This is a scan from a glass negative I recently acquired.   It's an image of Porterville's Red Cross Chapter during World War I  (1917).   This office was in the upstairs of the Putnam Pioneer Store on Main St.      The photograph is by Hammond Studio of Porterville.

(Added 12/15/13)  This appears to be another view of Porterville's WWI Red Cross Chapter in the upstairs of the Putnam Pioneer Store.   I count about 120 workers here.   The sign at the lower right side states:  "Visitors are Not Admitted.   Only workers with cap and apron allowed in Surgical Dressing Dept.     All workers must wash their hands before working in surgical dressings".         This is a scan from the glass negative which has unfortunately suffered a lot of damage,  which limits the view somewhat.

Close-up:

View of the back of the room.

 Photograph by E. M. Davidson of Visalia.   Written on the back of the photo:  "Lilburn Dunn,  Clara May Dunn   (Center)  Wedding Picture".   And with a different pen someone has written "Father" and "Mother" next to the Dunn couple's names.   Tulare County marriage records list a Lilburn Dunn and Clara M. Hilliard marriage on  4/23/1890.

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Photo postcard of Porterville, CA,  circa 1910.   The photograph is by George Besaw  (Western Postcard Company).    This photo was taken looking north on Main St., between Oak and Mill  Avenues.     The Putnam Pioneer Store (mentioned with the Red Cross photo above) is the building here with the two pointy roof spires.

Porterville High School  football team,  1920.   (Scanned from the glass negative).   The team is posed in front of the school's  El Granito  building.    I found a partial list of names for the team members,  and I attempted to match the names to the players in this image, e.g.  Using old yearbook senior class photos, etc.    Here's what I came up with, (the players are listed from Left to Right):

Back row (Standing):  3rd player from the Left: Clyde Hubbs,   next to him (4th from L.):  Everett Cattaneo.   8th from the Left:  Sherrill Halbert.   9th from L:   Elrino Neher.   10th:  Roy Vincent.   11th:  D.R. Lightner (coach).

Middle row (kneeling):   1st from Left:  Calvin Stewart.   2nd from L:   Henry (or Oliver?) Peak.  3rd: Walter Premo.   4th: Taylor Perry.   5th: Jack Newbury.   8th from L:   Nelson Smith.

And sitting in the front row,  4th from the L:   Gilbert Velie.

A couple of close-ups:

Kern Street in Tulare, CA.  (Circa 1914).   This is a view looking west,  near the corner of Kern Ave. and K Street.

Close-up:

Written on the back of this photograph:  "Uncle Willie",  "Cigar & Candy Store",  "Lindsay  Calif."

Photo circa 1908.   It looks like there's a small telephone switchboard at the left side of this image.

 Porterville High School Girls basketball team, 1918.    This is a scan from the glass negative.  The two girls sitting front center  by the basketball are probably the Sheela sisters, Valetine and Frances (I'm not sure which is which).    Behind the Sheela sisters, in the white dress  is their coach,  Miss Meighen.   The girl in the back row, furthest to the left is Henrietta Cornell.   Back row, furthest to the right, appears to be Elizabeth Velie.  And in the back row, 2nd from the right is Ann Henry.

A couple of Close-ups:

 One of the Sheela sisters.

Henrietta Cornell

A photo postcard of  El Monte Way,  Dinuba CA.   Circa 1907.      I would guess that this photo  was taken somewhere near the present day corner of El Monte Way and J Street.  e.g.  The two story house on the left,  with the upstairs balcony,  looks a lot like the home that is presently on the NW corner of El Monte Way and Villa Ave (Next to Dinuba City Hall).    See next image

(Added 1/6/17)  Here's a present-day view of  El Monte Way near the same location.

From a photo postcard of Camp Sierra, which was  in the Giant Forest area of Sequoia National Park.   Circa 1910.

 Three more photo postcard views from Tulare Co.

 Circus parade in Porterville, CA.  (March 1917).  This photograph was taken near the corner of Main St. and Mill Ave.

  Orosi, CA.   Circa 1911.

Close-up:

 Sequoia National Park,   postmarked 1913.

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Interior of the Pioneer Bank of Porterville,  February  1906.     By Porterville photographer  A. R. Moore.

 (Added 3/29/14)  At the lower right corner of this image there's a desk blotter;  when this desk blotter is enlarged it is possible to make out the words: "Richard Bradley,  Porterville California".  I believe Mr. Bradley is the man in this photo with the beard.     Bradley was the bank's cashier and manager during this period.  

(Added 12/12/13)  Another Pioneer Bank photo from this series.

(Added, 10/28/13)  Here's another view of the Pioneer Bank of Porterville,  this time from the other side of the teller's window. 

Photo by A. R. Moore (Arthur Roland Moore).  February 1906.

(Added 3/29/14)   How I came up with the date of "February 1906":  There are three different calendars in these photos,  unfortunately I cannot clearly make out the year on any of them.  But I can see that  it was February, that it wasn't a leap-year (there are 28 days) and that the 1st of the month fell on a Thursday.  This would apply to the years 1900, 1906 and 1917.   A.R. Moore stopped his photography business in 1914, so this would eliminate 1917.        I think I can also rule out the year 1900.  e.g.  Even though I cannot clearly make out the year on the calendars,  none of them look like they have a year ending in "0" (i.e. The ending number looks like a "3", "5", "6" or "8").   Also,  I have seen a photo of Richard Bradley from around 1900, and I don't believe his hair looks quite so gray in that photograph.    

The Pioneer bank of 1906 was a single story granite-block building built in 1904.   Unfortunately this building was so heavy that it began to sink into the ground, and had to be torn down in 1911.

(Added 8/27/16)   A photo of Porterville's  Pioneer Bank (mentioned above),  from a postcard by George Besaw.   Circa 1908.

Photo postcard image of the Springville Hotel (Springville, CA).   Circa 1917.

Portrait of a young child from the studio of  E. M. Davidson,  Visalia CA.  Circa 1890.