Photo postcard image of Exeter's  Pine Street, circa 1911.

Photo postcard.    Post-marked: "Portersville Cal., Feb. 24, 1907". 

 There's no ID  for the children with the card.      I haven't been able to pin-down the exact location yet. There were several palm tree lanes like this in the Porterville/Lindsay area.      This could be the palm lane near the ranch of J. H. Williams of Porterville.

(Added 5/5/17)  From an old photo postcard, circa 1908.     I believe this is the same Palm Ave.  that's in the previous image.

A snapshot of sunbathers at the old Bartlett Park swimming hole,  Porterville.    Circa 1916.      Along the Tule River,  this area is now under  Lake Success.           (Update/Correction, 7/5/17):  Actually there was no Bartlett Park in 1916.    I just received the following information from  Laurie Schwaller, of the Tulare County Treasures:
" In 1923, the Porterville Chamber of Commerce sponsored a fundraising drive to acquire land for a park on the Tule River.  The necessary funds were raised very quickly.  The land was purchased (about 34 acres?) and then donated to the County, with the understanding that it would be developed and maintained as a County park by the County Forestry Board, headed by William Pitt Bartlett of Porterville.  Bartlett had served on the Forestry Board since its creation and had a great deal to do with the development of Mooney Grove Park and Cutler Park (as well as Murry Park in Porterville).  The new park was named Tule River County Park.  I have heard that the land on which it was situated had been used as a swimming hole for a number of years previously.
In February, 1929, the Board of Supervisors, in response to a petition signed by many organizations, businesses, and individuals in Porterville, renamed the park as W. P. Bartlett Memorial Park, to honor the seriously ill Mr. Bartlett.  Bartlett died July 5, 1929."

Another snapshot from the old Tule River swimming hole.

Photo postcard, circa 1910.     Looking east down Tulare Ave. ,  Tulare CA; near the intersection with J  Street.      This appears to be a George Besaw postcard.

An old photo postcard, of the 1906 flood in Visalia. (Visalia flooded several times that year.)
The image is of the old county courthouse, on the NW corner of Church Street and Center Ave.
The high curbing and corner stones are still present today.

Another postcard image from the 1906 Visalia flood.   This is an image of the old Odd Fellows hall on the NE corner of Church and Center.

Photo postcard by Lindley Eddy, circa 1912.     I believe the "Kaweah Colony Canyon",  refers to the 

to the area near the the Kaweah Post Office. 

The Orosi Library was established in March 1911 in Ryan's Cyclery.    It was officially established as a Tulare County Library Branch in July, 1913.     After WWI,  a  Carnegie library was built in Orosi  and that building still serves as the county library branch for that town.

Photo postcard by Beck,  circa 1911.    This section of Tulare's  J  Street  was also known as "Front St."

Image from an old postcard.     It's postmarked "Lindsay, CAL., Nov. 14, 1907".    The person who sent the card wrote on the back: "This is a picture of orange hauling at Lindsay Cal.".

Close up:

An old photo postcard image of the Palace Hotel in Visalia,  postmarked 4/18/1909. 

Built in 1876,  this building still stands on the NE corner of Main & Court Streets.   It's the oldest commercial building still in use in Visalia and probably the southern San Joaquin Valley.

Close up:

 A close-up showing some of the signage:   There's a couple of "Palace Bar" signs,   A poster that starts "National League Base Ball Results..." (I can't read the rest of the poster),    And there's a corner street sign for Court and Main Street.

The Tulare County Courthouse,  circa 1921.     This is a view looking south down Court Street near its intersection with Oak Ave.

 An old photo postcard image of Visalia's July 4th parade in 1908. The photograph was taken 'looking' northeast, near the intersection of Main and Locust Streets.          This was during the time that the U.S. Navy's Great White Fleet was going around the world, thus the nifty horse-drawn battleship float.
You can see the old Tulare County courthouse at the upper left, which was at the NW corner of Church St. and Center Ave.

A 1910 photo postcard of Tulare, by photographer John Bowers of Long Beach.

This is a view looking north down J Street from Kern Avenue.   This area was also known as Front Street.

 Close-up:

 Photo postcard view of the Southern Pacific Railroad Depot (now the Depot Restaurant), on Oak Ave., Visalia.  Circa 1921.    

