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. 

Postcard image of Lindsay's Main Street.    The photographer was probably George Besaw,  circa 1909

 Photo postcard by Beck, circa 1911.      Taken near the corner of  Tulare Ave. and  K Street.

Postcard image of Orosi,  circa 1911.  

Close-up:

Another photo postcard of Orosi.   Circa 1910.   Note that the building at the near-right of this photograph also appears on the right side of the Orosi postcard  above.  i.e.  It looks like the same street, viewed in two different directions.

A  George Besaw postcard of Lindsay's  Southern Pacific Railroad depot, circa 1909.

Another image of Lindsay's railroad depot;  taken from a different angle (see above).    Circa 1910.

Postcard image of Exeter's  Methodist Church.   Circa 1909.

Porterville's Congregationalist Church.  Circa 1910.

Photo portrait of a young boy,  by E. M. Davidson of Visalia.   Circa 1892.

Postcard of Visalia's Main Street, looking east.    Photo by Ramsey, circa 1907.

The Holt Block building is at the left side foreground,  its small cupula tower was on the NW corner of  Court and Main Streets (where Starbucks is now).   The bank clock-tower further down the street was at the NW corner of Church and Main,  where the five story Bank of Italy building was later built.

Close-up:

Image from a photo postcard sent by Harriett  L. Villemin,  postmarked  9/3/1908.     Harriett identifies this as "our bungalow",  in Plano CA.     The 1910 U.S. Census lists Harriett as living in Plano with her husband Lewis and her son Lewis Jr..

Photo portrait by  A. R. Moore's  Opera House Studio in Porterville.  Circa 1910.

Postcard image of Porterville's Pioneer Hotel, on Main St.   Circa 1909.

Photo postcard of  Dinuba,  looking southerly down L Street (Near the corner of Tulare and L).  Circa 1911.     I believe the building,  on the left,  with the second floor balcony is the Commercial Hotel.    On  1/30/2016,  I posted a photo which appears to be taken from this hotel's balcony.

Close-up:

Photo postcard of Exeter's Southern Pacific Railroad depot, circa 1909.    Postcard by George Besaw.   To the left of the depot is a Visalia Electric Railroad passenger car.

Close-up:

Visalia Electric used these types of passenger cars from 1908 to 1924.   Note the apparatus mounted on top of the car (called a pantograph),  it collected power through contact with an overhead electrical wire.

The Visalia Electric Railroad company existed until 1992,  but they stopped using electric freight locomotives in 1944.  i.e. After 1944 they used diesel locomotives, and the company was just "Electric" in name.

Old postcard of a Visalia Electric Railroad freight locomotive,  circa 1913.

Old photograph of workers on the Visalia Electric Railroad track.    The electric locomotives could travel from Visalia to Exeter, and then on to depots in Lemon Cove and Woodlake.   

Despite the company's name, it was an Exeter based subsidiary of the Southern Pacific Railroad.

The Visalia Electric Railroad bridge, crossing the Kaweah River near Lemon Cove.  Note the power lines over the middle of the track.  

 I posted another photo of this bridge on  5/12/2012.

Old photo postcard from Lemon Cove, circa 1908.
Written on the back of the card: "Lemon Cove Depot, Jeff Paregien, Click Paregien - 6yrs."    Most likely these names refer to Jefferson M. Paregien of Lemon Cove and his son Charles Clifton Paregien.    

This depot was built to service the Visalia Electric Railroad.     It was located just west of the intersection of Road 244 and Avenue 328.   The depot and the railroad tracks are no longer there.

A couple close-ups:

Written on the back of this old photograph:  "4 on Right - J. M. Ferguson,  Parthenia,  Tom,  Fletcher".   These names refer to  Josiah Messer Ferguson, his wife Parthenia, and two of his sons: Thomas and Fletcher (See Fletcher's wedding photo, below).   This photo is circa 1903, and may have been taken in Poplar, CA.   In 1904, they moved from Poplar to Porterville. 

J. M. Ferguson was a farmer who also owned a furniture store in Porterville (see next image).

Written on the back of this photograph:  "Ferguson Furniture Store.  Location on Main Street,  present Woolworth's.    Dr Hiarn (sp) - left aisle,  Tom Ferguson on right.   About 1910.  - In Furniture Store 1906-1913,  Moved to Ranch 1913,  Grocery Store 1904-1906".  (J.M. Ferguson had also been in the grocery business).     If you look at the image posted 11/19/13,   you can see a street view of this furniture store.   The old Woolworth's building is located at this site (159 N. Main St., Porterville).

(Added 6/14/16)  Wedding photos of Fletcher Ferguson and his wife Erma Avery (below).   They were married on 5/18/1910.   Photographs by the Opera House Studio, Porterville CA.   This was A. R. Moore's last photo studio.

  (Added 6/14/16)  Erma Avery Ferguson, 1910.  Photo by  the Opera House Studio, Porterville CA.

(Added 8/24/16)    Photograph of  Dora Alice Ferguson (1876-1948) and  Cora Bell Ferguson (1876-1954).    They are the twin sisters of Thomas and Fletcher Ferguson  (See above).     Photo by Harrod of Porterville, circa 1905.       According to the book 'A Modern History of Tulare County' by Limited Editions of Visalia, Inc. (1974), they were the first twins born in Tulare County and two redwood trees in Balch Park are named after them.

Photo postcard,  Porterville circa 1908.   In the distance, at the left edge, appears to be Porterville's Olive Street depot.

The photographer's stamp on the back of this photo, states:   "C. C. Curtis, Photographer.  California Views.  Constantly on hand at reasonable price.  Hanford & Esperanza, Tulare Co. Cal."  ... This would date the print between 1888 and 1892 (Curtis sold his studio in Traver in 1888, and opened a studio in Hanford.  Hanford became part of Kings County in 1893).   "Esperanza" was a short-lived socialists commune that Curtis belonged to.

Note that these grapes are not trellised.  Having grape vines un-trellised  was a common practice in California, back then.

Photo by C. C. Curtis, circa 1890.   The photographer's caption at the bottom of this photograph states: "Combined Harvester, Tulare Co., Cal."

Jackie Weiner's book about the photographer  (Timely Exposures,  The Life and Images of C.C. Curtis) has a copy of this image. That particular copy has written on its back: "Sam Reed's harvesters, Brother to T. L. Reed".
"T. L. Reed" refers to Thomas Law Reed, the man Reedley, CA is named after.

Photo by C.C. Curtis, circa 1890.  This one also has the "Hanford & Esperanza, Tulare Co. Cal." photographer's stamp.    This photograph may have been taken in the Badger/Eshom Valley area.   The bells on the lead mules were used to warn others of the approaching wagon.

Photograph by C.C. Curtis, circa 1890.   This photo also gives the location of Curtis' studio as "Hanford & Esperanza, Tulare Co. Cal.".
The Tulare County Library's online collection has this same image, which they describe as:    '"Rabbit Drive, Pixley, Calif., Late 1800s. The farming community poses with pride with their pile of thousands of rabbits killed during a Pixley, CA, rabbit drive. After the drive, the dead rabbits were put on a train that took them to San Francisco, purportedly to become 'chicken' tamales."'.      Or this could possibly be in the Goshen area.  i.e. According to a Traver newspaper, Curtis took photographs of a rabbit drive east of Goshen, on  4/11/1888.

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.