Hello from Fresno, where we're having a William Saroyan Festival this week. I've been trying to catch up on tons of stuff that didn't get done while I was ill and then when I was without glasses, so I apologize for having not gotten an eBay Sightings email out lately. There's lots up for auction this week of interest to Fresno county researchers. Enjoy! P.S. A couple very interesting post cards, including one that had legible writing to whom it was sent, Pine Ridge, Sanger, Reedley, and more. Don't overlook these traditionally inexpensive links to the past. -deb Central Valley History ... up for auction this week! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Two Old Souvenir Cups, Fresno's Forsythe Block and the County Courthouse! Wow, this is quite a find, and from the looks of the cups, they'd belong to the 20's or 30's Auction ends Mar 3 http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2005545216 The Story of Big Creek, by David Redinger. This is one of the lowest prices I've ever seen for this book. Big Creek is still a functioning power plant, it was built many years ago, many men worked on it. It's still a pretty important power source. (I'm pretty sure it's part of the Edison hydro-electric, not PG&E) Auction ends: Mar 3 http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1518813751 Fresno Centennial Coin (City's Centennial) - 1885 // 1985 Auction ends Mar 4 http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1078028171 Stan's Drive In menu, 1957 -- did someone in your family hang out here? Auction ends Mar 4 http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1077972922 1933 Roosevelt High School (Fresno) Year Book Auction ends: Mar 6 http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1520107810 A Rocky Road -- the pilgrimage of the grape, by Charles Bonner. Auction ends Mar 7 http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1520445413 Fresno Hotel brochure - 1920's -- the old Hotel's Heyday. Auction ends Mar 7 http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1079175345 As Pop Saw It, volume 3. This set of books is one of the definitive pictorials of early Fresno and surrounding areas. Book published by "Pop" Laval's son -- "Pop" was a photographer, and his pictures became many of the old prints you see framed, old postcards, newspapers of the time, etc. Auction ends Mar 8 http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1078549825 As Pop Saw It, Vol 2 http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1078529674 As Pop Saw It, Vol 1 Auction ends Mar 6 http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1077870425 1930 Armenian Book, in Armenian, with Fresno name and address on it. Auction ends Mar 8 http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1520709100 Ye Olde Post Cards ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Colorized 1910 photo of two Papooses in the Fresno foothills. Auction ends Mar 3 http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1077907055 Fresno Street looking West, 1923 postcard to "Aunt Mary" (Mrs. Doll Harlan) from "Bessie" Auction ends Mar 3 http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1077697191 Rose Garden at Kearney - 1910 Auction ends Mar 3 http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1077844181 Pine Ridge/Dinkey Creek postcard, 1923, real photo post card Auction ends Mar 4 http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1078118749 Sanger post card, 1909 -- For those with Sanger roots, get a gander at this while you can, because these things are very rare. Auction ends Mar 4 http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1078015159 Forsythe Block, 1909 postcard -- downtown Victorian Fresno Auction ends Mar 4 http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1078090265 Burnett Sanitarium Postcard, probably dating to the 1920's -- later Fresno Community Hospital. Auction ends Mar 5 http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1078542791 Reedley Grammar School, 1907 real photo postcard -- you don't see this one often at all. Auction ends March 5 http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1078297994 Kearney Blvd in the mid 1920's or so, maybe early 30's, you car buffs tell me what year that car is. We were at Kearney Park a couple weeks ago. The road doesn't really look too much different! Auction ends Mar 5 http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1078332196 Mules pulling harvesting machine, wheat -- postcard style circa 1912 or so. But this is a rather pricey postcard. Auction ends Mar 5 http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1078334436 Early San Joaquin Light & Power postcard of Powerhouse #2 Auction ends: Mar 5 http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1078545302 Santa Fe Depot postcard, before 1907 Auction ends Mar 6 http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1078829838 Circa 1920 Postcard, Lumber yard and sawmill near Fresno Auction ends Mar 7 http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1079112179 1950's Postcard of Hotel Fresno Interior Lobby -- it was still quite a place then. Auction ends Mar 7 http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1079014902