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Chinese dragon in Bakersfield holiday parade with crowds of people and downtown buildings.

Aerial view of Bakersfield.

Bakersfield High School

View of Bakersfield High School from the soccer field.

Bakersfield Inn, original home of the Bakersfield sign which stretched across the street at 1101 Union Avenue. The Inn was built about 1945, and the sign was erected in 1949. The half of the inn at left, representing the West side of the street, was…

Demolished Bakersfield Jail building

From left to right: E.C. Bumgardner, Glen Polfson, A.E. Thedaker, Martin Thu, John Murdock.

Signs and scaffolding in front of 22nd and Chester location of Motor City Used Car Lot, damaged in 1952 earthquake; one sign is for Austin building company, and the other sign discloses the new location of Motor Center Used Car Lot as 21st and H…

Ceremony to welcome John Q. Hammons at the Holiday Inn, Bakersfield.

Balloons are released during the ceremony to welcome John Q. Hammons at the Holiday Inn, Bakersfield.