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A biographical sketch and photo of O. Anderson. Anderson was the president and manager of the Greater Fresno Development Company, located in the Edgerly Building, Fresno California. Olaf Richardson worked alongside Mr. Anderson as his vice president…

A biographical sketch of A. W. Anderson. A. Anderson was the president and manager of The Mechanics Planing Mill, located at 600 P Street. Mr. Anderson was also the president of The Anderson and Hall Builders' Supply Company, located at 2225 Fresno…

A biographical sketch of Harry W. Allen. Harry Allen was the president of The Fresno Realty Syndicate and owner of The Coliseum Billiard Parlors, located at 1035 J. Street, Fresno, California. Mr. Allen was also the president of the…

A biographical sketch and photo of Thomas Richard Adams. Thomas Adams was a partner of Adams & Gordon, General Blacksmiths and Implement Dealers, located at 1915 W. Front St., Selma, California. In September, 1896 he married Delia M. Blanton (last…

This early blacksmith shop was located at 209 N. Locust St., Visalia, Calif.

This is Berry's Combined Traction Steam Harvester, the first steam harverster. It was built by George Stockton Berry on his ranch near Lindsay, Calif.

Men are shown posing on a harvester in a Tulare County, CA, field. Inventor George Stockton Berry is at the left.

This is the hotel in Auckland, Tulare County, CA, in 1888. Built by Commodore Murray and William Stousland, it was sold to Thomas Nighbert in the 1890s. Nighbert was an Auckland resident. It was sold in 1897 to Con Harrington and Keoke.

Loggers on 60' high platform cutting Giant Sequoia

Mother and daughter weigh in as their cotton sacks are weighed in a Tulare county field, in the 1940s.