Both photographs (below) were taken by James Turner Doran of Tulare, circa 1890.

On the back of the first photo is written "George Wray" and on the second is written "Newt Wray".      Most likely these are images of George Washington Wray (1831-1908) of Tulare, and his son Newton Elmer Wray (1874-1945).

 

 

 

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Photo by A.R. Moore of  Visalia, circa 1895.    On the back is written:  "Mary Warna (possibly "Warner"),   a cousin to Caldwell family".

Children's portraits, circa 1896.      It's from Beck studio, of Visalia.    Brothers Frank and Will Beck ran this photography studio.        They also had a studio in Fresno, around 1900.  Unfortunately, no names are on the photograph.

 

 

Another Beck studio photo, circa 1896.

An old photo, I recently purchased...

The seller said this was a 1924 kindergarten class in Tulare.    Lots of names on the image, including the name of their teacher, Blanch Anderson.    Miss Anderson was mentioned in one Tulare newspaper article, from 1922, as being the kindergarten teacher at Wilson Grammar School;  so I would guess that this is an image of that school.

The names of some of the children are written on the back.     The names correspond to the numbers written on the image... "1" starting at the back row left hand side.    Some of them are just the first names, which makes them difficult to identify.

14 of the children, who have their full names written down,   I found on a genealogy website; confirming that they were born in 1918 or 1919 and that they spent at least part of their school years in the Tulare area.            Those children are:

#2 Jack Willoughby,   #5 Sheridan Harris,  #7 Hazel Christensen,  #10 Mary Silveria,   #12 James (Jimmy) Hooks,  #15 Betty Husong,  #17 Nadine Place,   #18 Frances Newman,  #19 Violet South,  #20 Louise Slaughter,   #21 Fraser Lovett,  #23 Eleanor Monroe,   #24 Dorothy Polson,  #25 Margaret Sarment.

                                                                Photo by S. W. Watrous of Visalia.

Written at the bottom of the photograph: "Michael Premo 1890".

Most likely this is Michael Fredrick Premo (1847-1917) of Tulare.

Photo by Doran of  Tulare.    Written on the back:   "Walter Premo about 1890".        

Most likely this is Walter Emile Premo (1876-1952).   He was the son of  Michael Fredrick Premo (see the previous photo).

Postcard view of Visalia's Main Street. It is postmarked 11/19/1923.

This is looking eastward down Main, just past its intersection with Church St.

The building at the far left is the Johnson Hotel.

Photo by C.A. Myers of  Visalia, circa 1895.     Written on the back:  "George Wright family Visalia".

Photo by G.A. Nelson of  Tulare, cica 1893.

Hand tinted photo by the Beck Brothers of  Visalia, circa 1897.

Photo by Powell & Myers of  Tulare, circa 1895.

Postcard view of Orosi, circa 1916

Photo By Downey's Art Studio of Tulare.  Circa 1892.

 Photo by Excelsior Photograph Gallery of  Tulare, circa 1886.   A. P. Bailey the photographer.

I believe this is an image of the big Paige Orchard & Vineyard (Paige & Morton Ranch) that was west of Tulare, circa 1897.

The photographer is H.H. Alexander of Fresno,  some of the old newspapers of that period seem to indicate that he worked in Fresno as a photographer around 1896-97.   And he appears to have traveled outside of Fresno County to sometimes take photos.
The person who sold this photo could see "Tulare County, California" written on some of the fruit boxes, but he couldn't make out the ranch's name.
Because of the apparent size of the ranch and what looks like a lot of drying trays, I thought that it could be narrowed down to one of the larger farms in the county.    By far the closest match I could make to a large Tulare County ranch, and the name on the fruit boxes, is the Paige Orchard & Vineyard.    It was called the Paige & Morton Ranch until 1893, when Timothy Paige bought out the interest of James Morton.    But for years after this, the farm was still occasionally referred to as the Paige & Morton Ranch, e.g. In some newspapers.        The man in the horse carriage, at the left-hand  edge of the photo,  might be P.J.S. Montgomery.    Mr. Montgomery was the ranch's manager.

Close up of the fruit boxes:

 

Photo by E. M. Davidson of Visalia, circa 1889.   This young woman is wearing a rather flashy dress for that time period.   I wonder if this was some sort of holiday or party costume, or if she was part of some stage act?

 

 

From the Visalia studio of  S.W. Watrous, circa 1888.

 

Photo postcard,  postmarked May 16, 1909. 

Written at the top of the image:   "Grade 9  Grammar School  Dinuba Cal." 

Close up:

 

 

Photograph by C.A. Myers of Porterville, 1896.     On the back of it is written: Elmo Clair Slinkard, born Oct. 5th '95 .    According to some online family trees: "Elmo Clare Slinkard" was born in Porterville on 10/5/1895.   

The person I bought this photo from thought that it was an image of a girl... But from the late 1880s to about 1900, young boys were commonly dressed-up in this fashion for their photographs.

Note the alternative spelling of "Portersville".

 

 

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Two old photos that I recently acquired.     The photography studio for both is Doran of Tulare.     

 I would guess that they were taken around the middle of October, 1889.     On the back of the first photograph someone wrote: "Clarence Lloyd Carlile, 3 1/2 months old".   Written on the back of the second: "Luella Carlile age 16".

Looking at online family trees:

Luella (1873-1944) and Clarence (1889-1947) were brother and sister, childeren of James and Margaret Carlile.   Clarence was born on June 25, 1889; Margaret turned 16 on October 13, 1889.

Apparently their father changed the spelling of their family name to "Carlisle", around 1890. According to voting and census records, James H. Carlile (Carlisle) lived in Tulare and Goshen.

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Photo postcard image of the Visalia Soda Works, circa 1911. They bottled things like beer and soft drinks, and would deliver these products to your home.   The oldest reference I can find to them in Visalia newspapers is from 1895, the most recent is 1923.   In 1907 they moved to the corner of Bridge St. and Oak Ave., so I would guess that this is the location of the image.

Close up:

 

 

 An image of an Asian gentleman from the Visalia studio of Robinson & Weishar  (Ida Robinson  and Frank Weishar).   Unfortunately there is no name with the photo.    The style of the photograph looks very much like it is from the late 1890s, but the partnership or Robinson & Weishar didn't start until November 1900... so I would guess that it was taken around 1901-03.