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The Sunset Labor Camp, when it first was built in 1936.
Courtesy of the Library of Congress
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Picketers march at the courthouse in 1939 to protest the Board of Supervisors’ decision to ban “The Grapes of Wrath.”
The Bakersfield Californian, file
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This photo was taken in the 1940s of Lockheed Aircraft Factory employees. The factory was located on what is now Pegasus. Elma Wilson is pictured in the middle.
Courtesy Doris Ross
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South Chester Drive-In movie opening night ad.
TBC
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On Oct. 14, 1947, Chuck Yeager became the first test pilot to break the sound barrier, flying the Bell X-1 at an altitude of 45,000 feet. It all happened in eastern Kern County at a military installation that would later come to be known as Edwards Air Force Base.
Handout photo
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The 1952 earthquake caused extensive damage to Congregation B’Nai Jacob.
Photo courtesy of Congregation B’nai Jacob
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Looking east toward the Civic Auditorium on Truxtun Avenue, June 5, 1963.
TBC
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John Giumarra Jr. displays a union label at a ceremony in Delano after signing a contract ending a six-year grape boycott. Seated is United Farm Workers co-founder Cesar Chavez. Behind him at left is Ray Olives, also with the UFW.
Courtesy of Kern County Museum
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A colorful photo from Red Rock Canyon.
Navdeep Singh
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The Gossamer Condor
TBC
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Voyager’s first non-stop unrefueled flight around the world, Dec. 23, 1986.
Courtesy of Air Force Test Center History Office
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George Jones, Merle Haggard, Buck Owens and Bill Raines, who designed several statues of country performers commissioned by Owens and on display at the Crystal Palace. The icons joined Owens for the unveiling of the statues on Oct. 6, 2005.
John Harte / The Californian
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A family trudges along through the snow in front of a line of palm trees in Bakersfield Jan. 25, 1999. Bakersfield got its first snowfall in at least 27 years, up to a half-foot that gave schoolchildren a rare chance to make snowmen but made travel difficult if not impossible.
Henry A. Barrios / The Californian
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Bill Thomas is not seek another term as a KCCD Trustee
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In this photo released by Virgin Galactic in 2017, SpaceShipTwo glides toward the earth on an earlier test flight after release from the mothership, WhiteKnightTwo, over the Mojave area.
Courtesy of Virgin Galactic
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In this file photo, Rudy Salas, D-Bakersfield, is sworn in to a third term representing the 32nd Assembly District.
Courtesy office of Rudy Salas
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President Barack Obama helps Helen Chavez as they walk up stairs during Obama’s visit to La Paz in Keene in October 2012. At left is Paul Chavez; third from left is Arturo Rodriguez, UFW president; and at right is Dolores Huerta, UFW co-founder.
Henry A. Barrios / The Californian
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Traffic moves steadily on the Westside Parkway near Calloway Drive. Bakersfield’s first new freeway in 37 years, the parkway opened in 2013.
Californian file
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Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Bakersfield, is in the middle of the discussion about repeal of the ACA.
Henry A. Barrios / The Californian
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Firefighters battle last summer’s Erskine Fire by lighting backfires in Lake Isabella. Shortly after it was reported on June 23, it became apparent a two-acre blaze originating near Erskine Creek Road and Apollo Way in the Lake Isabella area was going to chew up some acreage.
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