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The first permanent school in Clovis built in 1897. This two-story served grades first through ninth. The building was located between First and Second Street on Pollasky Ave. Funding for the building came from a bond for $5000.

Picture of Clovis Grammar School, built in 1918 and demolished in 1952. Ernest J. Kump was the architect and E.P. Smith was the contractor. Constructed with Romanesque Revival architectural elements as was the second of two schools built on the same…

Background picture of mountains and valley floor, girl with a basket on the right side. Brand name in dark red letters on the top.

Young Clover Nagata is posed with a hoe, ready to begin gardening.

Milham Discovery Well, Kettleman Hills, 1928.

Picketers in front of Stardust Liquor store on Ellington Street, during strike of February 1966.

Close-up of mural that was painted on Kern County Food Bank warehouse at 800 14th Street. Building was torn down about 2003

Clock Tower and Chamber of Commerce, Bakersfield

Damaged clock tower on 17th and Chester in Bakersfield after the 1952 earthquake. The Coca Cola sign is in the right background.

Clock tower, Bakersfield, CA.