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Students standing in front of Beardsley school building; it was located at 100 Pierce Road; it has since been replaced by schools elsewhere in Oildale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

The library had just obtained permission from Sears' manager, Willard C. Myers, to allow space for a bookmobile stop; the manager wanted a picture of the Bookmobile, for a display. He is shown in the picture.

Scaffolding in front of building damaged by 1952 Bakersfield earthquake shows various signs: Eastern, open; Entrance, Brower Bldg.; Eastern's entire store open for business; Eastern, open, tunnel entrance.

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