April 28 Genealogy, History and Pioneers day, held soon after 3rd Beale Memorial Library first opened to the public. Left to right: Bob Powers, William Harland Boyd, standing in front of Geology-Mining-Petroleum Room
Cotton is King Festival parade along Chester Avenue. Wasco's float is square white vehicle at left center. Hotel Manchester is last building on right side of street;Grand Hotel is two buildings to the right. A drug store is on left side of street. A…
Librarian Eleanor Wilson poses beside bust of General Beale, at the second Beale Memorial Library, on the day that the library's name was changed from Kern County Central Library to Beale Memorial Libary: June 2, 1966. She wears pioneer dress for…
Front row, left to right: Clement "Clemie" Lilburn (secretary), librarian Mila De Laveaga, librarian Miss Eleanor Wilson; second row, Miss Betty Jo Peterson, Miss Mary Corbitt, Lois Rainey; five rows back, aisle seat, Miss Irene Branham, Children's…