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Access an array of digital content curated in whole or in part by Fresno County Public Library.
Local History
- Fresno County Property Atlases, 1891-1920
Study property atlases, dating from 1891 to circa 1940, which segment Fresno County by township and range, illustrating individual parcels and labeling them with the owners’ names.
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Historic San Joaquin Valley Photos
Enjoy approximately 2,323 digitized photographs depicting various aspects of life in the San Joaquin Valley and the Sierra Nevada foothills (Kern, Tulare, Kings, Fresno, Madera, and Mariposa counties), dating from 1850 to 2002.
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Pop Laval Photographs
Explore digitized photographs from the renowned Pop Laval Collection, in cooperation with the Pop Laval Foundation.
- Davis' Commercial Encyclopedia of the Pacific Southwest
Fresno Area Biographical Sketches Biographical sketches of Fresno County residents.
- Fresno County Fruit Crate Labels
Explore the artwork of Fruit crate labels of local fruit packing and shipping companies.
- San Joaquin Valley Japanese Americans in WWII
A joint project with Fresno State to digitize oral histories and photograph as well as capture new digital interviews of local Japanese Americans and their experiences during World War II.
- Brad Shirakawa Collection of the Fresno Area Japanese American Community
Fresno County Public Library has many more local history resources. Please visit the Heritage Center, to browse a vast selection of books, documents, oral histories, photographs, ephemera, and other kinds of resources useful to those interested in Fresno County history or genealogical research.
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