The old county courthouse is the background.   This courthouse was built in 1876.  It was torn-down after it sustained significant damage from the 1952 Tehachapi earthquake. 

  

 An old photo postcard view of Main St., Visalia. Circa 1907.
Visalia's Carnegie "Free Library" is at the left foreground of this image, which was on the NE corner of Encina and Main Streets.    

 Terry Ommen recently commented on this postcard, in his Visalia history blog, he said:  

"...On the far left is the Carnigie Library (gone now) and on the far right is the Askins Sheet Metal Works (also gone now.) The Askins business was at this location from 1904 to 1911. In order to date this picture, it helps to know the library was finished in 1904, so I date this photograph to be from the first decade of the 20^th century. There are a few interesting things about this photograph. Notice the dirt streets, cement sidewalks, and there are still some wooden buildings on Main Street."

 A couple of close-up views:

 

Photo portrait of a woman in the polka-dot dress, from the Visalia studio of  E. M. Davidson.  Circa 1893.

Photo by the studio of Robinson & Churchman (Miss Ida Robinson & Schuyler E. Churchman), circa 1899.

 Photo postcard of Lindsay's Nazarene Church, circa 1911.

An early Tulare County biker with Harley, circa 1915.      This is from an old photo postcard.   

In the background, there's a sign for the Visalia Steam Laundry company.  This company served Visalia and some of the smaller communities in the area.     It looks like he is on a 1914 Harley Davidson.   

I'm not exactly sure where this photo was taken...  but the structure behind him could be the Brick Block building in Woodlake.

 1908 photo postcard image taken in Visalia.   The view is from the top of the old county courthouse, looking southeast.  George Besaw is the photographer.
At the left lower corner is the Odd Fellows Hall, built in 1873;  this building was at the NE corner of Church St. and Center Ave.   The two story building near the right corner (with the number "176" written just in front of it) is the Delta Office (newspaper) building.    Almost all of the old buildings in this view are now gone.
 

(Added 12/9/15)  Another  George Besaw photograph taken from the top of the county courthouse, this time looking South.    The old courthouse had several statues on its roof.  You can see the back of one of these at the bottom of this image.
Several close-up views of buildings:

This is a close-up of the corner of Main and Church Streets.    The "Visalia House" was an old hotel, torn down in 1917.   It was the last place famed stage-coach robber  Black Bart  was seen (in the late 1880s). The Wunder Saloon is also visable here.    According to Joseph Vicenti,   the business with the horse statue is  Uhl Harness Shop.   It eventually became Uhl Rubber, one of the few local businesses to make the transition from horses to automobiles.

The cupola tower in the left foreground was at the NW corner of Main & Church, where the 5-story Bank of America building is now.   I think the narrow two-story building (middle of image) was the old firehouse.

Close-up showing the  J. Harrell Building and Vucovich Bros & Co  on Main Street.  
 

Portrait of a girl, from the studio of  E.A.S. Wyllie  - Tulare, CA.   Circa 1889.

Photo postcard from Lindsay, CA.  It appears to be the interior of a bar  with a billiard room in the back.    The calendar in this image indicates that it was taken in April 1915.   It is postmarked from Lindsay,  June 22, 1915.  Written on this card:  "Lindsay Cal,  June 23rd.  This is where I work.  How is old Vermont?  Your Old friend, Doun".

An old snapshot of two kids posing with a burro in Porterville,  circa 1905.  One of the businesses in the background is  Andrew S. Mapes' saddle shop.          The two photographs, below, are of the same girl on the burro.



A cabinet card photograph of a young man by E. M. Davidson (Ellis M. Davidson).  Visalia, CA.  Circa 1890

 Close-up:



Porterville's water tower and electric service, circa 1912.




Here's a photo postcard of the old Tulare County Courthouse, Visalia.     The courthouse was built in 1876.  This photograph was probably taken around 1906  (Larger north and south wings were added to the building  around 1908).   This courthouse was torn down after it sustained significant damage from the 1952 Tehachapi earthquake.


A photo postcard view of the Lemon Cove store and hotel (Circa 1920).     This is the old W.H. Moffett & Son mercantile building.

Close-up:

The Lemon Cove post office is to the left. Note the little dog snoozing at the curbside and the small person just inside the post office.