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  • Mystery History - Feb. 16, 2023

    Wasco Tribune|Updated Feb 20, 2023

    Here's this week's challenge, courtesy of the Wasco Historical Society. If you know the location, circumstances, exact or rough date and/or people in the photo, send your educated (or semieducated) guess to the Tribune, 455 Kern St., Suite E, Shafter, CA 93263, or e-mail it to [email protected]. Winners will be revealed here next week. LAST WEEK: A Detroit Automatic scale used by the Hull family's Wasco Creamery in the 1920s....

  • Mystery History - Feb. 9, 2023

    Wasco Tribune|Updated Feb 13, 2023

    Here's this week's challenge, courtesy of the Wasco Historical Society. If you know the location, circumstances, exact or rough date and/or people in the photo, send your educated (or semieducated) guess to the Tribune, 455 Kern St., Suite E, Shafter, CA 93263, or e-mail it to [email protected]. Winners will be revealed here next week. LAST WEEK: An adding machine and cash register used by downtown businesses in the 1940s....

  • Mystery History - Jan. 26, 2023

    Wasco Tribune|Updated Jan 31, 2023

    Here's this week's challenge, courtesy of the Shafter Historical Society. If you know the location, circumstances, exact or rough date and/or people in the photo, send your educated (or semieducated) guess to The Press, 455 Kern St., Suite E, Shafter, CA 93263, or e-mail it to mysteryphoto@The ShafterPress.com. Winners will be revealed here next week. LAST WEEK: The Don Holt service station in 1950, where Preston Tire was in 2010....

  • Mystery History - Jan. 19, 2023

    Wasco Tribune|Updated Jan 22, 2023

    Here's this week's challenge, courtesy of the Wasco Historical Society. If you know the location, circumstances, exact or rough date and/or people in the photo, send your educated (or semieducated) guess to the Tribune, 455 Kern St., Suite E, Shafter, CA 93263, or e-mail it to mysteryphoto@WascoTrib. com. Winners will be revealed here next week. LAST WEEK: Catherine Basler Waugh received this organ as a gift from her parents on her 9th birthday in 1893....

  • Mystery History - Jan. 5, 2023

    Wasco Tribune|Updated Jan 8, 2023

    Here's this week's challenge, courtesy of the Wasco Historical Society. If you know the location, circumstances, exact or rough date and/or people in the photo, send your educated (or semieducated) guess to the Tribune, 455 Kern St., Suite E, Shafter 93263, or e-mail it to [email protected]. Winners will be revealed here next week. LAST WEEK: Baptist Church choir in 1943...

  • Mystery History - Dec. 29, 2022

    The Shafter Press|Updated Jan 2, 2023

    Here's this week's challenge, courtesy of the Shafter Historical Society. If you know the location, circumstances, exact or rough date and/or people in the photo, send your educated (or semieducated) guess to The Press, 455 Kern St., Suite E, Shafter, CA 93263, or e-mail it to mysteryphoto@The ShafterPress.com. Winners will be revealed here next week. LAST WEEK: A KCLC Lot Auction in Shafter at Central Valley Highway and Central Avenue in approximately 1914...

  • Mystery History - Dec. 15, 2022

    Wasco Tribune|Updated Dec 20, 2022

    Here's this week's challenge, courtesy of the Wasco Historical Society. If you know the location, circumstances, exact or rough date and/or people in the photo, send your educated (or semieducated) guess to the Tribune, 455 Kern St., Suite E, Shafter, CA 93263, or e-mail it to [email protected]. Winners will be revealed here next week. LAST WEEK: A milk separator in the 1930s used to separate cream from whole milk....

  • Mystery History - Dec. 8, 2022

    Wasco Tribune|Updated Dec 12, 2022

    ere's this week's challenge, courtesy of the Wasco Historical Society. If you know the location, circumstances, exact or rough date and/or people in the photo, send your educated (or semieducated) guess to the Tribune, 455 Kern St., Suite E, Shafter, CA 93263, or e-mail it to [email protected]. Winners will be revealed here next week. LAST WEEK: Quilt made by Irma Klassen Oliver with names of the 1934 graduating class and teachers of Wasco Union High...

