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  • Mystery History - October 19,2023

    Wasco Tribune|Oct 19, 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: The original tennis courts next to the Wasco High School gymnasium in the 1940s....

  • Mystery History - Oct. 5, 2023

    Wasco Tribune|Oct 5, 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: Mother and Eddie Wiet in 1948. He came to town when G Street was a main street and took over a hotel, putting in the first bathtub. Later, he...

  • Mystery History - Sept. 28, 2023

    Wasco Tribune|Sep 28, 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 fun time on the Wasco Union Grammer School bus in the1930s....

  • Mystery History - Sept. 21, 2023

    Wasco Tribune|Sep 21, 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: Digging potatoes in 1942 with Mr. Walden's digger....

  • Mystery History - Aug. 31, 2023

    Wasco Tribune|Aug 31, 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: The Wasco Union High School adult basketball team in 1952.941...

  • Mystery History - Aug. 24, 2023

    Wasco Tribune|Aug 24, 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: At the wedding of Connie Bernal and Hector Montemayor in 1955....

  • Mystery History - Aug. 10, 2023

    Wasco Tribune|Aug 10, 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: Digging potatoes in 1942 with Mr. Walden's digger....

  • Mystery History - Aug. 3, 2023

    Wasco Tribune|Aug 3, 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: Lakewood's Clothing Store at the corner of 7th and E streets in the 1940s. The owner was Lake J. Wood. Being fitted was Annette Smith, and...

  • Mystery History - July 20, 2023

    Wasco Tribune|Jul 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: Wasco malt shop in the 1940s....

  • Mystery History - July 13, 2023

    Wasco Tribune|Jul 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: The former Wasco Theatre built in 1925. It is now the home of the Wasco Free Will Baptist Church....

  • Mystery History - June 27, 2023

    Wasco Tribune|Jun 27, 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 senior play recital at the Wasco High School auditorium in 1949. The woman in white is Irene Brown Skeels....

  • Mystery History - June 15, 2023

    Wasco Tribune|Jun 15, 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: View of a milking barn at the Jersey Farm Dairy, owned by Horace A. Grisso and his wife, Rose Wood Grisso, in the 1930s....

  • Mystery History - June 8, 2023

    Wasco Tribune|Jun 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, CA 93263, or e-mail it to [email protected]. Winners will be revealed here next week. LAST WEEK: The former Wasco Theater, built in 1925. It is now the home of the Wasco Free Will Baptist Church....

  • Mystery History - May 25, 2023

    Wasco Tribune|May 25, 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: Graduation picture of students in Mr. Kettleson's 8th-grade class who attended the Wasco Union Elementary School in 1950....

  • Mystery History - May 18, 2023

    Wasco Tribune|May 18, 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: Bookmark from a reading teacher at Wasco Elementary School in the 1930s....

  • Mystery History - May 4, 2023

    Wasco Tribune|May 4, 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: The letter from Steve Janzen's Wasco High School letter jacket in track from 1957 to 1960....

  • Mystery History - April 27, 2023

    The Shafter Press|Apr 27, 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: Wasconian Iola Moore's family in Oklahoma before they came to Wasco in 1938....

  • Mystery History - April 20, 2023

    Wasco Tribune|Apr 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: Mrs. Douglas' Wasco Union Elementary School 6th grade class in 1947....

  • Mystery History - April 13, 2023

    The Shafter Press|Apr 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: Men from from Wasco waiting to ship out to be trained as soldiers during the draft in 1941....

  • Mystery History - April 6, 2023

    Wasco Tribune|Apr 6, 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: Looking west on Seventh Street from the Santa Fe Depot in 1901....

  • Mystery History - March 23, 2023

    Wasco Tribune|Mar 23, 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: The Wasco Historical Society tries out the American flag in front of the museum in the background, once the Hamilin School of rural Wasco,...

  • Mystery History - March 9, 2023

    Wasco Tribune|Mar 9, 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: The Wasco Union Elementary School facing 7th Street in 1922....

  • Mystery History - Feb. 16, 2023

    Wasco Tribune|Feb 16, 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|Feb 9, 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|Jan 26, 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....

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