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Office houses among trees are in center of picture; Bunk house is in foreground at right; Homes Supply Company is farther to the right; a row of shops is behind foreground oil derrick at center; doctor's office, house, and hospital are at left;…

Victory parade after World War II, showing men in uniform going past Strauss', Kirby's, and Leed's places of business; from the collection of Harlan Curnow

Parade in downtown Bakersfield at time of World War II, showing men in uniform marching at Eye Street, looking North from 17th Street

Parade through downtown Bakersfield, showing rider in Native American headdress carrying American flag, with other horses and riders; from the collection of Harlan Curnow

Pastime Theatre, with businesses on either side; located on 19th Street between Chester Avenue and Eye Street

Students standing in front of Petroleum School, which was established in 1910 near the Kern River oil field North of Bakersfield; oil derricks are visible in background

View of Kern General Hospital Library, at location later known as Kern Medical Center, on day of open house, December 1, 1971

Picketers in front of Stardust Liquor store on Ellington Street during strike of February 1966; caption on back of photo includes the word "Huelga!" --Spanish for labor strike

Oil Center Post Office, with people posing in front of building

Hotel Lebec, constructed 1921, at its peak mid-1920s through mid-1930s. It was burned down in 1971.George Haberfelde had an automobile business in Bakersfield in the 1920s.Sanctuary of the Pines was a tree preserve near Lebec.