CA, area. His school operated out of the Visalia Municipal Airport. Notice the three-digit telephone numbers, indicative of the age of the sign.

Louis Paulhan, an early French aviator who designed "La Canard," the world's first seaplane, is shown circling the field at the January, 1910, Los Angeles International Air Meet.

Louis Paulhan, an early French aviator who designed "La Canard," the world's first seaplane, is shown circling the field at the January, 1910, Los Angeles International Air Meet.

This photo of a Union Army band is believed taken at the wartime location of Camp Babbitt in Visalia, CA. Located at its original site at what now is occupied by the intersection of Race and Santa Fe streets, the camp moved following the end of the…

Colonel Thomas Baker was the first lieutenant governor of the state of Iowa. When he moved to Tulare County, CA, he was appointed a county judge in 1853, and was elected later in 1853, and in 1854 and 1856. He became a state senator about 1860,…

Mrs.Ellen Alverson Baker, widow of Colonel Thomas Baker of Tulare County, CA, poses with three grandsons in the late 1800s. Baker participated in the founding of Visalia, CA, and later the town of Bakersfield was named after him. This photo was…

Ellen Alverson Baker, widow of California pioneer Colonel Thomas Baker, stands with daughter Mrs. Jack Jamison, left, grandsons Jack and Herbert, and their teacher. The photo was taken at California Hot Springs in Tulare County, CA.