Saturday, September 28, 2013

 Three more photo postcard views from Tulare Co.



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


Orosi CA, around 1910
  Orosi, CA.   Circa 1911.

Close-up:
old Orosi CA



sequoia national park 1913
 Sequoia National Park,   postmarked 1913.

Close-up:
1913 sequoia national



Tuesday, September 3, 2013



In 1906.  Bank of Porterville
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.


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


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