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Shows a 1910 EMF automobile being driven in the Bakersfield Centennial parade downtown; driver and passengers wear period clothes.The parade was on January 10.

Vintage automobile being driven in parade; nameplate on side of vehicle identifies it as 1926 Ford Roadster, owned by George and Myrtle McNeal; picture taken near 19th and L Streets downtown.Parade was on January 10.

1920s fire engine, in Bakersfield Centennial parade; fire-extinguisher cylinders visible on side of vehicle.The parade was on January 10.

Bakersfield Centennial parade float, featuring an oversized chick, just turning the corner from 19th Street downtown.The parade was on January 10.

Golden Empire Transit (GET) bus, painted for the Bakersfield Centennial celebration, in parade. Secured to front of bus is a vintage bicycle from the era between 1870 and 1900.Parade was on January 10.

Horse-drawn fire department hose wagon from about 1907, in Bakersfield Centennial parade; seated at front of wagon, beside man wearing hat, is Robert Prenter, a Kern county Assemblyman during the late 1990s.The parade was on January 10.

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

Mural on North side of Kern County Food Bank, located at 800 14th Street at Q Street. Building was later torn down.

Third Beale Memorial Library building, opened in 1988, shown after a rare snowfall; located at corner of 701 Truxtun Avenue, at Q Street

Kern County Land Company Office, located at 2920 H Street. Galbraith Van & Storage Company on Chester Avenue is visible in background at far right; office was built after 1952 earthquake