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Shows staff and customers at food stand, buildings, at old fairgrounds on North Chester Avenue, later superceded by Kern County fairgrounds at P Street

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

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

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

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

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

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.