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.

Image of Eshom Valley by photographer Howard Clinton Tibbitts,  circa 1911.    This is a scan from the glass negative.   
Tibbitts list this photo as "Ox Team at Juanita Meadows",  in his journal.    The photograph was part of the same series I posted on 12/30/2012,  i.e.  Tibbitts's  photo-shoot of a tour to the Redwood Mountain Grove via Eshom Valley.

Close-up:

Photo postcard image of Tulare's Santa Fe Railroad  depot.    It's postmarked  July 22, 1910.    Photograph by "Johnson".      The depot was located near Pine Ave., between K and L Streets.

Photo of Cyprien Lamlieslan Bequette (1875-1911), circa 1887. The photographer was E.M. Davidson of Visalia.     Cyprien's father, Louis Bequette, was a rancher in the Lemon Cove area.
His grandfather (Also named Cyprien) was a Tulare County pioneer... Apparently the senior Cyprien had settled in the Farmersville area by 1855.

This, and the photo below,  are images of the J. D. Munson family of Goshen.

Here's a postcard image of James D. Munson (1856-1937)  with his son James V. Munson (1902-1984).   The backdrop behind them looks a little like the Cliff House hotel, that was near San Francisco.      

J. D.  Munson ran the Commercial Hotel & Saloon  in Goshen.

On the back of this postcard is written: "Cecile Munson & her pony Goshen. Around 1920". 

Cecile (1898-1963) was James D. Munson's daughter.

Postcard postmarked from Lindsay,   April 20, 1913.

It's addressed to Mrs. Ora Gilliland,  from W. N. Gilliland.       He writes:  "Lindsay, Calif. 4, 1913.   Dear sister Ora,   I will mail you this card.  It will give you an idea of how we cut wood in the mountains...".             The saw blade on this contraption is at the right side of this image;   it looks like two men are about to pass a piece of oak through it.   The saw appears to be powered by a  hit-and-miss engine.

A photo postcard postmarked from Sultana on 9/11/1907.      The postcard is addressed to Sherman Pennebaker  (of Visalia and Exeter)  from his sister, Cora.     It was mailed  just 5 days after the death of Cora's twin brother, Carl (both were born in 1877).

Trying to decipher the writing on the card,   I believe  it says:    "Dear Brother - I got home alright - although it was so hard to do.   It seems that the shock is so terrible, I can't hardly stand it.    I love how Fresno Papers state how Carl's photo..." (I can't make out the next section).    It ends with "Your loving sister, Cora".

From the number, age and sex of the children in the photo;  it appears this is Cora's family.   Cora apparently died in child birth in 1911.

According to one family tree, after Cora's death her husband (Hugh Clotfelter) married Carl's widow Elda Marian Upson.

I posted the wedding photo of  Sherman and Cora's older sister,   Sarah Ellen Pennebaker,  on 1/25/2018.

A photo postcard, circa 1918.     At the upper left corner someone has written: "at Andy Crouse home in Cutler".       The 1916 Tulare County voter's registation has Andrew Lewis Crouse (1862-1940) and his wife Emma (1863-1926) as residence of Cutler.      Andrew's profession is listed as "Carpenter", and they were both members of the Prohibition Party.
Looking at a genealogy site, apparently a lot of his grandchildren stayed in this area.

Image of a jackrabbit drive, circa 1893.     Photo by C. A. Myers of Visalia.

These drives could involve hundreds of people, startling the rabbits with sound and movement so that they would move towards one direction.    These drives could go for several miles or more, eventually trapping the rabbits in a fenced enclosure.    Then the rabbits were killed, normally by clubbing them to death.    The jackrabbits are still alive in this image.

These rabbits had become a real pest in the late 19th century, destroying crops.

I've read one newspaper from the period that speculated that the increase in the rabbit population may have been caused by the fairly high bounty that had been set on coyotes.      That is:    Decreasing the coyote population led to a big jump in the number of jackrabbits.

