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  1. 2005.10.10 - Print, Photographic

    Unknown Dixon mailman walking route with five dogs greeting him.

    Record Type: Photo

    Dixon Mail Carrier
  2. 2005.10.11 - Print, Photographic

    Dixon Postmaster and four mailmen during dedication of new post office at 221 West A Street on July 17, 1965 Left to Right: Bud King, Glen Fink, James Kilkenny- Postmaster, Raymond LaBlane, Jim Everett

    Record Type: Photo

    Dixon Postmaster & Mailmen
  3. 2005.10.12 - Print, Photographic

    Dixon Post Office carrier Roberta Walser (Beers) in new mail car. Jim Everett, Postmaster, in the black suit. Photo taken on the back loading dock of post office on A Street. Circ. 1970.

    Record Type: Photo

    Roberta Walser/Jim Everett
  4. 2005.10.13 - Print, Photographic

    Original Dixon Post Office building on the corner of First and B Streets being renovated after the Post Office moved to new location in 1965. Don Miller is current owner of the building. This building was bought by the Dixon Public Library in 2008 for future expansion. Second photo is of the building in the 1950's.

    Record Type: Photo

    Former Post Office Bldg.
  5. 2005.10.14 - Print, Photographic

    New Dixon, California Dixon Post Office #9133 postcard written to L. Ferguson 1909. Message on the back .."Kindly let me know if I have done anything to offend you. Signed. P. M. N. August 23, "09. Same photo as 2005.10.1

    Record Type: Photo

    DIxon Post Office 1909
  6. 2005.10.2 - Print, Photographic

    Dixon mail carrier Catherine Smith dressed as "Auntie Sam" for the 1968 Dixon Centennial. She is standing in front of Dixon Lumber Co. on Jackson Street. The Dixon Railroad Station is in the background. The lumber company burned to the ground just after midnight on June 15, 1999 and the city lost a landmark. The lumber company rebuilt as Ace Hardware on North First Street in 2001.

    Record Type: Photo

    Catherine Smith -1968
  7. 2005.10.3 - Print, Photographic

    Dixon's fIrst Post Office building built in 1908 by Oscar Schulze on the northeast corner of First and B Streets. Exterior view. Dentist, Dr. N. Spangler had his office upstairs in office over the post office. Unknown lady and gentleman standing in front of post office and by a horse drawn carriage. Two story structure, stucco exterior. Angled corner entrance.

    Record Type: Photo

    Dixon Post Office c. 1908
  8. 2005.10.4 - Print, Photographic

    Dixon Post Office postcard- exterior view looking east on B Street. Carriages and mules lined up on B Street. Two people in street. Dentist Dr. N. R. Spangler's office upstairs. Addressed to William F. Thomsen 101 So. First Street Dixon, Cal.

    Record Type: Photo

    DIxon Post Office 1908
  9. 2005.10.5 - Print, Photographic

    Dixon Post Office about 1920 corner of First and B Street. Exterior View. Two unknown women in front of post office. Dixon Carnegie Library to the right of photo and the Dixon Women's Improvement Club Park to the left of the photo. Palm trees and plantings around the post office. Unknown doctors office upstairs. Sign on power pole advertises "McFarlene Tent Theater Coming".

    Record Type: Photo

    c. 1920
  10. 2005.10.6 - Print, Photographic

    Dixon Post Office postcard 1908? Exterior view. Carriages and mules at hitching posts on B Street. Prior to the library being built in 1912.

    Record Type: Photo

    Dixon Post Office  c.1908
  11. 2005.10.7 - Print, Photographic

    Tom Kilkenny hanging the last U.S. Mail Pouch for train pickup in 1958 at the Dixon, California railroad station. Up to that date the mail was delivered to town and picked up via the railroad.

    Record Type: Photo

    Tom Kilkenny
  12. 2005.10.8 - Print, Photographic

    George "Pap" Hulen, rural mail carrier for Maine Prairie/Binghamton area posing in mule-drawn carriage in front of the Dixon Railroad Station.

    Record Type: Photo

    George Hulen  Mail Wagon
  13. 2005.10.9 - Print, Photographic

    U.S. Dixon Mail car in 1927. Unknown driver.

    Record Type: Photo

    Dixon Mail Car  1927
  14. 2005.11.1 - Print, Photographic

    Dixon Police Department's received their first patrol car and official uniforms in 1946. Shown here left to right - Chief Bud Peters , Ray Crawford, Pete Murphy standing proudly in front of their new vehicle. Prior to 1946, the officers used their own automobiles for patrol. Bud Peters became Chief of Police in 1946 on the death of Dixon's first Police Chief Clay Groves in an automobile accident in Sacramento.

    Record Type: Photo

    Dixon's 1st  Police Car 1946
  15. 2005.11.2 - Print, Photographic Digital

    Dixon, California Jail 1963. Located next to the fire department on Jackson St. It was torn down in the late 1960's when the fire station was expanded. The building formerly housed the City Hall and Courtroom. Original photo belongs to Harold Axelson.

    Record Type: Photo

    Dixon, Calif.  Jail 1963
  16. 2005.12.1 - Print, Photographic

    Postcard of Dixon Carnegie Library. 135 East B Street..Dixon, California. Exterior photo circa 1930. Postmarked October 8, 1936 written to Mrs. C. A. Ablis from Mary Jean. Text of message "Dear, Aunt Trude, Thought that I would send you a picture of the place I shall spend most of my time for awhile. I like the town very much so far and have a nice place to stay. The weather has just been perfect this week. Rather warm, but that is wha...

    Record Type: Photo

    Dixon Carnegie Library
  17. 2005.12.2 - Print, Photographic

    Dixon Carnegie Library circa 1915 from style of dress. Interior view. Circulation desk is in front of the door to the original office and door to basement on north wall.

    Record Type: Photo

    Library Interior c. 1915
  18. 2005.12.3 - Print, Photographic

    Dixon Carnegie Library exterior view. Closeup of steps and window on the south side of the building. Glass ball light structures on the bottom of the bannisters. Date unknown. Bannisters show many cracks in stucco. Steps discolored. Glass ball light structures later appeared in yard of Rice home east of the library. Library history written by Bil Paul for digital "Patch" newspaper in 2010. Dixon;s library an anchor tenant of downtown since...

    Record Type: Photo

    Dixon Carnegie Library
  19. 2005.12.4 - Print, Photographic

    Dixon Carnegie Library south (B Street) exterior view; possibly in early 1970's. Cypress trees on either side of front windows are grown to above window height. Street sign has been added as well as center step railing. Sign in window, "Copy It Here," advertises that copy machines were available. Aluminum screen doors added to front doors. Woven wooden blinds on interior windows. Magnolia tree west of street sign.

    Record Type: Photo

    Carnegie Library Exterior 1970 c.
  20. 2005.12.5 - Print, Photographic

    Dixon Carnegie Library exterior (B St.) view. Possibly in the mid 1970's. Front is overgrown with bushes. Cypress trees next to windows have almost reached the fascia by the roof. "Copies Here" sign in the window.

    Record Type: Photo

    Dixon Canegie Library

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