  • Mystery History - Dec. 1, 2022

    Wasco Tribune|Updated Dec 9, 2022

    Here's this week's challenge, courtesy of the Wasco Historical Society. If you know the location, circumstances, exact or rough date and/or people in the photo, send your educated (or semieducated) guess to the Tribune, 455 Kern St., Suite E, Shafter, CA 93263, or e-mail it to [email protected]. Winners will be revealed here next week. LAST WEEK: Iola Moore Wasco High School sweater in 1954....

  • Mystery History - Nov. 24, 2022

    Wasco Tribune|Updated Nov 27, 2022

    Here's this week's challenge, courtesy of the Wasco Historical Society. If you know the location, circumstances, exact or rough date and/or people in the photo, send your educated (or semieducated) guess to the Tribune, 455 Kern St., Suite E, Shafter 93263, or e-mail it to mysteryphoto@WascoTrib. com. Winners will be revealed here next week. LAST WEEK: Hand-made working bonnet for a woman in the 1930s....

  • Mystery History - Nov. 17, 2022

    Wasco Tribune|Updated Nov 20, 2022

    Here's this week's challenge, courtesy of the Wasco Historical Society. If you know the location, circumstances, exact or rough date and/or people in the photo, send your educated (or semieducated) guess to the Tribune, 455 Kern St., Suite E, Shafter 93263, or e-mail it to mysteryphoto@WascoTrib. com. Winners will be revealed here next week. LAST WEEK: Wasco Union Grammar School's first bus in the 1920s....

  • Mystery History - Nov. 10, 2022

    Wasco Tribune|Updated Nov 15, 2022

    Here's this week's challenge, courtesy of the Wasco Historical Society. If you know the location, circumstances, exact or rough date and/or people in the photo, send your educated (or semieducated) guess to the Tribune, 455 Kern St., Suite E, Shafter, CA 93263, or e-mail it to mysteryphoto@WascoTrib. com. Winners will be revealed here next week. LAST WEEK: Vintage postal equipment used to stamp outgoing mail in the 1930s....

  • Mystery History - Nov. 3, 2022

    Wasco Tribune|Updated Nov 11, 2022

    Here's this week's challenge, courtesy of the Wasco Historical Society. If you know the location, circumstances, exact or rough date and/or people in the photo, send your educated (or semieducated) guess to the Tribune, 455 Kern St., Suite E, Shafter, CA 93263, or e-mail it to mysteryphoto@WascoTrib. com. Winners will be revealed here next week. LAST WEEK: A group of seventh grade Thomas Jefferson Middle School students in the class of 1944-45....

  • Mystery History - Oct. 27, 2022

    Wasco Tribune|Updated Oct 31, 2022

    Here's this week's challenge, courtesy of the Wasco Historical Society. If you know the location, circumstances, exact or rough date and/or people in the photo, send your educated (or semieducated) guess to the Tribune, 455 Kern St., Suite E, Shafter 93263, or e-mail it to mysteryphoto@WascoTrib. com. Winners will be revealed here next week. LAST WEEK:...

  • Mystery History - Oct. 20, 2022

    Wasco Tribune|Updated Oct 23, 2022

    Here's this week's challenge, courtesy of the Wasco Historical Society. If you know the location, circumstances, exact or rough date and/or people in the photo, send your educated (or semieducated) guess to the Tribune, 455 Kern St., Suite E, Shafter 93263, or e-mail it to mysteryphoto@Wasco- Trib.com. Winners will be revealed here next week. LAST WEEK: A worker with a vintage PG&E truck in the 1960s....

  • Mystery History - Oct. 13, 2022

    Wasco Tribune|Updated Oct 15, 2022

    Here's this week's challenge, courtesy of the Wasco Historical Society. If you know the location, circumstances, exact or rough date and/or people in the photo, send your educated (or semieducated) guess to the Tribune, 455 Kern St., Suite E, Shafter, CA 93263, or e-mail it to mysteryphoto@Wasco- Trib.com. Winners will be revealed here next week. LAST WEEK: A 1940s old fashioned Remington 5 portable typewriter used by many professionals at the time....

  • Mystery History - Sept. 29, 2022

    The Shafter Press|Updated Oct 4, 2022

    Here's this week's challenge, courtesy of the Shafter Historical Society. If you know the location, circumstances, exact or rough date and/or people in the photo, send your educated (or semieducated) guess to The Press, 455 Kern St., Suite E, Shafter, CA 93263, or e-mail it to mysteryphoto@ The ShafterPress.com. Winners will be revealed here next week. LAST WEEK: Evelyn, a waitress at the Shafter Motel in 1958....

