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The Mark Twain Tree was cut in 1891 and sent to American Museum of Natural History in New York. The stump is near the entrance to Grant Grove.

Yokohl School. Yokohl School District was organized March 17, 1873. It consolidated with Exeter Auguat 20, 1920.

The picture shows a draft horse, used for pulling heavy equipment (i.e. farm equipment). Earl C. Buchanan arrived in Fresno in 1899 and operated Star Horse Market for 5 years before selling it.

Y.M.C.A. Building, Fresno, California, circa 1900, situated at 1350 Broadway, on the east side of the street and between Tuolumne and Merced streets. The building was next door to the Fresno County Public Library; a portion of its frontage is visible…

Depicts an old mill, money bags, calendar, The Power of Money message. Fresno Savings Bank, 1923 Mariposa St, Fresno. Created as a subsidiary of the Union National Bank of Fresno in March 1910, Albert B. Clark, local farmer, was president. Bank…

Post Office (right) and Fresno Morning Republican buildings, Fresno, California, circa 1910. View is looking in a southerly direction, slightly north of the intersection of K (Van Ness) and Tulare streets, at which intersection the buildings faced…

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…

Los Angeles First National Trust & Savings Bank (Pacific Southwest Building, Security Bank Building), located at 1060 Fulton Street, Fresno, circa 1925. The view is looking roughly south from Courthouse Park, with the Anna Woodward Memorial Fountain…

View from Courthouse dome, looking west, Fresno, circa 1907. Real B&W photo postcard manufactured by the Besaw Post Card Co. of Reedley via Kruxo process (1905-1920s). The firm was owned by George Besaw (1880-1970). The image is roughly datable as…

Frank Reedy Buggy & Harness, 845-849 I St (lady angler litho). Frank Reedy (1855-1927), a native of England, settled in Fresno circa 1875. He initially found employment as a harnessmaker with Charles Sweitzer, and also worked for Frank Cummings in…