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breaking ground for convalescent hospital; participants included Mr.Mosesian; Delano councilwoman Helen Cole (standing, second from right); and local attorney John Hourigan, standing at far right; sign in background names builders G.H.Slack (of…

presentation of an award plaque at a dinner of the Columbian Squires, an organization of the Knights of Columbus; Bob Brooks is at right

Three men, one with shovel, breaking ground for new Chrysler-Plymouth dealership; sign reads "Future home of Monte Montijo Chrysler-Plymouth." The business was located at 626 Cecil Avenue

Photograph taken on 100th birthday of Delano resident Alice J. Fox Martin Evans; Mrs. Evans is in center; Alice Evans was named "Mrs. Republican" in Delano in 1962

May 5, 1929, dedication of Kern River Park. Renamed Hart Park in 1947 for Kern County Supervisor John O. Hart. Related article appeared in the Bakersfield Californian May 6, 1929, page 1.Located eight miles Northeast of Bakersfield, on Alfred Harrell…

Cotton is King Festival parade along Chester Avenue. Wasco's float is square white vehicle at left center. Hotel Manchester is last building on right side of street;Grand Hotel is two buildings to the right. A drug store is on left side of street. A…

Construction site of Bakersfield City Hall at Truxtun and Chester; tower of Old Church Plaza is just visible over the trees; Haberfelde and other buildings are at left

Picketers in front of Stardust Liquor store on Ellington Street, during strike of February 1966.

Close-up of mural that was painted on Kern County Food Bank warehouse at 800 14th Street. Building was torn down about 2003

School group picture, including Doris Marie Stoner, daughter of Austin Foster Stoner, born July 1895. Doris Stoner is in the third standing row (counting from ground level), second to the left from the teacher.