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J.C. Penney, located on Chester Avenue between 20th and 21st streets, with automobiles parked at entrance

Ingleside Hotel, with people in front and on balcony; the hotel replaced the town hall about January 1890, and burnt down August 1890; located at Northwest corner of 17th Street and Chester Avenue, the original Beale Memorial Library opened on that…

Shows section of Stony Brook Retreat used as infirmary, shortly before it opened; Stony Brook was Kern County's tuberculosis facility 1929-1968.

Cast of film "Virginia City" takes the train to Bakersfield to take a break in Kern county, although the film was actually shot in Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties

Two-story brick building, probably damaged in the 1952 Arvin-Tehachapi earthquake. Doors near center of picture contain sign "Hotel Maricopa." To the left, a window contains the signs "Vegetables, Fruits." To the right, a window contains the sign…

Hollis Roberts managed Roberts Farms, one of the largest grape growers in the area. He is shown at the office of his McFarland headquarters, signing with the Teamsters union

Official United States Navy photograph: headquarters building of the Naval Weapons Center at China Lake near Ridgecrest. Name changed in 1992 to Naval Air Weapons Station.

Viola Stoner of Bakersfield, born March 1888, daughter of Austin Foster T. Stoner, stands second from right in top row, in front of brick building; possibly school class picture. Viola Stoner is the grandmother of Gaye Lenahan, who donated several…

Children standing outside building, possibly a school; Doris Stoner (born July 1895, daughter of Austin Foster Stoner) is in front row, exactly in the middle, in dark dress with tie

Beale Park was given to Bakersfield by Truxtun Beale in 1907. His gift of a Greek Theater in the park was dedicated in 1908. It has been used for numerous dramatic and musical events.