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Front view of Kern County Jail, which once stood on Truxtun Avenue. The building also housed a branch of the Kern County Library. Mr. Fay D. Jones was in charge of the library.

Kern County Jail, with three men in front of building; this jail was located at the corner of 16th and Eye Streets and was in use between May 1894 and December 1915

Kern County Land Company buildings; larger structure is probably a bunkhouse, as it is almost identical to the company's bunkhouse at Poso Ranch; facility was located Southwest of Bakersfield

Kern County Land Company Office, located at 2920 H Street. Galbraith Van & Storage Company on Chester Avenue is visible in background at far right; office was built after 1952 earthquake

Shows Kern County Land Company's provision for employees working near Wasco; bunkhouse is at left, mess hall is at right

Children, with adult, beside bookmobile stopping at Red Rock School

Group picture of students at Bakersfield High School, then known as Kern County Union High School. Pennants from 1918 hang on walls. Man seated at large desk in foreground is probably Professor Wilcox or Professor Dunn.

Kern County General Hospital on Flower Street, built in 1925; by 1981 it was being referred to as Kern Medical Center

Shows Erma Morris, Branch Librarian, at open house of Kern General Hospital Library, at location later known as Kern Medical Center

Unidentified welder doing work on Kern General Hospital from a window