For you folks with an interest in Fresno History and family history, here's the latest gleanings from eBay. There's a nice selection of historic post cards this week. -deb Put context into your research. 1901 Birdseye map of Fresno area, bordered by sites of interest. Large REPRINT map Auction ends Jan 28 http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1065384021 1908 Geology report, Coalinga and Fresno, and Kings Counties -- this was the height of the oil boom in western Fresno county. Auction ends Jan 28 http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1505370334 1882 Magazine article with information and engravings from the Central Valley Auction ends Jan 30 http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1066184726 1934 Fresno State yearbook Auction ends Jan 30 http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1505974730 1953 "Build in Fresno" ad from the Chamber of Commerce Auction ends Jan 31 http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1067407973 Centenniel Vignettes -- from the Sacramento, Modesto, and Fresno Bee papers of 1950, celebrating the state's Centeniel anniversary. Auction ends Feb 3 http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1068536783 The Great Central Valley, California's Heartland. Stephen Johnson, Robert Dawson and Gerald Haslam. 1993. Explore the details of the Valley's rich natural and social history in this hard to find photo book Auction ends Feb 3 http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1507502157 1902 Fresno Real Estate Ad ... Read the copy, doesn't it sound like the promised land? From the real estate office of J.D. Whitlaw -- it's no wonder so many people came here, hmmm? This is probably clipped from a magazine. Auction ends Jan 30 http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1067263719 Ye Olde Post Card Rack 1906 postcard showing a stack of raisin trays drying -- this is awesome Auction ends Jan 28 ** today ** http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1067314629 1915-ish Fresno Burnett Sanitarium postcard. This later became Fresno Community Hospital. Auction ends Jan 28 http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1066694661 Hauling Raisins by horse drawn wagon, 1907 postcard Auction ends Jan 29 http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1065925484 1911 Women packing raisins post card Auction ends Jan 30 http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1067266485 Big Creek, 1913, real photo post card Auction ends Jan 31 http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1066418124 Big Creek, 1913, real photo post card (different view) Auction ends Jan 31 http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1066416347 San Joaquin & Eastern Railroad near Big Creek Auction ends Jan 31 http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1066413543 1930's postcard of downtown Fresno. Broadway street, looking north from Tulare Auction ends Jan 31 http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1067365359 Early downtown Fresno Bank of Italy building on post card Auction ends Feb 1 http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1067850084 Circa 1915 Forsythe Block, downtown Fresno, postcard Auction ends Feb 1 http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1067757746 Circa 1910 Fresno Fig Packing plant post card Auction ends Feb 1 http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1067696906 1914 San Joaquin River post card view -- Wow, it sure doesn't look like this anymore. Auction ends Feb 1 http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1067913537 Fresno Street, 1923 postcard Auction ends Feb 3 http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1068352705 Early real-photo post card of Huntington Lake area -- old cabin with people in front of it. Auction ends Feb 3 http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1068535855 1920's San Joaquin Light and Power pipeline -- photo post card Auction ends Feb 4 http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1067863057 1908 Shaver Lake & Logging -- postcard sent from son "Ancel" (or Ansel?) to mother Mrs. C. H. SCOTT of Newton Kansas. Auction ends Feb 4 http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1067897268 7 Vintage 1940's B&W Fresno area post cards. including: "Airview, Fresno, Calif." and "Fulton Street, Fresno, Calif," "Lake Scene, Roeding Park, Fresno, Calif."; "Sun Maid Raisin Plant, Fresno, Calif."; "Post Office, Fresno, Calif."; "City Hall, Fresno, Calif."; and "Scene, Fort Washington Golf Course, Fresno, Calif." Auction ends Feb 6 http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1068467179