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View of downtown Bakersfield, including automobiles; from the collection of Harlan Curnow

View of downtown Bakersfield; from collection of Harlan Curnow

House on L Street. Front row: Arthur Raine, Barbara McGinn, Frances Rogers, Wanda Rankin, Gene Helbling, Patricia Colby, Mariella Laidley (daughter of Viola Stoner Laidley & William Laidley), Marian Williams. Kneeling, behind front row: Frederick…

Leffler Bequette Miller, born May 30 1895, with other children celebrating his birthday.House, and horse and wagon, visible in background.

Shell gas station, sharing building with Sherry's store; located on Northwest corner of Roberts Lane and North Chester Avenue

Shows people gathering fossils at Sharktooth Hill, a site northeast of Oildale containing Miocene shark teeth and other fossils

Second Beale Memorial Library building, keeping the name of the original according to agreement with Truxtun Beale, son of Edward Fitzgerald Beale.Located at 1315 Truxtun Avenue, at L Street. Opened in 1957; after third Beale Memorial Library was…

Santa Fe Railroad roundhouse, aerial view, showing surrounding buildings and highway; located at California Avenue between F and Oak Streets

Left to right: Reginald "Reg," Stoner, born 1889, Lorraine "Lefty" Stoner, born 1890, sons of Austin Foster Stoner; also date palms and umbrella trees in front of courthouse. Fence is made of iron chain and brick. From the collection of Gaye Lenahan,…

The students of Rosedale School show off the rats used in their project.The experiment was designed to teach the value of good nutrition.