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Tropico gold mine located West of Rosamond. The mine was discovered in the 1870s by Dr.L.A. Crandall. Changing hands several times, the mine was acquired by brothers Clifford and Cecil Burton in the 1920s. The Mine closed in 1956.

Bus in downtown Bakersfield; street scene showing pedestrians and traffic signal; from the collection of Harlan Curnow

Three members of the Business and Professional Women's Club (BPW) just about to leave for the BPW Western Regional Convention in Hawaii. Shown in front of of Kern County Airport are Ruth Schreckenbach, Paulina M. Hart, and an unidentified woman

Members of Business and Professional Women's Club of Bakersfield, East Bakersfield, and Oildale decorating float for Business Women's Week and Kern County Fair

Shows Lorraine "Lefty" Stoner (son of Austin Foster Stoner) and two other employees at butcher shop. From the collection of Gaye Lenahan, grand-niece of Lorraine Stoner.

Prison library at California Correctional Insitution, Tehachapi

Smashed car, and people observing, in aftermath of Kern County earthquake; near railroad tracks, probably in Tehachapi

Men standing beside horse-drawn carriages in Austin Foster Stoner's shop; Austin Stoner is at far right. From the collection of Gaye Lenahan, great-granddaughter of Austin Foster Stoner.

On November 27, 1909, gusher 2-6 came in with a roar, 2,000 barrels of oil a day, the first gusher in the Midway Valley, in Western Kern County. From the collection of Frederic Chandler Ripley, Jr.

Housing for workers is at left, headquarters building is at right,at end of street.Vernette was a railroad siding three-quarters of a mile North of Fellows. From the collection of Frederic Chandler Ripley, Jr.