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Town and Country market, probably in Tehachapi, after 1952 Kern county earthquake

Main Street of Fellows. Chanslor-Canfield-Midway Oil Company was active there in 1915. From the collection of Frederic Chandler Ripley, Jr.

View of Midland, which was 13 miles South of McKittrick; Holmes Supply Company is at left in foreground. The picture also shows a boiler plant and a small barn for buggies. The group of shade trees in the background at right mark the location of the…

Shows library staff and clients at China Lake Naval Ordnance Testing Station near Ridgecrest. Top picture shows computer technology then current; other view shows card catalog in background. Name of facility was changed in 1992 to Naval Air Weapons…

Building 3-B, Transfer dock, just completed. From the collection of Roland C. Stone, Project Engineer.

West side of static-firing test building # 214 of China Lake complex; picture taken shortly after building completed, July 3, 1945.From the collection of Roland C. Stone, Project Engineer.

Interior of building # 214, used for static-firing tests; large motor testing bay. From the collection of Roland C. Stone, Project Engineer

Building #1, 12-inch press, just completed. From the collection of Roland C. Stone, Project Engineer

South Union Avenue, showing Varrey Bargain Center and various vehicles

One example of the wide range of Kern County Land Company's holdings, which extended outside of California