1950's Fresno Photos

[Steve H.]

Rock Climbing at Roeding Park

[Steve H.]

Roeding Park Peacock

[mkw]

Wasn't the restaurant called " The Athenian ", on Van Ness, about two blocks west of Courthouse Park?

[Steve H.]

My 88 year-old mother can't remember the name of the place, but says it was near the old Fresno Hotel.

[heathermalotke]

I am researching the history of the Fresno Builders Exchange, and would love to know more about your memories of the Exchange and Harry Cayford!

[heathermalotke]

The address of the Builders Exchange was 1837 Merced, if that helps.

[Suzie]

I knew Charley Purcell as a teenager, in Up with People, Sing out. He was the nicest guy, can still see his face. He left for Vietnam right out of High School. We also lost a kid from our class of 67 from Bullard High. Small world. Here he is as a little boy. Very Handsome. His girlfriend was Val Antonetti his teenage years. He had more than one girlfriend but I knew Val and her Sister Chris Antonetti. I took was at the Vietname Memorial in DC.

[united001]

Many thanks to Steve H for starting this thread and posting so many pictures from the
1950's. Amazing that you saved and archived them for so many years. I lived very close
to Roeding Park and climbed all over that locomotive growing up. I was born in Fresno
in 1952, so you are older than I by a number of years. Thanks again!

Randy