An old newspaper archive photo of Julia Howe.
On the back of it someone wrote: "Mrs. Orlean E. Howe who shot and killed W. Brooks at Porterville, Cal. on trial early March 1918 at Visalia, Cal.".
A Porterville city website has a history section that describes the incident:
"...The last part of 1917 was an unfortunate time for the Zalud family. During this time Annie Zalud was married to William Hubert Brooks, a real “go-getter” with the National Cash Register Co. Although their marriage appeared a contented one, they were often separated by business affairs. Eventually, it is said that Brooks tried, unsuccessfully, to have an affair with an associate’s wife, Julia Howe. The rejection angered Brooks so that he reportedly spread rumors about the woman being a “real hot lover” and to avoid her or she’d “get you into trouble”. Brooks apparently caused so much trouble for Mrs. Howe that she had a nervous break down and planned on killing herself.  In November of 1917 Julia Howe rented a hotel room at the Pioneer Hotel, paid all of her bills, and bought a gun at Porterville Hardware. As she stepped into the Pioneer Hotel, ready to head to her room and use her new purchase, she saw William Brooks sitting in the lobby.  Mrs. Howe then emptied the gun into William Brooks, and waited for the Constable to arrive.  After a scandalous trial, Julia Howe was fount not guilty, and was set free.".

 
 

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Two old postcards, from the summer of 1908, involving a camping trip to Sequoia Lake. 

 Both cards are signed "A.J.M." and addressed to "Miss Signe Erickson" of Kingsburg.

The first image appears to be a view from El Monte Way (Ave. 416) just before entering the foothills. It's postmarked: Millwood, 6/18/1908.    I've added a google street view image at the corner of Ave. 416 and Boyd Drive, for a comparison of the view of the hills in the postcard.

I would assume they traveled to Sequoia Lake via Millwood Drive (SR 245).
The other postcard shows their campsite at Sequoia Lake. It is postmarked from Badger on 8/27/1908 (Mailed presumably on their way home).  Millwood Drive travels through Badger.
Note that they have a horse-drawn wagon, traveling by car to the mountains didn't become very common until after 1910.

Signe Erickson would have been 17 or 18 years old at the time these cards were mailed to her. She was the daughter of Swedish immigrants who moved to Kingsburg around 1888.
Millwood was a sawmill town near the General Grant Grove. From Millwood, cut lumber was sent down a 54 mile long water flume to Sanger.   Sequoia Lake was originally created to provide water for that flume.   Around 1908 the logging operation began to move out of Millwood, and it became more of a place for tourists to visit (or stay) while visiting the Grant Grove area.    Around 1913, a new route to the parks bypassed Millwood, and the town soon died out.

 

 

 

 

 

 An old photo postcard of Porterville's Main St..Postmarked 3/29/1910.  I think that this is a view looking south down Main, from north of the corner of Main & Putnam Ave.

 

 

 

 Photo postcard image of a Visalia Electric Railroad passenger car.   Postmarked 8/15/1908.

 

 

 

Photo by Doran of Tulare.

Picture of a young gentleman with top hat, riding crop and monocle.

The writing at the bottom of the photo appears to be: "Warren 1894".

It's difficult to ID him with just his first name... It could possibly be Warren Hobart Pillsbury, who lived in Tulare at that time and would have been 6 or 7 years old in 1894. His father was A. J. Pillsbury who was one of the owners of the Tulare Daily Register newspaper.

Photographer James Turner Doran had a studio in Tulare from about 1887 to 1916.

 

 

 

An old photo postcard.  Photograph by Hammond's Studio of Porterville.

The Two Hoyts was a husband and wife act.  According to one old newspaper: "Mr. Hoyt is a magician and his wife is a juggler and dancer".  They apparently traveled throughout much of the western U.S. during the 1910s.    From searching old newspapers online, it looks like they were in Tulare County in 1911, 1912 and 1916.   Eschol M. Hammond opened his Porterville photography studio in 1914, so this photo was most likely taken in 1916.

 

 

 

An old photo postcard by Hammond's Studio of Porterville.
Dated:  "Camp Wishon,  Springville, Cal.,  July 26, 1917."
No names identifying the children in the image.   Camp Wishon is about 9.5 miles NE of Springville,  along the northern fork of the Middle Fork Tule River.

Photo postcard view of  S. Sweet Co. department store in Visalia, circa 1907.     This particular building was on the SW corner of Church Street and Center Ave. (S. Sweet also had businesses on Visalia's Main Street.).