This c. 1900 photograph by Visalia photographers Robinson & Weishar taken at the Times Place building on the corner of Court and Acequia.Visalia Times was early newspaper. Later merged with Visalia delta.Apparently rumor has it the Times favored the northern states during the 1860s while the Delta was confederate leaning. Remember: Visalia is the oldest town between Stockton and Los Angeles.
Interior photographs of early Visalia barbershops are relatively rare. Per Historic Happenings, Marian Shippey Cote saw this photo on the internet and contacted the owner of it, Loyetta Aukstkalnis. Loyetta shared that this was the Thomas H. Ellis Barbershop at 220 E. Main Street, Visalia. Thomas owned it for many years. He came to Visalia from South Dakota and retired in 1949 after barbering for 37 years. Lloyd G. Ellis was Thomas' son and he married Leta. Loyetta and Mike Ellis were their chil
The Mooney Drive-In opened in 1948 and remained open until 2006. It had a listed capacity for 700 cars. A new snack bar and projection booth were constructed when they added the east screen in 1972. Rotus Harvey was the construction superintendent on the East addition. The marquee design is the same as the Westlane and Hammer Drive In theaters in Stockton. The marquee center mast has a man tipping his top hat, this was the logo for Westland Theaters Company.
A Packard Six Model 48 entered and driven by its owner, W. S. “Billy” Campbell, and mechanic C. W. Brady, in the 100 mile free-for-all road race at Visalia, California on July 4, 1913. Campbell and his Packard finished first in the race. Per theoldmotor.com, the Packard Six was introduced in April 1911 and soon replaced the Model 30 that ended production in 1912. The Packard Six was an expensive automobile for the time, with prices ranging from $4,900 to $6,250, or with inflation, $118-151,048 b
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