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A view of Van Ness looking south with the Hotel California (1923) seen in the distance at the corner of Van Ness and Kern streets. The 15 floor Pacific Southwest Building (1923) is prominent in the center of the photo at 1060 Fulton.

A 1920s view of the 1300 block of Fulton Street looking north with the prominent San Joaquin Light and Power Building (built in 1923) at the top of the photo at 1401 Fulton Street on the corner of Fulton and Tuolumne streets. Based on the postmark of…

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…

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.

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…

Photo of intersection of L Street and Fresno Street with the Southern Methodist Church on the corner. Mill Ditch visible on Fresno Street in front of the church. This irrigation ditch was built in 1878 by Moses J. Church to power his Champion Flour…

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.

The intersection of K (now Van Ness) and Tulare streets in 1888 as seen from atop the Court House. A map of the period indicates the two story building on the corner is the Southern Pacific Hotel.

A 1920 scene at the corner of K (later Van Ness) and Tuolumne streets looking south along the 1300 block of K Street. The Woodman of the World (W.O.W.) Building is the first building on the left. A map of the period shows the W.O.W. Hall on the…

A 1922 street scene of Mariposa Street looking east probably from atop the Fresno County Court House.