  • Mystery History - Sept. 15, 2022

    Wasco Tribune|Updated Sep 18, 2022

    Here's this week's challenge, courtesy of the Wasco Historical Society. If you know the location, circumstances, exact or rough date and/or people in the photo, send your educated (or semieducated) guess to the Tribune, 455 Kern St., Suite E, Shafter, CA 93263, or e-mail it to mysteryphoto@ WascoTrib.com. Winners will be revealed here next week. LAST WEEK: Ta teadle sewing machine used to make clothing in the 1920s....

  • Mystery History - Septe. 1, 2022

    The Shafter Press|Updated Sep 5, 2022

    Here's this week's challenge, courtesy of the Shafter Historical Society. If you know the location, circumstances, exact or rough date and/or people in the photo, send your educated (or semieducated) guess to The Press, 455 Kern St., Suite E, Shafter, CA 93263, or e-mail it to mysteryphoto@ The ShafterPress.com. Winners will be revealed here next week. LAST WEEK: Back to school in 1992, from left, Dennis Cruz, Teresa Barton and Rosie Cota....

  • Mystery History - Aug. 25, 2022

    Wasco Tribune|Updated Aug 28, 2022

    Here's this week's challenge, courtesy of the Wasco Historical Society. If you know the location, circumstances, exact or rough date and/or people in the photo, send your educated (or semieducated) guess to the Tribune, 455 Kern St., Suite E, Shafter, CA 93263, or e-mail it to mysteryphoto@ WascoTrib.com. Winners will be revealed here next week. LAST WEEK: Vintage cars at the Wasco Rose Parade passing the First Congregational Church in 1942....

  • Mystery History - Aug. 18, 2022

    The Shafter Press|Updated Aug 22, 2022

    Here's this week's challenge, courtesy of the Shafter Historical Society. If you know the location, circumstances, exact or rough date and/or people in the photo, send your educated (or semieducated) guess to The Press, 455 Kern St., Suite E, Shafter, CA 93263, or e-mail it to mysteryphoto@ TheShafterPress.com. Winners will be revealed here next week. LAST WEEK: Shafter High football team, 1940....

  • Mystery History - Aug. 11, 2022

    Wasco Tribune|Updated Aug 14, 2022

    Here's this week's challenge, courtesy of the Wasco Historical Society. If you know the location, circumstances, exact or rough date and/or people in the photo, send your educated (or semieducated) guess to the Tribune, 455 Kern St., Suite E, Shafter, CA 93263, or e-mail it to [email protected]. Winners will be revealed here next week. LAST WEEK: A high school graduation picture of Laura Frantz in 1935. She was part of a well-known family in Wasco that moved here...

  • Mystery History - Aug. 4, 2022

    The Shafter Press|Updated Aug 7, 2022

    Here's this week's challenge, courtesy of the Wasco Historical Society. If you know the location, circumstances, exact or rough date and/or people in the photo, send your educated (or semieducated) guess to the Tribune, 455 Kern St., Suite E, Shafter, CA 93263, or e-mail it to mysteryphoto@ WascoTrib.com. Winners will be revealed here next week. LAST WEEK: A visitor in 1954 at the Weit's "Wishing Well," which is now on display at the Wasco Historical Society...

  • Mystery History - July 28, 2022

    The Shafter Press|Updated Jul 31, 2022

    Here's this week's challenge, courtesy of the Wasco Historical Society. If you know the location, circumstances, exact or rough date and/or people in the photo, send your educated (or semieducated) guess to the Tribune, 455 Kern St., Suite E, Shafter, CA 93263, or e-mail it to mysteryphoto@ WascoTrib.com. Winners will be revealed here next week. LAST WEEK: At the wedding of Geraldine Fannon, which took place at the Wasco United Methodist Church in 1956....

  • Mystery History - July 21, 2021

    The Shafter Press|Updated Jul 25, 2022

    Here's this week's challenge, courtesy of the Wasco Historical Society. If you know the location, circumstances, exact or rough date and/or people in the photo, send your educated (or semieducated) guess to the Tribune, 455 Kern St., Suite E, Shafter, CA 93263, or e-mail it to [email protected]. Winners will be revealed here next week. LAST WEEK: In 1949, a senior play recital at Wasco High School auditorium. The woman in white is Irene Brown Skeel...

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