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Results: 1-25 of 185   |   Refined by: Available Online   Remove Location: Bakersfield.   Remove

  • Photo, Print, Drawing
    Andre's Giant Burgers sign, Bakersfield, California 1 photograph : color transparency ; 35 mm (slide format).
    • Contributor: Margolies, John
    • Date: 1987
  • Photo, Print, Drawing
    Grandmother of twenty-two children, from a farm in Oklahoma; eighty years old. Now living in camp on the outskirts of Bakersfield, California. "If you lose your pluck you lose the most there ... 1 negative : nitrate ; 4 x 5 inches or smaller.
    • Contributor: Lange, Dorothea
    • Date: 1936
  • Personal Narrative
    Curtis R. Follansbee VHP Collection Curtis R. Follansbee Collection in the Veterans History Project Database (American Folklife Center, Library of Congress)
    • Contributor: Follansbee, Curtis R.
    • Date: 2006-01-01
  • Photo, Print, Drawing
    The Kern County Museum, a history museum located in Bakersfield, California 1 photograph : digital, tiff file, color.
    • Contributor: Highsmith, Carol M.
    • Date: 2012
  • Photo, Print, Drawing
    Dispossessed Arkansas farmers. These people are resettling themselves on the dump outside of Bakersfield, California 1 negative : safety ; 4 x 5 inches or smaller.
    • Contributor: Lange, Dorothea
    • Date: 1935
  • Photo, Print, Drawing
    Blue Fox Lounge, Bakersfield, California 1 photograph : color transparency ; 35 mm (slide format).
    • Contributor: Margolies, John
    • Date: 2003
  • Photo, Print, Drawing
    American Kleaner, E. 21st Street, Bakersfield, California 1 photograph : color transparency ; 35 mm (slide format). | Photograph shows American Kleaner located at 400 21st St., Bakersfield, California. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2019)
    • Contributor: Margolies, John
    • Date: 2003
  • Photo, Print, Drawing
    Center Fire Station, H Street, Bakersfield, California 1 photograph : color transparency ; 35 mm (slide format).
    • Contributor: Margolies, John
    • Date: 2003
  • Photo, Print, Drawing
    Destitute farm families come to FSA (Farm Security Administration) distributing depot to apply for food grant. Bakersfield, Kern County, California 1 negative : nitrate ; 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 inches or smaller.
    • Contributor: Lange, Dorothea
    • Date: 1938
  • Personal Narrative
    Clarence Leland Winder VHP Collection Clarence Leland Winder Collection in the Veterans History Project Database (American Folklife Center, Library of Congress)
    • Contributor: Winder, Clarence Leland
    • Date: 2008-01-01
  • Audio Recording
    Down In The Little Green Valley
    • Contributor: Todd, Charles L. - Rains, Ruby - Sonkin, Robert - Rains, Eugene - Rains, Bert
    • Date: 1940-08-15
  • Personal Narrative
    George F. Wegman VHP Collection George F. Wegman Collection in the Veterans History Project Database (American Folklife Center, Library of Congress)
    • Contributor: Wegman, George F.
    • Date: 2009-01-01
  • Photo, Print, Drawing
    Dispossessed Arkansas farmers. Bakersfield, California 1 negative : safety ; 4 x 5 inches or smaller.
    • Contributor: Lange, Dorothea
    • Date: 1935
  • Audio Recording
    Columbus Stockade Blues
    • Contributor: Todd, Charles L. - Rains, Ruby - Sonkin, Robert - Rains, Bert
    • Date: 1940-08-15
  • Personal Narrative
    John Cornelius Van Slochteren VHP Collection John Cornelius Van Slochteren Collection in the Veterans History Project Database (American Folklife Center, Library of Congress)
    • Contributor: Van Slochteren, John Cornelius
    • Date: 2012-01-01
  • Photo, Print, Drawing
    Deschwanden's Shoe Repair ("The Big Shoe"), straight-on view, 10th & Chester, Bakersfield, California 1 photograph : color transparency ; 35 mm (slide format).
    • Contributor: Margolies, John
    • Date: 1987
  • Photo, Print, Drawing
    Grandmother of twenty-two children, from a farm in Oklahoma; eighty years old. Now living in camp on the outskirts of Bakersfield, California. "If you lose your pluck you lose the most there ... 1 negative : nitrate ; 4 x 5 inches or smaller.
    • Contributor: Lange, Dorothea
    • Date: 1936
  • Photo, Print, Drawing
    Deschwanden's Shoe Repair ("The Big Shoe"), angle view, 10th & Chester, Bakersfield, California 1 photograph : color transparency ; 35 mm (slide format).
    • Contributor: Margolies, John
    • Date: 1977
  • Photo, Print, Drawing
    Bakersfield, Kern County, California. Housing for Negroes in a new district on the edge of town. A rapidly growing community of colored people, mostly from Texas, some from Oklahoma. Rent of this ... 1 negative : nitrate ; 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 inches or smaller.
    • Contributor: Lange, Dorothea
    • Date: 1939
  • Photo, Print, Drawing
    The Kern County Museum, a history museum located in Bakersfield, California 1 photograph : digital, tiff file, color.
    • Contributor: Highsmith, Carol M.
    • Date: 2012
  • Map
    Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Bakersfield, Kern County, California. 1912 - May 1951; Vol. 1 - May 1949. 61. 004. Key map to edition.
    • Date: 1951

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  • Personal Narrative
    Charles Eric Harris VHP Collection Charles Eric Harris Collection in the Veterans History Project Database (American Folklife Center, Library of Congress)
    • Contributor: Harris, Charles Eric
    • Date: 2007-01-01
  • Personal Narrative
    Richard Herman Vinaske VHP Collection Richard Herman Vinaske Collection in the Veterans History Project Database (American Folklife Center, Library of Congress)
    • Contributor: Vinaske, Richard Herman
    • Date: 2010-01-01
  • Personal Narrative
    Paul A. Stivers VHP Collection Paul A. Stivers Collection in the Veterans History Project Database (American Folklife Center, Library of Congress)
    • Contributor: Stivers, Paul A.
    • Date: 2005-01-01
  • Personal Narrative
    Eldon Richard Weehler VHP Collection Eldon Richard Weehler Collection in the Veterans History Project Database (American Folklife Center, Library of Congress)
    • Contributor: Weehler, Eldon Richard
    • Date: 2009-01-01
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