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Picture of Central High School, built in 1922 near the intersection of Dickinson and McKinley avenues, in Fresno, Calif. Constructed in Spanish Revival architectural style. The Central Union High (now Central Unified) School District was established…

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…

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.

Picture of Clay Elementary School, built in 1912-1913 near the intersection of Smith and Saginaw avenues near Kingsburg, Calif. Constructed in Western Stick architectural style as the second of three schools built on the same site. The structure was…

Picture of Clovis Grammar School, built in 1918 and demolished in 1952. Ernest J. Kump was the architect and E.P. Smith was the contractor. Constructed with Romanesque Revival architectural elements as was the second of two schools built on the same…

Aerial view of downtown Fresno in 1952 looking towards the northwest. All of the major buildings in the Fresno skyline of this era are visible. The skyline was completed in the mid 1920s and remained largely unchanged for the next forty years until…

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.

The first Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) in Fresno County located in Sanger at the corner of North P Street and West 7th Street. The front porch overlooks West 7th Street.

Aerial view of downtown Fresno in the early 1920s looking east with the County Courthouse in the upper center of the photo. Clearly seen in the upper right is the Hotel California (built in 1923) at the corner of Van Ness and Kern. Proceeding down…

Front view of the Fresno County Courthouse, which was completed in 1875 and served the county until 1966. A fountain with a statue, "The boy with the leaking boot", is seen in the foreground of the building. The statue was cast from pewter by Daniel…