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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…

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…

Street scene in Friant, California, probably around 1940. The Log Cabin, probably a restaurant, is seen in the middle.

Busy, daytime street scene in downtown Fresno. Photo taken from corner of Fulton and Mariposa looking north up Fulton Street. The Helm building is on the left foreground at 1101 Fulton. Samuels Smoke House can be seen on the ground floor of the Helm…

A 1934's Fresno Street scene looking south on Fulton Street with the prominent Security Bank Building, constructed in 1923, on the left. Street banners indicate an election year. Frank F. Merriam and John R. Quinn faced off for the Republican…

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…

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…

Picture of G Street in Reedley in the 1920s. Picture was taken possibly looking at the corner of E and 11th streets.

Panoramic view of Reedley, California, in the 1910's timeframe, looking east towards the Sierra Mountains. Various stores, including Eymann Hardware and post office run by Knauer family, are located on both sides of Main Street between 11th and 12th…

Picture of the Hotel Grand, on the corner of G and 12th Street in Reedley, California, taken sometime between March 1905 and 1917. This three-story, forty-room hotel was built in 1891-92 by the Pacific Improvement Company, a subsidiary of the…