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Wester Auto Hardware and Auto Parts Store and Biddle's Soda Fountain & Hamburger Stand on Main Street in Porterville, California. Several cars out in front of the buildings.

Tom Kaku is behind the wheel of a 1920 automobile owned by his cousin, Harry Kaku (who donated the photo). The automobile is parked in front of a restaurant called the Noodle House, in Lindsay, California. The building was built by Harry Kaku's…

The Shanghai Cafe, 243 South "K" Street in Tulare, California, was owned and operated by Ling and Mary Joe from 1914 to 1925.

Mrs. Nomura's Chop Suey Cafe, May 1996. The restaurant was torn down that same year.

A Mexican-American family poses in front of Mary Joe's Caf

Mary Joe's Cafe, 340 South "K" Street, Tulare, California. Photo was taken May 5, 1933.

Mary Joe (Mrs. Ling Joe) is behind the counter of Mary Joe's Cafe, 340 "K" Street, Tulare, California. Photo was taken in 1933.

Customers seated at counter with employees standing.

Although the storekeeper of Cutler Mercantile Co. in Cutler, Calif., also served as postmaster and as the agent for a nearby laundry, he still found time to serve as librarian for the Tulare County Library System. Cutler Mercantile was opened soon…

City Lights at Chester Ave. and 17th St., Bakersfield.