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View of downtown Bakersfield; from the collection of Harlan Curnow

View of downtown Bakersfield; from collection of Harlan Curnow

Economy Mercantile, and other Tehachapi businesses, after the 1952 Kern County earthquake

Shows workers at an orange packing shed in Edison where oranges were packed into crates. Most of the workers are women; at least one is a small child. Crates bear various labels: Sunkist, Edison, Wizard, California Fruit Growers Exchange.Calendar on…

Shows library staff in an office of the Kern County Library Headquarters, then located in the Kern County Courthouse basement

Librarian Eleanor Wilson poses beside bust of General Beale, at the second Beale Memorial Library, on the day that the library's name was changed from Kern County Central Library to Beale Memorial Libary: June 2, 1966. She wears pioneer dress for…

Shows gas engine used in power generation by Electric Water Company

Sign on top of machine shop reads "Kern County Land Company Machine and Blacksmith Shop."

Office headquarters for Electric Power Company of Kern County, located at Kern County Land Company building, 1712 19th Street; manager was F.G. Munzer.

Shows power generating equipment at Electric Water Company's Pump Station number 2