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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…

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…

View of the Bank of America building under construction.

Old Bank of America building, 1931 Chester Ave., Bakersfield.

Beale Memorial Clock Tower

Kern County Library Children's Department summer program at Beale Park.

Beale Park Greek Theater, Oleander Ave., Bakersfield

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

Kern County Free Library, Boys' and Girls' Branch, Bakersfield, CA.