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View of the city probably taken from atop the Court House dome looking toward the northeast. The Fresno Water Tower on the corner of Fresno Street and O Street is seen top right of the photo.

Picture of a very weathered, possibly abandoned barn or stable. Advertising for Climax chewing tobacco on the front of the building. Power poles indicate possible date of the photo ca. 1920. Caption probably refers to Moses J. Church who formed the…

Fountain erected in Fresno's Courthouse Park by Oscar J. Woodward in 1921 in memory of his deceased wife Anna Woodward. Mr. Woodward came to Fresno in 1885 from Clinton, Illinois and became one of the leading financiers of the San Joaquin Valley,…

Front view of the Fresno County Courthouse, which was completed in 1875; the county's Board of Supervisors met here for the first time on September 6 of that year. About four acres of land around the courthouse were landscaped as a park between 1878…

First Baptist Church located on the corner of 1st and Sylvia in Selma, California. The Selma Woman's Christian Temperance Union was formed here in 1889.

Built in 1906-07 by a congregation of German Baptist Brethren. Originally named the Dunker Brethren Church at 2160, 11th street. The congregation adopted the name Cornerstone Community Church more recently.

A 1920's Fresno street scene viewed from the corner of Van Ness and Tulare. To the right is the U.S. Post Office with the Patterson Block further up the street. The tall building in the background is the Bank of Italy building, constructed in 1918 at…

Picture of the Wahtoke Winery Company compound built in 1905 by the California Wine Association. Located at a central location in the Wahtoke Vineyard, consisting initially of 1,480 acres located five miles north of Reedley. The plant was expanded in…

Coalinga, California, with a view of the Sierras as a backdrop. Oil well operations can be seen in the distance. Peak years of the oil boom were 1909, 1910, and 1911 in this area. The 1910 census credited the city with a population of 4,199.

Holiday street scene of 1920's Fulton Street looking north from the corner of Fulton and Kern streets. The J.C. Penney store seen in the left foreground on the corner of Fulton and Kern. Beyond the J.C. Penney store is the five story Radin & Kamp…