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Train depot building

Man on tractor pulling rig designed to spray pesticide on fields to kill mosquitoes; in front of Mosquito Abatement District shed

Second building of Standard School, built 1911, located at Oil Center Road, which road was later renamed China Grade Loop;school named for Standard Oil company which donated the land; building was moved farther south about 1918, and later moved to…

Panoramic view of Stony Brook Retreat, Kern County's tuberculosis facility, as it appeared in about the 1940s. Swimming pool is visible in foreground. The facility opened in 1929 and operated until about 1968

The children of Lamont school, who participated in a rat-feeding project to learn about nutrition. The project was supervised by Mrs.Pruitt, Health teacher at Lamont, and Public Health Nurse Mrs. Adams.

Close-up view of swimming pool used by patients of Stony Brook Retreat, Kern County's tuberculosis facility 1928-1968

Shows interior of original Taft Library, built about 1919,located on North Street. It was replaced in 1955 by a library on Emmons Park Drive.

Pulling over an old wooden oil derrick, with other wooden derricks in background; Kern River oil field

September 30, 1932, Santa Fe's Engine 3834 was derailed and completely buried in a flash flood near Woodford Station and Caliente, killing 19 people, at the junction of Tehachapi and Caliente creeks. After it was found weeks later, workers and…

Viola Stoner (daughter of Austin Foster Stoner) is in middle front row, in white dress. Viola Stoner is the grandmother of Gaye Lenahan, who donated several family pictures of the Stoner family.