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Dixon's landscape paintings ranged in styles from impressionism to angular modernism, all while capturing the beauty of the Southwestern landscape.
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Barry McGuire and Terry Talbot had their own big hits during the anti-war movement, before they both moved to Fresno and shifted their careers into worship music.
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Fresno-area artist Stan Bitters designed the collection of glazed ceramic reliefs starting in 1969.
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Fig Garden Village was built in the "Town and County" style in the 1950s using reclaimed timbers, bricks and an eclectic design that has made it popular for close to 70 years.
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Patterned after LA's Original Farmer's Market, it was a Fresno landmark from the 1940s through the 1990s.
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The neighborhood is much older than its namesake theater, which was built in 1939 in Fresno's first "streetcar suburb."
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Look in older parts of Fresno, Bakersfield and other cities, and you're likely to find a Craftsman-style bungalow.
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North American Aviation established a plant at the Fresno Air Terminal to rebuild F-86 Sabrejets returning from the Korean War for the U.S. Air Force.
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A red International Harvester from Fresno sits in the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C.
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Duke Ellington's song "Skin Deep" was recorded in 1952 at Fresno's Rainbow Ballroom.