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Story hour at the Boys' and Girls' Library

Second Beale Memorial Library building, keeping the name of the original according to agreement with Truxtun Beale, son of Edward Fitzgerald Beale.Located at 1315 Truxtun Avenue, at L Street. Opened in 1957; after third Beale Memorial Library was…

Postcard: Postmarked March 27, 1911, this postcard tells of the writer's enjoyment of "the trip up," which was the approximate 30-mile distance from Visalia to Three Rivers, CA. Depicted here is the popular River Inn, near the North Fork Bridge in…

A puppet demonstration at the Baker Branch Library.

View of Kern General Hospital Library, at location later known as Kern Medical Center, on day of open house, December 1, 1971

Original Beale Memorial Library building, named for Edward Fitzgerald Beale. Opened in 1900, damaged in 1952 earthquake and no longer in existence; located at Northwest corner of 17th Street and Chester Avenue. Vine-covered reading-room pergola is…

Front view of original Beale Memorial Library building,opened in 1900. named for Edward Fitzgerald Beale. Damaged by 1952 earthquake and no longer in existence; located on Northwest corner of 17th Street and Chester Avenue.Cornerstone is visible as…

Random photos around Kings County

Interior of McKittrick Branch Library, built in 1923; it was located at 2371 Second street, and served the county through the late 1970s.

Interior of Mariposa County Library, main branch, Mariposa, Calif., circa 1971; with boxes of books stacked near fireplace, during the setting up of the library in the building that housed the library and the Mariposa Museum from 1971 to 2000.