A small snapshot taken at Mooney Grove, 1920.

 Postcard image of Ducor's water tower, circa 1910.

 Drying peaches, most likely in the Exeter area.  Circa 1912.    This is a  cyanotype  print (Thus the bluish color.).

Postcard image of the Ranger Post Office in Giant Forest (Sequoia National Park).   Circa 1910.

Photo postcard of the Terra Bella Hotel  in  Terra Bella.  Circa 1911.   This was one of the structures built by the Terra Bella Development Company (a real-estate company), to promote the town's growth.

(Added 11/5/16)  Another postcard view of the Hotel Terra Bella.  Circa 1911.

Postcard image of the Christian Church of  Porterville, circa 1910.

Close up:

The sign above the door states:  "Christian Church    G.D. King".

The 1909  Porterville City Directory lists the  Rev. Guilford D. King as the pastor of the Christian Church.

According to the Rev. King's  testimonial  for the Easy Method Music Co.,   he would have been 75 years old on (or before) 1915...   So I would guess that he's the elderly gentleman in this image. 

 Photo of Orosi's baseball team, circa 1903.       I believe the man sitting in the front row, far right, has a team sponsor stenciled across his white shirt... It looks like "Lockridge Aer Motor".     "Aer Motor" may refer to the Aermotor Windmill Company, this company has been producing windmill powered water pumps since 1888.   Perhaps "Lockridge" was a local distributor of these pumps.(?)

 A photo postcard of Orosi, CA.    Circa 1908.   The two story building to the right is the Hall of Orosi Lodges.   At the right foreground is J. F. McQuaig's  blacksmith shop.     Compare this to the photo posted on May 22, 2012  which appears to show the same flooded street, but looking the opposite direction.

 

 On the back of this photo postcard is written:  "This is Palm Ave in Orosi taken between 1902 & 1903.   Dick Price  ditch tender and W. W. Barnes editor of Orosi Offer and Justice of  Peace in Orosi Township".          The "Orosi Offer" refers to a weekly newspaper.   Washington Westley Barnes started this newspaper,  prior to that he was the city editor for the Visalia Times.   Mr. Barnes passed-away on 10/24/1915, at the age of 78....  I assume that he is the man at the right edge of this image.

The street sign indicates that the cross-street here is El Monte Way.    Apparently there is no longer a street named "Palm Avenue"  in Orosi.

 Another photo postcard from Orosi, CA.   This one circa 1917.

Photo postcard postmarked from Ducor, CA. April 16, 1909.    The Tulare County Historical Society's website says this about the Ducor Hotel:    "...built in 1907, with 36 rooms and a dining room, which accommodated the many travelers from around the state as they came by train to make the trip by stage to California Hot Springs to soak in the healing mineral baths."

If I remember correctly, Annie Mitchell's family owned an interest in this Hotel.

An old photo postcard of the 1909 Dinuba girls basketball team (I assume it's their high school team).

 This is a photo postcard of the "grammar school" at Ducor, CA.  Post-marked 1913.
It's architecture seems somewhat unusual. e.g.  Looking at how the windows are placed, it's difficult to tell how many stories tall it was.  i.e. Excluding the steeple, is it 2 or is it 3 stories?  And the corner of the roof just visible at the right side of the photo appears high compared to the rest of the main roof.


Close-up from this photo:

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Here are two photo postcard views of Ducor's Baptist Church (circa 1910).

This church still stands today as the town's First Baptist Church.

(Updated 3/10/13)  A present day photo of this church.   It's on the SW corner of Ducor Avenue and Dennis Road.