Tulare County Museum

Un lit clos/A box bed. - In Brittany, the closed-bed (French: lit-clos) (Breton: gwele-kloz)is a traditional furnishing. In homes with usually only one room, th...e box-bed allowed some privacy and helped keep people warm during winter. Similar enclosed bed furniture was once also found in western Britain; Devon, Cornwall, Wales particularly in Gower. Some closed-beds were built one above the other in a double-decker, two-story arrangement. In this case, young people were sleeping upstairs. - In the Netherlands the closet-bed, or bedstede, was in common use into the 19th century, particularly in farmhouses in the countryside. Closet-beds were closed off with a door or a curtain. One of the advantages of the closet-bed was that it could be built into the living room and closed off during the day, making a separate bedroom unnecessary. The other main advantage was that, during the winter, the small area of the closet-bed would be warmed by body heat. This meant the stove would not need to be kept stoked at night. The door would not be shut completely, but left open a bit. -During the 16th and 17th century, closet-beds were much smaller. Lying down was associated with death, and therefore sleeping was done in a half-upright position See more

.........the night before the race. Racehorse trainer Tommy Woodcock with his champion racehorse Reckless on the night before running second to Gold and Black... in the Melbourne Cup of 1977. - "Reckless had won the Sydney, Adelaide and Brisbane cups and the 73-year-old trainer liked the stallion's chances in the 1977 Melbourne Cup. Horse and trainer died within months of each other in 1985. - Tommy Woodcock holds a special place in Australian racing. He was strapper to the mighty Phar Lap in 1930 when the great horse won the Melbourne Cup, and Phar Lap died in Woodcock’s arms while overseas in 1932". See more

George Patterson was the owner and driver shown here in Tulare, CA, about 1910. This was the first taxi in the community. Passengers shown are, from left, Ancil Clark, Stella Roby, and Mrs. Charles Roby. (Photo courtesy of Ellen Gorelick, Director, Tulare Historical Museum)

This past week I took a day trip out to the northern Tulare County communities of Goshen and Traver to check out former alignments of US Route 99. Goshen in pa...rticular has a very interesting alignment history with early US Route 99 via Camp Drive. Included in the article below is the entire alignment history of US Route 99 in Goshen, Traver, and the vicinity of the Warlow Rest Area. See more

The cotton harvest, Tagus Ranch, circa 1940s.

Old Merle's Drive-In in 1958 when it was called Nielsen's Drive-In.

These were the coolest days.

Apparently everyone did whites on the same day. (New York City, early 1900s)

Another image from the National Parks website: "South Fork Kaweah River, .... stage on road to Broder Ranch, Ralph Hopping, Gertrude Smith, Kate Hopping, Lill...ien Grimes. 1905." Best I can tell, the Broder Ranch was near where Cinnamon Creek drains into the South Fork https://npgallery.nps.gov//50839ff8-00ee-49d1-86d0-a21727d

Postcard from the 50's.

Here is another old one I found taken in 1913 at the Old National Horse Show held in Washington DC. note the Washington Monument in the background.

Another oldie taken in april 13 1910 The Pennsylvania Power and Light plant in Hardwood Mines Pennsylvania.

Little girls have a tea party with their dolls, 1902. They are in Neely Mansion, Auburn, King County, Washington.

Two Young Men, Los Angeles, 1947. Photography by Max Yavno.

Anna Bland, a burner, is shown at work on the SS George Washington Carver as it was being rushed to completion in the spring of 1943.

91 years ago today!