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Visalia, CA 15 May 2021

I took a day trip to Visalia to visit an artist friend and start a small project with him. The area around his house has a lot of old houses; the city has a very long history. (Click any picture to see it at a larger size.)

Apartment building stairway with peeling brown paint. Old house with two old-style lamp posts in front Large houses with flower gardens in front Sculptures of lion and bear (or wolf) surrounded by small flowering shrubs and small trees at each side House with semi-circular overhang decorated with scrollwork

There’s a Buddhist temple that has mostly a Spanish/adobe architecture, but with some accents like the roof line that lend it the buddhist look:

Roof of Buddhist Temple Exterior Buddhist Temple

And here’s the transit center, also in the Spanish style but without Asian accents:

Visalia Transit Center; adobe style building

A few miscellaneous pictures; the last is a marker in front of the city’s newspaper building:

Brickwork with turquoise and blue slate diamond-shaped tile Flag decal with multi-colored stripes and white stars on black field Large stone marker detailing history of Visalia Times-Delta

Here are some of the older businesses and signage in the area:

Two-part sign for Frank’s Liquor and Fine Cigars; each part is trapezoidal in shape Abandonded A & W Fast Food Restaurant / Drive In Building with name FRED UHL engraved on roof area “Chop Suey” neon sign at Visalia Tea Garden Neon sign for a hot dog drive-in

Car Show

I happened to be in town the day of a car show. Of course, I was attracted to all the brightly-colored ones. The show stretched for several blocks, so this is only a small fraction of the vehicles that were on display.

Reddish-orange old pickup truck Two-tone red and white pickup truck Red car with white camper shell Row of brightly colored old vehicles Yellow sedan with white roof; trunk and hood open Red Model T-style car. White model T-style car Yellow “woody” roadster with black flame pttern Blue sedan in foreground, red roadster in background Purple Model “A” Ford Navy Blue Model T-style car Turquoise VW Beetle on left, yellow roadster on right Red race car with large external engine Blue Model T-style car Long gray car with red accent and roof; car has tailfins Race car with A&W decal on front and purple paint highights Convertible with peach hood and white side Purple Hemi R/T Deep blue car on left, yellow convertible on right Race car with many decals White Jeep with lime green highlight