Interior of the Pioneer Bank of Porterville,  February  1906.     By Porterville photographer  A. R. Moore.

 (Added 3/29/14)  At the lower right corner of this image there's a desk blotter;  when this desk blotter is enlarged it is possible to make out the words: "Richard Bradley,  Porterville California".  I believe Mr. Bradley is the man in this photo with the beard.     Bradley was the bank's cashier and manager during this period.  

(Added 12/12/13)  Another Pioneer Bank photo from this series.

(Added, 10/28/13)  Here's another view of the Pioneer Bank of Porterville,  this time from the other side of the teller's window. 

Photo by A. R. Moore (Arthur Roland Moore).  February 1906.

(Added 3/29/14)   How I came up with the date of "February 1906":  There are three different calendars in these photos,  unfortunately I cannot clearly make out the year on any of them.  But I can see that  it was February, that it wasn't a leap-year (there are 28 days) and that the 1st of the month fell on a Thursday.  This would apply to the years 1900, 1906 and 1917.   A.R. Moore stopped his photography business in 1914, so this would eliminate 1917.        I think I can also rule out the year 1900.  e.g.  Even though I cannot clearly make out the year on the calendars,  none of them look like they have a year ending in "0" (i.e. The ending number looks like a "3", "5", "6" or "8").   Also,  I have seen a photo of Richard Bradley from around 1900, and I don't believe his hair looks quite so gray in that photograph.    

The Pioneer bank of 1906 was a single story granite-block building built in 1904.   Unfortunately this building was so heavy that it began to sink into the ground, and had to be torn down in 1911.

(Added 8/27/16)   A photo of Porterville's  Pioneer Bank (mentioned above),  from a postcard by George Besaw.   Circa 1908.

Photo postcard image of the Springville Hotel (Springville, CA).   Circa 1917.

Portrait of a young child from the studio of  E. M. Davidson,  Visalia CA.  Circa 1890.