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Title: Fresno County Fairgrounds
Creator: [Unknown]
Date Created and/or Issued: ca. 1890
Publication Information: Fresno County Library
Contributing Institution: San Joaquin Valley Library System
Collection: Photographs Selected from the Collections of the San Joaquin Valley Library System Member Libraries
Rights Information: This image is being made available for educational and research purposes only, under the fair use clause of the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17 § 107 U.S.C.) Further questions regarding the image or its use may be directed to the California History and Genealogy Room, Fresno County Public Library, 2420 Mariposa St., Fresno, CA 93721-2285; (559) 488-3195, press #3, then #5.
Description: Picture of Fresno Fairgounds located 2.5 miles east of Fresno, adjacent to County Road (later renamed Butler Avenue). Property was owned and initially developed by William Helm, beginning in 1884 with the first Fresno County fair. Vignettes, from top to bottom: club house (left) and grandstand ; pavilion ; barn and hay loft complex with stalls ; a panorama with windmills, pumping stations, with racetrack in foreground.
Type: image
Format: 1 Photographic print :b&w ;22 x 20 cm.
Identifier: http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt5p3020b1
frb0002
Subject: Helm, William
Fresno County Fairgrounds Photographs
Historic buildings--California--Fresno County--19th century--Photographs
Fresno (Calif.)--Buildings, structures, etc.--19th century--Photographs

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