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Economy Mercantile, and other Tehachapi businesses, after the 1952 Kern County earthquake

Shows workers at an orange packing shed in Edison where oranges were packed into crates. Most of the workers are women; at least one is a small child. Crates bear various labels: Sunkist, Edison, Wizard, California Fruit Growers Exchange.Calendar on…

Home of Edward Fitzgerald Beale and wife Mary Beale, located on what is now Tejon Ranch property;known as La Liebre Adobe or La Liebre Ranch. Built in 1855, and occupied by the Beales part-time until Edward Fitzgerald Beale's death in 1893. Sold by…

La Liebre Adobe, home of Edward Fitzgerald and Mary Beale 1855-1893, now property of Tejon Ranch; vehicle parked beside house is approximately 140 years newer

Interior view of La Liebre Adobe, home of Edward Fitzgerald and Mary Beale 1855-1893, now property of Tejon Ranch. Note thickness of walls at window

Front entrance of La Liebre Adobe, home of Edward Fitzgerald and Mary Beale 1855-1893. Currently property of Tejon Ranch

Shows library staff in an office of the Kern County Library Headquarters, then located in the Kern County Courthouse basement

Librarian Eleanor Wilson poses beside bust of General Beale, at the second Beale Memorial Library, on the day that the library's name was changed from Kern County Central Library to Beale Memorial Libary: June 2, 1966. She wears pioneer dress for…

Shows gas engine used in power generation by Electric Water Company

Sign on top of machine shop reads "Kern County Land Company Machine and Blacksmith Shop."