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Part of the Online Archive of California (OAC) launched in 2002, which provides free public access to primary resource collections by more than 200 contributing institutions throughout California, the Kern County Library’s photograph collection includes images of historical interest of Bakersfield and other areas of Kern County from the late 1800s to 2001.
Historical photos 
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47 digitized audiovisual resources, including videos, audio, and interviews on library groundbreakings, the dustbowl, and Kern County...
Discover Kern County's Past @ Beale Memorial Library's LOCAL HISTORY ROOM The Local History Room is available to visitors...
The National Archives has collections spanning from general topics and through the 19th to 21st century. Among the notable collections...
Photos from the files of local historian, William Harland Boyd (1912-2002), collected while writing his books on Kern County history; these...
This collection includes Bakersfield city scenes from the 1990s. Historical...
