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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.

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…

Signs and scaffolding in front of 22nd and Chester location of Motor City Used Car Lot, damaged in 1952 earthquake; one sign is for Austin building company, and the other sign discloses the new location of Motor Center Used Car Lot as 21st and H…

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