Photo postcard image of Orosi's Methodist Church.  Circa 1909.

Photo postcard of Orosi's  Presbyterian Church.  Circa 1909.

A small portrait by the studio of  S. W.  Watrous of  Visalia.    Circa 1886.

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Here are 5 photo postcards I recently purchased as a group...
I believe these are the children of Alvin Monte Hostetter (1872-1959) and his wife,  Faith Ingalls Millberry (1878-1960); of Lindsay.     If I have the correct family, then the children's names are: Margaret Ingalls Hostetter (1908-1953),  the older boy is Allison Rae Hostetter (1910-1996) and the baby is George Kirkham Hostetter (1911-1981).      There is a different family name on the back of these cards which I believe to be incorrect.   More about that below.

The writing on the back of these postcards identifies this as the "Kirkham Family. Tulare Co., CA".    Note that "Kirkham" is also George Hostetter's middle-name.
These postcards appear to have been glued onto pages, at one time.  i.e. There is a thin layer of paper attached to the back of these cards.
I suspect the writing on the back was done by someone who bought an old photo album and removed the cards to sell them (The writing is over the thin residual of paper on the back).    The person who did the writing does not appear to know the family well.    At least they didn't know who the girl was. in the image above,  They wrote  on the back of this card:   "Allison Kirkham, George Kirkham & ?. Tulare Co. CA".      Also,  I don't think I have every seen "CA" used as an abbreviation for California before 1963;  the year the postal service created two-letter state abbreviations.
My guess is that the album page itself  referred to baby George Kirkham Hostetter as simply George Kirkham, or perhaps "Hostetter" was obscured; and the seller just assumed the family name was "Kirkham".
Baby George's grandfather was also named George Kirkham Hostetter.
Interestingly, I cannot find anyone with the actual surname of "Kirkham" in the family (just the two Georges' middle-names).

This postcard is stamped on the back with:  "PHOTOGRAPH BY LINDLEY EDDY.    KAWEAH,  TULARE CO.,  CAL.     
Lindley Eddy (1872-1944)  had a summertime studio in Sequoia National Park,  from about 1910 to 1940.     During the time these images appear to have been taken, Eddy worked quite a bit out of Lemon Cove and  Lindsay,  during his off season.

This postcard also has the Lindley Eddy studio stamp.   

A young cowboy with toy pistol.   Photo by Doran of Tulare, circa 1895.

Early photo postcard, postmarked from Orosi in 1903.    The message refers to Beulah Dye as possibly being the girl in the image.    According to census records, Beulah Flora Dye (1898-1992) was a resident of the Cutler/Orosi area into the 1920s

An old postcard, postmarked: "Portersville Cal,  Jul. 8, 1910".     A view of Porterville's  Main St., looking north.   This is back when Main Street ended at the Morton Street School.

 This photo also appears in Sarah Troop's book about Lindsay, CA.     Her book dates the photograph to 1913.   The Scouts at the back of this image are from Lindsay Troop 1.   This was the first Boy Scout troop established in the Tulare County area.

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The snapshots below are from an old photo album that identified the location and years as "Globe 1913" and "Globe 1915".     Globe is an area along the western edge of Springville.    Unfortunately, there are no names with these photos

I would guess that this is a foot bridge across the Tule River.    

This is a view looking northwest, near the present day corner of  highway 190 and Bridge Dr., in Springville.

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Below are scans of a group of glass negatives from the Visalia area.  Circa 1906.

(Many thanks to Joseph Vicenti, for these negatives)

View of a small dairy.    The words etched at the bottom of the negative say:  "Clear View Home. Cream Day. Visalia Cal".

Another view of the dairy, above.   The young woman, standing at center, appears in many of these images.

They appear to be standing in a field of sorghum.   The man here also appears in several of these images.

"We're Ready" is written at the lower corner of this negative.    Looks like the dogs are taking the horse & buggy out.

I believe the word in the lower left corner is "Companions".