Scope and Contents This collection contains photographs taken by and of Charles G. Holdridge, which were taken between 1889-1914. The photographs portray the turn of the century living conditions in Fresno and the surrounding area. Over his life, Holdridge managed a lumber mill near Shaver Lake before opening Buckeye General Store in Fresno. Buckeye General Store eventually burned down, which is documented in this collection. Holdridge appears in many of the photographs, while other people are pictured but are...

Scope and Contents This collection consists of photographic materials by Ernest Lowe, who documented farmworker communities in the San Joaquin Valley and Salinas Valley between 1960 and 1966 while working for the KPFA-FM radio station. His subjects include field and orchard work, farm worker communities and camps, family life, portraits, agribusiness infrastructure, and early unionization by Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee (AWOC) and the National Farm Workers Association/United Farm Workers. Lowe...

Scope and Contents This collection consists of George Ballis’s photographic materials of migrant workers, their living conditions, and farm labor activism in the Central Valley. George Ballis started his career as a journalist photographer, who focused on photographing migrant workers, their labor, and their living conditions. George Ballis moved to Fresno in 1953 to become the editor of Valley Labor Citizen. While Ballis was doing work for Valley Labor...

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This collection consists of three photographs by Ansel Adams of facilities providing tourist accommodations in Yosemite National Park. All three prints are signed by Ansel Adams. Arranged as given.

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This series consists of photographs and audiovisual records produced by the Fresno Office. The photographs were used to document the various programs run by the Fresno Office, communication efforts, and presentations. Photographs depict topics including but not limited to crops, livestock, farmland practices, and public programs. This series is arranged into four subseries organized by format type.

Collection Description The sixty-seven digital photographic prints in this collection by David Bacon document the daily lives of farmworkers and their families during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020-2022. The photographs were produced as an exhibition highlighting the conditions of farmworkers in the San Joaquin Valley during the heat domes of the period, the conditions of rural housing, and campaigns for immigrant and...