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Kern County Land Co. building, Bakersfield.

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

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.

An unidentified woman at the wheel of a decorated library car.

Kern County Free Library booth at the Kern County Fair, 1916.

Bookmobile, with chidren looking at the books

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

Wall mural on the Kern County Food Bank located at 800 14th St., Bakersfield.

Kern County Fairgrounds located at 1142 South P St., Bakersfield.

Shows staff and customers at food stand, buildings, at old fairgrounds on North Chester Avenue, later superceded by Kern County fairgrounds at P Street