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Dublin Core
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Title
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Fresno County Public Library Postcards
Subject
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Fresno County (Calif.)
Description
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Another miscellany of scenes, structures, people and events, taken in locations around Fresno County. Some of the more interesting are early Fresno scenes from the 1870s and 1880s taken by pioneer photographer Roderick W. Riggs, and a number of images detailing the construction of Friant Dam in the late 1930s and early 1940s.
Creator
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Fresno County Public Library
Source
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Collection of Fresno County Public Library
Publisher
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San Joaquin Valley Library System
Date
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2002
Contributor
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Fresno County Public Library
Rights
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For more information about acquiring copies of these images (in photographic and/or digital form), please contact the Heritage Center, Fresno County Public Library, 2420 Mariposa St., Fresno, CA 93721-2285; (559) 600-6230. Our Web site is located at http://www.fresnolibrary.org/heritage/
Format
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image/jpeg
Language
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en-US
Type
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Collection
Identifier
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frp
Coverage
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Fresno County (Calif.)
1874-1952
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials.
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Title
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Fresno Memorial Auditorium Fresno California
Subject
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Memorial Auditorium (Fresno, Calif.) -- Photographs.; National Legion of Valor Museum (Fresno, Calif.) -- Photographs.; Veterans Memorial Auditorium (Fresno, Calif.) -- Photographs.; Auditoriums -- California -- Fresno County -- Photographs.; Historic builings -- California -- Fresno County -- Photographs.; Memorials -- California -- Fresno County -- Photographs; Fresno (Calif.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Photographs.; Fresno (Calif.) -- History -- Sources.
Description
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The Fresno Memorial Auditorium located at 2425 Fresno Street was constructed between 1935 and 1936 with a dedication on 31th, December 1936. Designed by Allied Architects of Fresno, a Depression-era consortium of architects. The building's Art Deco exterior was outstanding for its time and is unchanged from its original construction. Considered as Fresno's most significant cultural facility until the construction of the new Convention Center Complex in 1966. Events held in the auditorium include Broadway plays and musicals, concerts, operas, school graduations, fraternal conventions, auto shows, and religious rallies, etc. In 1992 Association of American War Veterans Organizations requested the city rename the building to Veterans Memorial Auditorium and allow them use office space vacated afrer the City's Data Processing Division moved into the new City Hall. The veterans established the National Legion of Valor Museum in the auditorium paying tribute to personnel receiving the nation's four highest military honors.
Publisher
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San Joaquin Valley Library System
Contributor
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Fresno County Public Library
Date
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ca 1940
Type
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Image
Format
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image/jpeg
Identifier
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frp0087
Source
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1 photographic print (postcard) :b&w ;9 x 14 cm.
Language
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en
Coverage
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ca 1940
Rights
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This image is being made available for educational and research purposes only, under the "fair use" clause of the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) Further questions regarding the image or its use may be directed to the Fresno County Public Library, Heritage Center, 2420 Mariposa St, Fresno, CA 93721. Phone: 559-600-6230 HeritageCenter@fresnolibrary.org
Relation
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SJV Photo Heritage
Auditoriums
Fresno
Fresno (Calif.) -- Buildings
Fresno (Calif.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Photographs.
Fresno (Calif.) -- History -- Sources.
Historic builings -- California -- Fresno County -- Photographs.
Memorial Auditorium (Fresno
Memorial Auditorium (Fresno, Calif.) -- Photographs.
Memorials
Memorials -- California -- Fresno County -- Photographs
National Legion of Valor Museum (Fresno
National Legion of Valor Museum (Fresno, Calif.) -- Photographs.
structures
Veterans Memorial Auditorium (Fresno
Veterans Memorial Auditorium (Fresno, Calif.) -- Photographs.