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Results: 1-25 of 134   |   Refined by: Available Online   Remove Subject: 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
  • 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
  • Audio Recording
    Down In The Little Green Valley
    • Contributor: Todd, Charles L. - Rains, Ruby - Sonkin, Robert - Rains, Eugene - Rains, Bert
    • Date: 1940-08-15
  • 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
  • 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
  • Photo, Print, Drawing
    On location of Resettlement Administration film near Bakersfield, California. Three brothers, drought refugees from Texas (note water barrel) 1 negative : nitrate ; 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 inches or smaller.
    • Contributor: Lange, Dorothea
    • Date: 1935
  • Photo, Print, Drawing
    Newly-built cabins. Rent five dollars per month. California. Near Bakersfield 1 negative : nitrate ; 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 inches or smaller.
    • Contributor: Lange, Dorothea
    • Date: 1939
  • Photo, Print, Drawing
    Fox Theater, Bakersfield, California 1 photograph : digital, tiff file, color.
    • Contributor: Highsmith, Carol M.
    • Date: 2012
  • Photo, Print, Drawing
    Fox Theater, Bakersfield, California 1 photograph : color transparency ; 35 mm (slide format).
    • Contributor: Margolies, John
    • Date: 1987
  • Audio Recording
    Fight For Union Recognition
    • Contributor: Todd, Charles L. - Rains, Ruby - Sonkin, Robert - Latham, Jack - Rains, Bert
    • Date: 1940-08-15
  • Photo, Print, Drawing
    Drought refugee children on U.S. 99 near Bakersfield, California 1 negative : nitrate ; 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 inches or smaller.
    • Contributor: Lange, Dorothea
    • Date: 1937
  • Photo, Print, Drawing
    Bakersfield, California. Applications for "grants" during cotton pickers' strike 1 negative : nitrate ; 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 inches or smaller.
    • Contributor: Lange, Dorothea
    • Date: 1938
  • Photo, Print, Drawing
    Outside the Labor Temple where the conference called by the Steinbeck Committee during the cotton strike is being held. Bakersfield, California 1 negative : nitrate ; 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 inches or smaller.
    • Contributor: Lange, Dorothea
    • Date: 1938
  • Photo, Print, Drawing
    A German Meserschmitt on display at Bakersfield, California 1 negative : nitrate ; 35 mm.
    • Contributor: Lee, Russell
    • Date: 1942
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  • California 127
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  • Todd, Charles L. 6
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