Winters, California, located in the south central part of Yolo County. (Photographs taken by Peggy B. Perazzo, July 2005 and in earlier years, used with permission.)

“Winters, twenty miles southwest of Woodland, is the second largest town in the county. It dates its municipal existence from 1875. It is situated at the base of picturesque hills, and stands upon and is surrounded by Putah Creek delta-lands, of the same class as the soil around Woodland. It is noted for its early fruits and vegetables, all of which are shipped direct from the town to Eastern markets. Walter T. Swingle, in the Year Book of the U. S. Agricultural Department for 1890, says that Winters is one of the most productive fruit centers on the Pacific Coast, and mentions the fact that it has the most northerly date-palm in bearing in the world. The fruit matures fully and is delicious in flavor. No better evidence of the evenness and mildness of the climate of Yolo and the Sacramento Valley could be furnished....” (Excerpt from “Woodland, California,” By. R. A. Thompson, excerpt from Out West magazine, Vol. XVII, No. 1, July, 1902, pp. 120-135.)

Downtown Winters

Downtown Winters, July 2000 A view of downtown Winters at Main Street an Railroad. Note the Buckhorn Resturant is on the left. Photograph taken by Peggy B. Perazzo July 2000.

Downtown Winters, c.1940 Photograph of downtown Winters c.1940 from a similar viewpoint.

Views of Winters, California (postcard photograph, No. 2837; pub. by Pacific Novelty Co. of S.F., Cal., Made in S.F.; early 1900s)

Winters Street Scene - Main Street

Location of old Blacksmith Shop on Main Street - According to George Leggett, the area behind the wooden fence in this photograph was the location of the old blacksmith shop in the past.

Banks

View of Winters from First Northern Bank Building July 2000 Downtown Winters from First Northern Bank Building. Photograph taken by Peggy B. Perazzo July 2000.

View of Winters from First Northern Bank Building c. 1940 Photograph of Winters from the First Northern Bank Building c. 1940.

First Northern Bank Building (previously Citizens Bank of Winters) First Northern Bank Building on Main Street. It was the Bank of America building in the 1970's. Photograph taken by Peggy B. Perazzo July 2000.

Citizen Bank of Winters, California (postcard photograph, early 1900s)

Citizens Bank of Winters (photograph from "History of Yolo County, California, with Biographical Sketches…,” by Tom Gregory, Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, California, 1913, pp. 56.)

Winters National Bank - Today the Ace Hardware on Main Street. The old Winters National Bank building is today an Ace Hardware store. The bank’s name carved in white marble is still in place on the front of the building.

Christian Church

Christian Church Black and white postcard showing Christian Church in Winters c. 1943. Postcard photograph contributed by Mary Garatti.

Christian Church Black and white postcard showing Christian Church in Winters c. 1930 with snow in the foreground. Postcard contributed by Betty Barriskill.

All postcards in the collection of Peggy B. Perazzo unless indicated otherwise.