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Economy Mercantile, and other Tehachapi businesses, after the 1952 Kern County earthquake

constable Ed L. Arnold (5th from left) and men beside the body of a man found who had frozen to death at Parkfield, Calif., August 7, 1909.

Man driving open car.

Mr. & Mrs. Ed Smith and family pose with their horse and buggy in front of the family home in Porterville, CA, in 1897. The Smiths "were workers in the Porterville Congregational Church." (Photo courtesy of Porterville Library)

Ed Smith standing next to his horse and buggy in front of his home. Mrs. Smith and children standing in front of their home.

Five people seated in 1910 Pope Hartley automobile on road at the "picnic grounds" near Coulterville, Calif.; left to right, Jack Kemp, Renaldo Segale, Goss (first name unknown), Peter C. Johnson (driver), Eddie Webb.

Horse and buggy, with Eddie Webb (1880-1962) seated in buggy, on road near fenced pasture.

The Edgerly building at the corner of Tulare and J (Fulton) Streets. It is owned by A. Borel & Co of San Francisco. The postoffice department is housed here as well as, Noble Bros (raisin and fruit packers and shippers) as well as many real estate…

Shows workers at an orange packing shed in Edison where oranges were packed into crates. Most of the workers are women; at least one is a small child. Crates bear various labels: Sunkist, Edison, Wizard, California Fruit Growers Exchange.Calendar on…