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Visalia Electric
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The Visalia Electric, a subsidary of the Southern Pacific Railroad company, was headquartered in Exeter. It operated in Tulare County between 1906 and 1990. The VE began as a passenger carrier and fruit hauler serving the foothills of the San Joaquin Valley.
(These photographs are from the personal archives of Chris Brewer and may not be reused without his written consent.)
Photographs and documents in these albums come from the personal collection of Chris Brewer. Please contact him for copyright information.
- 1897 C. W. Ostrander House Built
- 1906 First Brick Building
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1906 First Brick Building erected in Exeter, N. W. Corner of Pine and E Streets
- 1908 Bonnie Brae Packing House
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October 21, 1908 Bonnie Brae Packing House Shipped The First Carload of Oranges
- 1908 First Car in Exeter
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Built from Spare Parts, the fist car in Exeter was owned by Bill Hengst.
- 1908 First Class of Exeter High School
- 1909 Exeter
- 1909 Presbyterian Church First Service
- 1911 Exeter High School New Building
- 1912 Exeter Water Tower
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May 1912, Exeter's new water system went into operation
- 1915 New First Baptist Church
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Across from the city park on Chestnut and E Street
- 1920s Frank List and Earl Hayes First Airplane
- 1926 New Hotel Exeter
- 1928 New Masonic Temple
- 1929 Exeter's First Ambulance
- 1933 New City Hall Construction
- 1935 Exeter Sun Front Page
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July 4, 1935 Issue of the Exeter Sun proclaims Valley Water Project Gets 20,000,000. Other headlines: Loss By Fire Is Lowest in City History; Dr. E. E. Blosser to Move Sept 1 Into New Office; Exeter Man is Hurt When Car, and Mule Hit; Register Now for Election on August 13; Former Exeterite Seeks Air Record; Families Of This City On The Move; Doctors Are to Move Into New Building; Articles Are in Demand for Fair Exibit; Recreational Programs Are Well Attended.
- 1936 Aerial View of Exeter
- 1936 Exeter Duck Club Opening Day
- 1937 Arial View of Exeter
- 1938 Bridge Collapse
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March, 1938 Collapsed span of the bridge over the Yokohl on the Lemon Cove Highway
- 1939 New Woodrow Wilson School