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Selected digitized photographs available online.
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Photographs selected from the collections of the San Joaquin Valley Library System member libraries, Consult repository, San Joaquin Valley Digitization Project, San Joaquin Valley Library System, Fresno CA
This collection was created by the staff of the nine public libraries of the San Joaquin Valley Library System by digitizing photographs in their collections and the collections of other institutions and individuals in their communities.
The San Joaquin Valley Digitization Project provided the nine public libraries of the San Joaquin Valley Library System (SJVLS) with equipment and training so that they could digitize the historical photographs in their collections. Staff at each of the nine participating libraries scanned the photographs and created the metadata. SJVLS staff developed the project's database and web site that provides access to the collection on the internet. Other institutions and individuals in the communities participated in the project as partners by contributing photographs and historical information.
Online, the collection is called
The project was funded by a Library Services and Technology Act grant awarded by the California State Library. The grant funded phase of the project began in October 2001 and ended June 2003.
Additional information regarding individual institutions that participated in this project is available on their web sites, and users of these online materials who would like more information about the collections from which they were selected should contact individual institutions directly.
The San Joaquin Valley Digitization Project image collection consists of photographs selected from the collections of the nine public libraries of the San Joaquin Valley Library System, as well as the collections of museums and individuals in their communities. The photos were selected mainly for their historical interest. They represent various aspects of life in the San Joaquin Valley and the Sierra Nevada foothills; in the counties of Kern, Tulare, Kings, Fresno, Madera, and Mariposa. The photos date from 1850 to 2002.
A large portion of the photos depict such things as: street scenes with horse-drawn and motorized vehicles, people in period dress, local businesses and buildings, and parades; portraits of local people; domesticated animals; railroad transportation; class photos; and floods. The industries represented include agriculture, logging, and petroleum. There are a significant number of photos depicting oil fields in the Coalinga area; public schools in Fresno County; an earthquake in Kern County; libraries throughout the Valley and foothills; and Sierra Nevada scenes of logging, dam construction, and Yosemite National Park.
Individuals and families who contributed photographs that are included in the collection are the Anthony family and the Mouren Family of Coalinga; Naomi Tagawa of Kings County; Mervin Fulton, Irene Ferguson, Colleen Murphy Paggi, Louise Tesoriere, George Serpa, Lillian Baugh of Tulare City; the Bruce family, Leroy Radanovich, the Chase-Williams family, Pearl and Winnie Williams of Mariposa County; Carleton Watkins, Kathleen Walker, Clyde Johnson, Curtis Darling of Kern County.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.