Here are some photo postcard views of California Hot Springs

"Johnie (and) Stella 1909", California Hot Springs.

This particular site was known as the Barrel Spring.

 

(Added 3/9/15)  A photo postcard image of the Barrel Spring, circa 1910.

(Added 3/9/15)  Photo postcard image taken at the Barrel Spring,  circa 1909.

(Added 6/9/17)  This is what the Barrel Spring looked like, several years later.   Postcard image circa 1913.

Hotel Del Venado, California Hot Springs.  Circa 1910. 

Close up:

Note the beds out on the second floor balcony.

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Another photo postcard view of the Hotel Del Venado, from a different angle.  Circa 1906.

(Added 3/29/14)  A similar view of Cal Hot Springs as the photo above, but from slightly earlier.  Circa 1905.

(Update 7/24/12)  And yet another photo postcard view of this hotel.  Post-marked 1911.

(Added 3/5/14)  Old photo postcard.  Post-marked 1913.

(Added 8/29/16)  The dining room of the Hotel Del Venado, circa 1910.

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Another view of the hot springs.   Judging from the signs and campaign posters, this picture was probably taken around 1914.

Close-up:

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(Update 10/5/12)   Below are more photo postcards of California Hot Springs, each have the same studio ID stamped on the back:  "Robert A. Parker, Mountain Photographs.  Bear Creek Studio,  Huntington Lake, Calif.    1119 Franklin Ave. Fresno, Calif." (circa 1920)



 

 A photograph of the Hotel Del Venado taken from a nearby hill.    This hotel was destroyed in a 1932 fire.

 A picture of Cal Hot Springs taken from the balcony of the hotel.

(Added 4/8/14)   California Hot Springs with snow,  circa 1920.     This photo postcard is also by Robert A. Parker.   The building at the left side of the photo was the bathhouse,  to the right side  is a store which I believe also housed the post office.   These structures  were torn-down in the early 1920's, and were replaced by Mission Revival styled buildings.

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 (1/9/13 Update).    On the back of this photo postcard is a printed location seal: "Views From California Hot Springs,  Tulare Co., Cal.".      There is also a little writing on the back but the only thing I can decipher from it is the date of 1914. 

Close-up:

(Added 11/17/14)  Another photo postcard view of the hot springs.  This one is postmarked Sept. 17, 1908.

Close-up:

(Added 1/27/15)  On the back of this photo postcard is printed:  "Views From California Hot Springs,  Tulare Co., Cal.".  Circa 1910.     This woman is probably crossing Deer Creek,  which runs through Cal. Hot Springs.

 (Added 5/8/15)  Auto stage at Cal Hot Springs, circa 1914.

 Close-Up:

(Added 11/8/16)  Another view of one of Cal Hot Springs earlier auto-stages.   Circa 1914.   Compared to the previous photo, the steering wheel is on the opposite side....   or perhaps the image was simply reversed (?).

(Added 8/28/16)  Circa 1918,  Photo postcard of  the auto-stage at Cal Hot Springs.

(Added 11/8/16)  Cal Hot Springs'  auto-stage,  circa 1920.

(Added 5/18/15)  Old photo postcard, circa 1919.     This particular spot at the hot springs was known as  The Grotto.

 (Added 12/10/15)  On the back of this photo postcard is printed:  "Views From California Hot Springs,  Tulare Co., Cal.".   It's postmarked 1909.    I haven't seen another reference to an  "Elk & Deer Paddock" at Cal Hot Springs.   I have read that they kept pet deer at the Springs, during this period.

 (Added 8/29/16)  A postcard view of the Elk  & Deer Paddock, similar to the one above.

(Added 8/29/16)   Postcard postmarked 1/16/1914.    Printed on the back: "Views From California Hot Springs,  Tulare Co., Cal.".     This appears to be a different view of the paddock,  clearly showing a couple of  pet elk.     The Hotel Del Venado can be seen in the background.

(Added 12/10/15)  On the back of this postcard is printed:  "Views From California Hot Springs,  Tulare Co., Cal.".   Postmarked 1908.    For many years,  people could rent tents and cabins (as well as stay at the hotel) at Cal Hot Springs.

 (Added 12/10/15)  Printed near the bottom of this postcard "Capanero Falls", "Cal Hot Springs".   Capanero Falls is about a quarter mile from the Springs.   Circa 1919.

 Close-up:

(Added 8/29/16)   Postcard circa 1914.   Printed on the back:  "Views From California Hot Springs,  Tulare Co., Cal.".

  (Added 8/29/16)  Photo postcard circa 1919.   The Grotto spring appears to be at the near-right (behind the woman in the white dress).     The Barrel Spring  is in the background, left-center.

(Added 8/29/16)  Postcard image of three girls at Deer Creek,  Cal Hot Springs.  Circa 1907.

(Added 8/29/16)  Tourists on horses and mules at Cal Hot Springs, circa 1915.

  (Added 8/29/16)  Early postcard of the Cal Hot Springs area, circa 1904.    Best I can tell, this is some sort of makeshift sawmill.  e.g. I can make out a sizable steam engine, with a belt drive and a couple circular saw blades.    If I remember correctly,  much of the lumber for Hot Springs was cut   in nearby areas.

(Added 2/12/18)  Photo postcard from California Hot Springs, circa 1916.         At least seven of the men here appear to be U.S. Forest Rangers, e.g. From the badges they are wearing.

Cal Hot Springs was the summer headquarters for the Sequoia National Forest, during this period.

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Below are a few images of the Arnold family and friends,  during the 1910s.

 

 An old photo postcard from California Hot Springs,  circa 1915.
The names of the people are listed on the back of the card, (from L to R): Pauline & Loise Arnold (on horseback),  Jim Arnold,  I'm fairly certain the next person is Lillie Arnold (Jim Arnold's wife), then Amelia Stoutenburger,   John Stoutenburger (on horseback) and Grant Moody.    The location is written on the back as the "Arnold Homestead".
In the 1910 U.S. Census, the Arnolds are listed in the Cal Hot Springs area.   Annie R. Mitchell's family is listed just after the Arnold family, in the 1910 census.
Pauline Arnold (Hamilton) passed away in Porterville, in 1989.   Her younger sister, Loise Arnold (Bluekle) passed away in Springville, in 2006.
  The name "Stoutenburger" is apparently a misspelling of Stoutenburgh.   From what I can tell from online genealogy, census and voting records: Amelia Stoutenburgh moved to Cal Hot Springs, with her son John, sometime after the death of her husband in 1913.

Close-up:

(Added 2/12/18)   From a photo postcard, circa 1912.   Written on the back:  "Pauline Arnold, Hot Springs Ca.  3 yrs old".    The Elk & Deer Paddock is just to the left.

  

(Added 2/12/18) Written on the back of this old  postcard: "Jim Arnold, Hot Springs, Ca. Homestead."

(Added 2/12/18)   Another photo postcard of the Arnold family & friends, circa 1915. The location written on the back is "Frog Meadow, Hot Springs, Ca.".      The names are listed on the back, from L to R:   Dale Mynatt (Lillie Arnold's brother),  then Dale's wife Gladys Mynatt,  Amelia Stoutenburg,  Lillie Arnold,  Grant Moody,  Wes Waldon,  Thelma Burtner and Rollie Arnold (Jim Arnold's brother).     "Wes Waldon" maybe Wesley F. Waldon, records seem to suggest that he later married Amelia Stoutenburgh.

(Added 2/12/18)  Another photo postcard from the Arnold family, circa 1915.

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(Added 2/2/19)  Campers at Cal Hot Springs, circa 1917.