From The Archive tag:mercedsnapshots.com,2009-09-15:/fromthearchive//2 2010-07-27T20:30:46Z A look back at Merced County Movable Type 4.3-en Taking a plunge in Atwater tag:mercedsnapshots.com,2010:/fromthearchive//2.58 2010-07-27T20:17:41Z 2010-07-27T20:30:46Z SportsAtwater PlungeMay 7, 1962Here's a shot from the opening day for the season on May 7, 1962. SportsAtwater PlungeMay 7, 1962Here's a second shot from the same day.... Jesse Chenault http://www.mercedsnapshots.com/fromthearchive
Sports
Atwater Plunge
May 7, 1962

Here's a shot from the opening day for the season on May 7, 1962. 

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Sports
Atwater Plunge
May 7, 1962

Here's a second shot from the same day.

]]> Packing tomatoes tag:mercedsnapshots.com,2010:/fromthearchive//2.57 2010-07-27T18:47:59Z 2010-07-27T18:54:05Z AgBob Bryant loads tomatoes into a truck at Central California Tomato Growers. ... Jesse Chenault http://www.mercedsnapshots.com/fromthearchive

Ag

Bob Bryant loads tomatoes into a truck at Central California Tomato Growers. 

]]> Readying cattle for Mexico tag:mercedsnapshots.com,2010:/fromthearchive//2.56 2010-06-22T07:57:17Z 2010-06-22T08:00:19Z Greenough FarmsWorkers at Greenough Farms get cattle ready for shipping to Mexico. ... Jesse Chenault http://www.mercedsnapshots.com/fromthearchive


Greenough Farms

Workers at Greenough Farms get cattle ready for shipping to Mexico. 
]]> Monitoring the Election Day phones tag:mercedsnapshots.com,2010:/fromthearchive//2.55 2010-05-11T07:23:53Z 2010-05-11T07:44:42Z Sun-StarCBS Hookup of PhonesNov. 6, 1962Election Day at the newspaper office in 1962. ... Jesse Chenault http://www.mercedsnapshots.com/fromthearchive HAB_ELECTION_PHONES.jpg

Sun-Star

CBS Hookup of Phones

Nov. 6, 1962


Election Day at the newspaper office in 1962. 

]]> North Merced intersection tag:mercedsnapshots.com,2010:/fromthearchive//2.54 2010-05-11T07:15:12Z 2010-05-11T07:20:05Z Bear Creek Drive and G Street in Merced Dec. 20, 1961Here's a simple view looking north at the intersection of G Street and East South Bear Creek Drive in Merced. ... Jesse Chenault http://www.mercedsnapshots.com/fromthearchive HAB_GSTREET_01.jpg


Bear Creek Drive and G Street in Merced

Dec. 20, 1961


Here's a simple view looking north at the intersection of G Street and East South Bear Creek Drive in Merced. 

]]> Flooding in the streets tag:mercedsnapshots.com,2010:/fromthearchive//2.53 2010-05-04T07:36:24Z 2010-05-11T07:51:28Z FloodNov. 19, 1950I wish there was more information about this photo. Can't figure out where it was taken. Don't know where Drive-In Liquors was located. It's one of the oldest photos in the collection. UPDATE: Several e-mailers report that this... Jesse Chenault http://www.mercedsnapshots.com/fromthearchive

Flood
Nov. 19, 1950

I wish there was more information about this photo. Can't figure out where it was taken. Don't know where Drive-In Liquors was located. It's one of the oldest photos in the collection. 

UPDATE: Several e-mailers report that this store was at East 21st Street and Keely Avenue at the very east end of 21st Street.
]]> Mercy Gulch Day: Rounding up the bad guys tag:mercedsnapshots.com,2010:/fromthearchive//2.52 2010-05-04T06:57:30Z 2010-05-04T07:01:11Z Mercy Gulch DayJuly 7, 1961Does Merced still celebrate Mercy Gulch Day? Looks like a lot of fun. They would throw people in the "hoosegow" and have friends bail them out, all in the name of charity, of course.  Love... Jesse Chenault http://www.mercedsnapshots.com/fromthearchive

Mercy Gulch Day
July 7, 1961

Does Merced still celebrate Mercy Gulch Day? Looks like a lot of fun. They would throw people in the "hoosegow" and have friends bail them out, all in the name of charity, of course.  Love the "Mixatorium" in the background. 
]]> The hospital's last days tag:mercedsnapshots.com,2010:/fromthearchive//2.51 2010-04-27T06:47:33Z 2010-04-27T06:59:36Z Merced County HospitalOctober 1965It looks like work was being done on the hospital on 13th Street. Patients will be moved this weekend coming up to the new facility on G Street in North Merced. Merced County HospitalOctober 1965Another view of... Jesse Chenault http://www.mercedsnapshots.com/fromthearchive


Merced County Hospital
October 1965

It looks like work was being done on the hospital on 13th Street. Patients will be moved this weekend coming up to the new facility on G Street in North Merced. 


