Browse Collections (63 total)

The Kings County Library welcomes those interested in local history. We have a small collection of local history and genealogy books, files with…

The images on this site were, in large part, derived from a collection of photographs supplied by the Kings County Museum at Burris Park. These images…

A second group of photographs (beginning with the letters "kic") is from the Hanford Carnegie Museum. From 1906 to 1968, this building was the home of…

The last group of photographs (beginning with the letters "kit") depict some of Kings County's Japanese citizens - including photos of their time…

Various Kern County scenes from the 1880s, with an emphasis on Rancho El Tejon.

Various photographs of Kern County locations and individual portraits.

Bakersfield city scenes from the 1990s.

Assorted Kern County scenes following the 1952 earthquake.