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Shows section of Stony Brook Retreat used as infirmary, shortly before it opened; Stony Brook was Kern County's tuberculosis facility 1929-1968.

Ingleside Hotel, with people in front and on balcony; the hotel replaced the town hall about January 1890, and burnt down August 1890; located at Northwest corner of 17th Street and Chester Avenue, the original Beale Memorial Library opened on that…

J.C. Penney, located on Chester Avenue between 20th and 21st streets, with automobiles parked at entrance

Service station, with drive-in restaurant labeled "Fountain Service;" located at Baker Street

Ken's Burgers, a walk-up fast-food restaurant, with two customers; showing prices and various items on menu; located at Niles and Mt Vernon.

Shows airplane marked "Kern County Air Service, Amos Collins, Pilot." Air mail service to Kern County began in 1927.

Kern County Courthouse, built 1911, located at Truxtun and Chester. It was torn down in 1953 and another courts building constructed on the site.

Shows staff and customers at food stand, buildings, at old fairgrounds on North Chester Avenue, later superceded by Kern County fairgrounds at P Street

Mural on North side of Kern County Food Bank, located at 800 14th Street at Q Street. Building was later torn down.

Bookmobile, with chidren looking at the books