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2018-1589. Shows stagecoach, four-horse team on steep mountain road. Original print which was for what became a series of 8 postcards numbered by photographer and referenced to accompanying manuscript "The memory of an old timer & an early photographer." Images and manuscript describe journey from Fresno to Shaver Lake; first by stage to the Saddle or Cressman's where change to bobsled; on to Shaver Lake and saw mill. Manley Freeman White was born March 25, 1882 in York County, Nebraska to Joseph Freeman White and Hattie Monroe (both from Canada). The family arrived in Fresno between 1885 and 1900. Between 1900 and 1920 resided in Fresno, in the 1920 census listed Manley as being in Merced Falls, in 1930 census listed as being in Hilt, Siskiyou County; by 1940 he is in Klamath Oregon. Worked as millhand in lumber industry. While in Fresno, worked seasonally at Shaver Lake for the Fresno Flume and Irrigation Company (owned by C.B. Swift and Charles B. Shaver). In addition to working in the mill, took photographs in his spare time. C.B. Swift and Charles B. Shaver owned the Fresno Flume and Irrigation Company; built a dam on Stevenson Creek forming Shaver Lake, built two mills and flume to transport lumber from Shaver Lake to Clovis (where had planing mills, box factory, dry kilns). Steve Harrison.
Fresno Flume and Irrigation Company--Photographs Stagecoaches--California--Fresno County Horse teams--California--Fresno County Mountain roads--California--Fresno County Dirt roads--California--Fresno County Fresno County (Calif.)--Photographs Photographic prints
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