Photographs of Winters, California

Schools

Winters Grammar School

Black and white postcard showing Winters Grammar School in 1943.

Winters High School as it looks today (from left to right) (Photograph by Peggy B. Perazzo, July 2005, used with permission.)

Winters High School (before fire)

Black and white postcard showing Winters High School in 1942. Built in 1916, the school was gutted by fire on January 7, 1943.

Winters High School (after fire)

Black and white photograph showing the damage to Winters High School on January 7, 1943. (Photograph contributed by Betty Barriskill who was attending the high school at the time of the fire.)

Winters High School Gymnasiun

Black and white postcard showing the Winters High School Gymnasium in 1939. It was saved from the the fire that destroyed the main building in 1943.

Old Hemenway House

Old Hemenway House on Grant Avenue (According to my great uncle George Leggett, this is a photograph of the “old Hemenway House” in Winters in which George and his family lived at one time. Hemenway is the name of one of Winters pioneer families.)

Winters Flood 1940

Photograph showing 1940 Flood. Inscription on the back of the photograph reads:
“Feb. 27/40 looking towards mountain; Flood Winters CA 1940”

Winters Flood 1940

Photograph showing 1940 flood. Inscription on the back of the photograph reads:
“Down at end of main street across railroad track; Flood 1940”

Winters City Hall

Black and white postcard showing Winters City Hall in 1943.

Another View of Winters City Hall

Black and white postcard showing another view of Winters City Hall during the 1940's.

Opera House

Winters Opera House - Today The Palms Playhouse on Main Street in Winters - Today the Winters Opera House is the home of the Palms Playhouse. You can view photographs of the exterior and interior of the Opera House on their web site.

Buckhorn Resturant

Buckhorn Restaurant (view on Main Street) & photo of one of the marble and wood columns outside of the Buckhorn Restaurant.

The Buckhorn Resturant

The Buckhorn Resturant (previously the De Vilbis Hotel) on the corner of Main Street and Railroad. Photograph taken by Peggy B. Perazzo July 2000.

All postcards in the collection of Peggy B. Perazzo unless indicated otherwise, used with permission.