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"This postal card of Central School in Tulare, CA, was addressed to Mr. R.C. Fisher, Orosi, CA, when it was postmarked in 1908 In 1872, the Southern Pacific Railroad extended its tracks to the south, and the town of Tulare began to thrive. The following year, the community purchased a school site consisting of one full block on West Tulare Avenue between ""E"" and ""F"" Streets and constructed a two-room frame building for a cost of $1,700.00. In 1884, a grand new school was built on the site and was described in 1892 in The Historical Atlas of Tulare County as follows: ""The Tulare School House is one of the handsomest to be found in the state where public schools are the special pride. It is a large two-story red brick building surmounted by a belfry and a clock tower erected at a cost of $20,000.00, occupying an entire city block, the rear portion being used as a playground, and the front a well-kept, ever verdant lawn with borders and beds of flowers of every rare and beautiful variety, the sidewalk curb being also a flower bed, the whole making a most attractive park for visitors."" (Photo courtesy of Ellen Gorelick, Director, Tulare Historical Museum)"
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