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Service station, with drive-in restaurant labeled "Fountain Service;" located at Baker Street

J.C. Penney, located on Chester Avenue between 20th and 21st streets, with automobiles parked at entrance

Ingleside Hotel, with people in front and on balcony; the hotel replaced the town hall about January 1890, and burnt down August 1890; located at Northwest corner of 17th Street and Chester Avenue, the original Beale Memorial Library opened on that…

Shows section of Stony Brook Retreat used as infirmary, shortly before it opened; Stony Brook was Kern County's tuberculosis facility 1929-1968.

Cast of film "Virginia City" takes the train to Bakersfield to take a break in Kern county, although the film was actually shot in Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties

Viola Stoner of Bakersfield, born March 1888, daughter of Austin Foster T. Stoner, stands second from right in top row, in front of brick building; possibly school class picture. Viola Stoner is the grandmother of Gaye Lenahan, who donated several…

Children standing outside building, possibly a school; Doris Stoner (born July 1895, daughter of Austin Foster Stoner) is in front row, exactly in the middle, in dark dress with tie

Beale Park was given to Bakersfield by Truxtun Beale in 1907. His gift of a Greek Theater in the park was dedicated in 1908. It has been used for numerous dramatic and musical events.

View of a ranch at Granite Station, located 12 miles Southwest of Glennville; served as a stagecoach station

View of railroad car sitting on the track at Bakersfield depot