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Ekman's Jeweler's and Bremler's Mens Clothing stores on the northwest corner of Main Street and Oak Street in Porterville, California.

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

Shows Main Street Market, Spacke's Texaco service station at Curry and G Street, and other Tehachapi businesses after 1952 Kern County earthquake

Shows Ben Franklin store, Comet dime store, McMahan's Furniture, Snider's, and a drug store, along with automobiles; from the collection of Harlan Curnow

Oildale's Business & Professional Women's club charged $1.50 per person for a Country Store fund-raising event; the event included prizes, old time dancing, square dancing, entertainment, and supper; held at Veteran's Memorial Hall on Norris…

Shell gas station, sharing building with Sherry's store; located on Northwest corner of Roberts Lane and North Chester Avenue

Horsedrawn vehicles in front of businesses on unpaved street.

View of downtown Bakersfield; from collection of Harlan Curnow

Town and Country market, probably in Tehachapi, after 1952 Kern county earthquake

View of Midland, which was 13 miles South of McKittrick; Holmes Supply Company is at left in foreground. The picture also shows a boiler plant and a small barn for buggies. The group of shade trees in the background at right mark the location of the…