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Group picture of football team, showing clothing and gear used for football in the early twentieth century. From the collection of Gaye Lenahan.

Bakersfield Inn, original home of the Bakersfield sign which stretched across the street at 1101 Union Avenue. The Inn was built about 1945, and the sign was erected in 1949. The half of the inn at left, representing the West side of the street, was…

Front row, left to right: unknown, Carter Hartwell, 10-year-old Lorraine "Lefty" Stoner (son of Austin Foster Stoner), Brother Moody, Bob Pyle; back row, Buell Moody, Jesse Janny, Charlie Congdon, 11-year-old Reginald "Reg" Stoner (son of Austin…

2 women, in matching jumpsuits and caps, at Richfield service station; identified only as Bea and Louise. highway sign visible in background at left

Clock tower, pre-earthquake, next to business of A.F. Stoner (Austin Foster Stoner), beneath power lines; from the collection of Harlan Curnow

Santa Fe train engine, with freight cars, at Bealville, showing water tank beside railroad tracks

Students standing in front of Beardsley school building; it was located at 100 Pierce Road; it has since been replaced by schools elsewhere in Oildale

Thought to be automobile agent Benjamin L. Brundage standing on bridge, with other men standing below level of bank, with small waterfall; this picture was mounted on a Christmas postcard of a style popular circa 1910

April 28 Genealogy, History and Pioneers day, held soon after 3rd Beale Memorial Library first opened to the public. Left to right: Bob Powers, William Harland Boyd, standing in front of Geology-Mining-Petroleum Room

Thought to be part of the auto agency of Austin Foster Stoner in Bakersfield. From the collection of Gaye Lenahan, great-granddaughter of Austin Foster Stoner.