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Children of Emiliano (Joe) and Patricia Perez: Manuela Emiliana, Rodolfo and Pedro, 1885.

Photographer: E.R. Higgins. The family came to Fresno in 1884, and Joe Perez opened a blacksmith shop with Henry White on the corner of Fresno and K (Van Ness) Streets.