An old photo postcard image of Main St. Visalia, circa 1910.    This is a view looking east down Main, taken between Court and Locust Streets.
The 'Holt Block' building is at the left foreground. It was built in 1886 by Fred S. Holt.     He was part of the Holt family of Stockton, who were pioneers in tractor manufacturing.    The photograph is by John Bowers of Long Beach, CA.   Bowers produced these 'semi-panoramic' postcards of scenes throughout California.

 Two close-up views:

 

 Image of a little girl with dog.   From a small carte de visite  photo,  circa 1886.

Photo by  A. P. Bailey  (Excelsior Photograph Gallery),   Tulare, CA.   

"Tiny & Mary" is written on the back of the photograph.

 Photo postcard of the Bank of Tulare and the Tulare Block building (to the left), circa 1907.    This bank was on the NW corner of  K Street and Tulare Ave., Tulare CA.

 Photo postcard of the Brick Block building, Woodlake CA.   Circa 1918.   It was located at the NE corner of  Valencia and Naranjo Boulevards.

Photo postcard of  Spalding Lumber on S. Pepper St., Woodlake.  Circa 1914.

Fruit drying in Orosi, circa 1910.

Below are a few photo postcard images by Lindley Eddy.   

For 30 years, Mr. Eddy was the photography concessionaire at Giant Forest (Sequoia National Park).    During some of these years, he apparently spent the winter months in the Three Rivers/Lemon Cove area.  
In 1934,  Lindley Eddy married the widowed  Helen Gladys (Emery) Aoki.

 The photographer's stamp on the back of this postcard states:  "Photograph by Lindley Eddy,  Kaweah, Tulare Co., Cal.".    

It's postmarked 7/20/1911.   Camp Sierra was along the northern margin of Round Meadow.

 Close up:

 Image circa 1912.

Image of the Giant Forest Hotel/Lodge dining hall, circa 1916.  This lodge was at the same location as Camp Sierra.

 The Giant Forest Lodge in snow, circa 1916.

Road to the General Sherman Tree, circa 1920.

Photograph from the studio of E. M. Davidson, Visalia, 1892.
Someone has written on the back of this photo: "Aunt Carrie, Uncle Mark McKee".   Most likely this is an image of Marcus Lafayette McKee and his wife Caroline Virginia Ragle, who were married on 10/5/1892 near Woodlake.   Their grave-stone (in Exeter) list their names as: "Mark L. McKee" and "Carrie V. McKee".        The 'Blair-Moffett Families, History and Genealogy', by Eva Pogue Kirkman (1935); indicates that Caroline was a "vineyardist".

Photo postcard of Exeter, circa 1920.    Judging from the location of the water-tower, this would be a view looking east from Pine Street

An old photo postcard of the Johnson Hotel, circa 1922.   This hotel was on the NE corner of Church and Main Streets (Visalia).    It was built in 1917, and torn down in 1968; after suffering damage from a fire.

From the Visalia studio of  A. R. Moore. Circa 1891.

From the Tulare studio of James Turner Doran.  Circa 1893.

A photo postcard of Lemon Cove;  postmarked September 24, 1909.
The photographer's stamp on the back states: "Photo by Weissenfluh, Visalia, Cal".
The two-story brick building, in the foreground, was destroyed by fire some time during the 1950's.
Close-up:

Note the sign for telephone service (bell shaped).  The sign that says "Call" refers to the San Francisco Call  newspaper.

Panoramic view of Lindsay from 1910.   This is actually a double-sized photo postcard.

A couple close-ups:

  

 Written on the back of this photograph: "Carroll S. Hayes".    Carroll Hayes was the editor of the Traver Tidings newspaper in Traver, CA.        During the mid-1880's Traver was an agricultural boom-town.  

 According to the Tulare County Times:      On the evening of 9/19/1886, Mr. Hayes and his fiancee, Lulu Smith, were visiting the home of Dr. L. M. Lovelace in Lemoore when someone fired a gun through the screen door striking Mr. Hayes in the head and neck with buckshot, killing him instantly.        18 year old Henry S. Beaver was accused and prosecuted for the murder.    Mr. Beaver had asked Lulu Smith to marry him that previous summer, and she had refused.     Beaver was apparently jealous of Carroll Hayes, and had made some vague threats in reference to Hayes, e.g. "Someone will have to kill".    Beaver borrowed a shotgun with buckshot just prior to the murder.
The evidence was circumstantial, and Henry Beaver was eventually acquitted of the charges.

Photo postcard circa 1915.  Group photo of the Visalia Steam Laundry employees.

Close-up:

Lindsay's Fraternal Hall, circa 1908.    Rochdale was a cooperative wholesale store.

Porterville, circa 1909.   Looking north down Main Street, near its intersection with Oak Avenue.

 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).