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View of downtown Bakersfield; from the collection of Harlan Curnow

View of downtown Bakersfield at night; from the collection of Harlan Curnow

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…

View of downtown Bakersfield, showing California Theater in center of picture; from the collection of Harlan Curnow

Bus in downtown Bakersfield; street scene showing pedestrians and traffic signal; from the collection of Harlan Curnow

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

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…

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…

Chester Avenue in front of Austin Foster Stoner's farm implement store. Austin Foster Stoner is in center of photo, with arm on tractor. Beale Memorial Clock Tower is in background. From the collection of Gaye Lenahan, great-granddaughter of Austin…

Downtown Bakersfield; from the collection of Harlan Curnow