Postcard image of Dinuba's  L  Street,   postmarked  9/25/1916.

Photograph by the Visalia studio of E.M. Davidson, circa 1888.
On the back of the photo is written: "Tillie & Jim Mehrten, Twins (youngest)".
Most likely, this is an image of Matilda Mae & James Arthur Mehrten.   They are indeed twins and  the youngest children of Louis Mehrten and Mae Elizabeth Poppe.   They were born on Sept. 7, 1879  at the family home in Swamp Ranch (near the present town of Woodlake).     

Tillie Mehrten married Thomas William Homer in 1901,  and they lived on the Homer family ranch on Dry Creek.    I believe this is the Homer Ranch that is now a nature reserve.

Jim Mehrten was a longtime resident of the Three Rivers area.    He married Amy Myrtle Odenbaugh in 1902.    During the early 1900's  he carried mail, freight and passengers up to Giant Forest via stagecoach.     During the 1930's he built and operated a mountain resort in Silver City (Mineral King). 

---- Information on the Mehrten's is from the book Pioneers in Paradise,  by Sophie Britten;    and from the website Slices of Time  which also is the source of this photograph (and the 2 photos below)

Photo by the studio of  Robinson and Churchman,  Visalia.     Written on the back:  "Gerald Clinton,  two months - twenty days".       Most likely this is an image of  Gerald Hobert Clinton.   The official source documents I can find online list his birth date as July 28, 1897;  in Tulare.    That would mean the photo was taken on-or-about October 18, 1897.

Gerald Clinton married Alice M. Hylton.

Photograph by C. A. Myers.     On the back is written "Marion Embert Todd".     He was born in Orosi  on May 12, 1891.       Note the hand at the right edge of the image,  touching the bottom of his skirt.     This is probably the hand of his mother, Nellie Emogene Titus.     Back then,  toddlers often had their photos taken with their mothers very close-by;  to help keep the child calm.

Marion Todd married Georgia Francis Beedle.

Photograph of the Bonnie Brae Orange Ranch, near Exeter CA.   Circa 1904.  
 According to Annie R. Mitchell, the first packing house in Exeter was built by Bonnie Brae in 1901.

Postcard image of the River Inn at Three Rivers, circa 1911.   Photo by Lindley Eddy.

Photo postcard by Lindley Eddy, circa 1910.   The River Inn Company not only owned the hotel just above Three Rivers (see previous image), they also operated a store and "eating house" at Camp Sierra (pictured here).    This company also furnished stage transportation from Lemon Cove to Giant Forest, and they  provided "tent hotel" accommodations for tourists.   The River Inn Co. raised cows and cattle, in a nearby meadow, to provide milk and beef for the tourists and for the U.S. Cavalry stationed there.

Family photo by the Visalia studio of Robinson and Churchman, circa 1900.

Written at the top of this photo postcard: "Barris Wigwam".  Postmarked Dinuba, 10/09/1913.

An article here, indicates that this "Wigwam"  was located on Barris Hill, near the residence of Emery Barris [1847-1934].  This article states: "...the spacious wigwam for picnic parties made a romantic and enchanting scene not to be forgotten".

   Barris Hill is east of Dinuba, near the SW corner of  Avenue 424 and Road 100.

Another postcard view of the Barris Wigwam.   Postmarked from Dinuba, 7/02/1913.

Postcard image of Porterville's First Baptist Church, circa 1910.

This church was located on the southeast corner of  Mill and Second streets.

Postcard panoramic view of Lemon Cove, circa 1914.   Photograph by Lindley Eddy.   This is a view looking east.

Close-up

Lemon Cove's railroad depot is to the right.   The depot and railroad tracks are no longer there.   The old Pogue family residence is at center, behind the wooden water tower.   This old residence is now the Lemon Cove Women's Club.

 This is a photo postcard of the Kaweah River, bridge and the River Inn (Three Rivers, CA).

It's post-marked June 1911, which is just a few of months before the River Inn burned down.

Note: Apparently this print was made with the negative slightly askew.

Close-up of the River Inn:

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The following two photographs came from an old album, dated 1912.

The upper photo was taken in Richgrove, CA. The lower pic states that it is at the Kaweah River:

I would guess that they're on the railway bridge that crossed the Kaweah River in the Woodlake/Lemon Cove area.    Note that the power-lines in the background are set up for the Visalia Electric Railroad.

(Update, 10/5/12) The Tulare County Public Library's online digital collection appears to have a color photo of this same bridge, taken at a much later date, e.g.  After they took down the over-head lines for the electric railroad.   Their picture is entitled "Visalia Electric Railroad Bridge Over Kaweah River".