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Merced County Hospital
October 1965

Another view of the hospital on 13th Street. 
]]> Celebrating the start of spring tag:mercedsnapshots.com,2010:/fromthearchive//2.50 2010-04-20T19:37:54Z 2010-04-20T19:58:43Z Seasons Spring Mike Lafon and Melanie Presley March 19, 1958 Years ago, newspapers liked to set up photo shoots like this one to mark the changing of the season. Seasons Spring Mike Lafon and Melanie Presley March 19, 1958 These two... Jesse Chenault http://www.mercedsnapshots.com/fromthearchive

Seasons

Spring

Mike Lafon and Melanie Presley

March 19, 1958


Years ago, newspapers liked to set up photo shoots like this one to mark the changing of the season. 


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Seasons

Spring

Mike Lafon and Melanie Presley

March 19, 1958


These two were taken to a park in their best clothes for the photos. The moms are probably just off camera, making sure everything looks perfect. 


]]> Tax deadline coming up tag:mercedsnapshots.com,2010:/fromthearchive//2.49 2010-04-13T22:57:47Z 2010-04-13T22:59:44Z Income Tax Return DeadlineApril 15, 1959This year's tax deadline is coming up this week. Here's a photo from1959 making sure folks were aware of the approaching deadline back then.... Jesse Chenault http://www.mercedsnapshots.com/fromthearchive

Income Tax Return Deadline
April 15, 1959

This year's tax deadline is coming up this week. Here's a photo from
1959 making sure folks were aware of the approaching deadline back then.
]]> Courthouse Museum tag:mercedsnapshots.com,2010:/fromthearchive//2.48 2010-03-16T04:42:59Z 2010-04-21T07:31:12Z CourthouseJan. 8, 1958Great look at the old Merced County Courthouse. Terrific old cars. The photographer was likely standing where the current library is when taking the photo.... Jesse Chenault http://www.mercedsnapshots.com/fromthearchive

Courthouse
Jan. 8, 1958

Great look at the old Merced County Courthouse. Terrific old cars. The photographer was likely standing where the current library is when taking the photo.


]]> New transportation for post office tag:mercedsnapshots.com,2010:/fromthearchive//2.47 2010-03-02T20:02:37Z 2010-03-02T20:05:11Z New Jeep trucks June 23, 1961 The Merced post office gets new Jeeps in 1961. ... Jesse Chenault http://www.mercedsnapshots.com/fromthearchive

New Jeep trucks

June 23, 1961 


The Merced post office gets new Jeeps in 1961. 


]]> New lights on Main Street tag:mercedsnapshots.com,2010:/fromthearchive//2.46 2010-02-09T07:27:59Z 2010-02-09T07:42:24Z Street lights New poles on Main Street June 2, 1962 Workers install new street lights along Main Street in downtown Merced.Street lights New poles on Main Street June 2, 1962 The view from atop the old Sun-Star office on... Jesse Chenault http://www.mercedsnapshots.com/fromthearchive

Street lights

New poles on Main Street

June 2, 1962


Workers install new street lights along Main Street in downtown Merced.





Street lights

New poles on Main Street

June 2, 1962


The view from atop the old Sun-Star office on Main Street just east of what is now Martin Luther King Jr. Way. 



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Street lights

New poles on Main Street

June 2, 1962


Here's a different view of workers erecting the street lights.

]]> Summer in Yosemite tag:mercedsnapshots.com,2010:/fromthearchive//2.45 2010-01-26T08:25:23Z 2010-01-26T08:44:12Z Tioga Pass in YosemiteJuly 1956Nice retro shots of Yosemite more than 50 years ago. Tioga Pass in YosemiteJuly 1956The license plate frame on the car reads "Jack Wallace ... Merced." The road sign points the way to various spots in... Jesse Chenault http://www.mercedsnapshots.com/fromthearchive

Tioga Pass in Yosemite
July 1956

Nice retro shots of Yosemite more than 50 years ago. 


Tioga Pass in Yosemite
July 1956

The license plate frame on the car reads "Jack Wallace ... Merced." The road sign points the way to various spots in the Sierra Nevada. The sign reads "Tuolumne Meadows 36 ... Tioga Pass 43 ... To Route 395 57 ... Tamarack Flat 3." 

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Tioga Pass in Yosemite
July 1956

Summer in the high country of Yosemite. Not much snow on the mountains. 
]]> A big storm in Merced tag:mercedsnapshots.com,2009:/fromthearchive//2.44 2009-12-10T05:53:16Z 2009-12-10T06:26:23Z RainStreets floodedJan. 25, 1958Here's a fairly routine photo of flooding in Merced but a closer look offers interesting details. The location is possibly 13th Street at V Street, looking east down 13th. The old-fashioned Highway 140 sign with a... Jesse Chenault http://www.mercedsnapshots.com/fromthearchive

Rain
Streets flooded
Jan. 25, 1958

Here's a fairly routine photo of flooding in Merced but a closer look offers interesting details. The location is possibly 13th Street at V Street, looking east down 13th. The old-fashioned Highway 140 sign with a bear on it is great. The road flares in the middle of the photo look like cartoonish cannonballs.The billboard at the left says "Sports time is Fallstaff time. Fallstaff Beer." Never heard of that beer before.


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Rain
Streets flooded
Jan. 25, 1958

Another rain photo shot on the same day, likely also on 13th Street.
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