Category:NARA images of Kern County, California

English: Images from NARA—the National Archives and Records Administration — of Kern County, California from the 19th and 20th centuries.

Includes images from the Environmental Protection Agency's NARA Program to photographically document subjects of Environmental Concern, compiled 1972—1977.

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Pea picker by Dorothea Lange, 1940-04-11‎ (4 F)

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Age 70, she came from near Greeley, Nebraska, with sister age 65, nephew age 30, and brother age 68. - NARA - 521788.jpg 2,358 × 3,000; 1.81 MB
American Red Cross - Groups - Colored Auxiliary of Bakersfield Chapter, Bakersfield, California - NARA - 20806938.jpg 5,411 × 3,504; 11.17 MB
American Red Cross - In the Service of Interior - Canteen Service - Draft men at Bakersfield, Cal. American Red Cross canteen workers giving cigarettes - NARA - 20801818.jpg 5,385 × 3,568; 9.34 MB
Arvin Kern County, California. Photograph made from the entrance of the Arvin Farm Labor Camp (F.S.A . . . - NARA - 521768.jpg 3,000 × 2,359; 1.29 MB
Arvin, Kern County, California. ... Close-up of relief queue on S.R.A. pay day. Man in foreground is . . . - NARA - 521652.jpg 2,228 × 3,000; 802 KB
Arvin, Kern County, California. ... Head of rural family asking questions regarding the size of his . . . - NARA - 521653.jpg 3,000 × 2,419; 1.23 MB
Arvin, Kern County, California. ... Head of rural family asking questions regarding the size of his . . . - NARA - 521654.jpg 2,120 × 3,000; 1.22 MB
Arvin, Kern County, California. ... Head of rural family asking questions regarding the size of his . . . - NARA - 521655.jpg 3,000 × 2,481; 1.38 MB
Arvin, Kern County, California. A newly-built house in one of four rapidly growing shacktown communi . . . - NARA - 521649.jpg 3,000 × 2,206; 1.66 MB
Arvin, Kern County, California. Co-op store and gas station established December 1939 in the Arvin F . . . - NARA - 521769.jpg 3,000 × 2,531; 1.27 MB
Arvin, Kern County, California. Line up for state relief pay day. Shows exterior of building. This b . . . - NARA - 521650.jpg 3,000 × 2,394; 1.08 MB
Arvin, Kern County, California. Line up for state relief pay day. Shows exterior of building. This b . . . - NARA - 521651.jpg 3,000 × 2,327; 1.07 MB
Arvin, Kern County, California. Man in doorway, "I'm paying $7 a month for this rig right here and w . . . - NARA - 521658.jpg 3,000 × 2,172; 976 KB
Arvin, Kern County, California. Newly finished schools, in district where shacktowns are rapidly dev . . . - NARA - 521662.jpg 3,000 × 2,317; 965 KB
Arvin, Kern County, California. One in a community of shacks in subdivided orchard rented to agricul . . . - NARA - 521647.jpg 3,000 × 2,258; 1.4 MB
Arvin, Kern County, California. One in a community of shacks in subdivided orchard rented to agricul . . . - NARA - 521648.jpg 3,000 × 2,581; 1.58 MB
Arvin, Kern County, California. One in a community of shacks in subdivided orchard rented to agricul . . . - NARA - 521660.jpg 3,000 × 2,265; 1.61 MB
Arvin, Kern County, California. One in a community of shacks in subdivided orchard rented to agricul . . . - NARA - 521661.jpg 3,000 × 2,295; 1.21 MB
Arvin, Kern County, California. One of a community of shacks in the subdivided orchard rented to agr . . . - NARA - 521659.jpg 3,000 × 2,496; 1.44 MB
Arvin, Kern County, California. Portrait of Oklahoma Charlie. A single man now living in California. . . . - NARA - 521656.jpg 3,000 × 2,454; 1.04 MB
Arvin, Kern County, California. Portrait of Oklahoma Charlie. A single man now living in California. . . . - NARA - 521657.jpg 3,000 × 2,405; 855 KB
Bakersfield on Highway 466. Private auto camp, better than the average. There are a score of private . . . - NARA - 521795.jpg 3,000 × 1,403; 909 KB
Bakersfield, California. Hitch-hiking. At the end of the city limits of Bakersfield, four hitch-hikers spread out... - NARA - 532089.tif 2,332 × 3,000; 6.67 MB
Bakersfield, California. Hitch-hiking. The fourth in a line of thumbers at Bakersfield city limits - NARA - 532090.tif 2,335 × 3,000; 6.68 MB
Bakersfield, California. Miscellaneous. These Negro youth are returning to their squalid homes in the Sunset district... - NARA - 532250.tif 3,000 × 2,311; 6.61 MB
Bakersfield, California. On the Freights. (Two young men hitch-hiking on a freight.) - NARA - 532070.tif 2,398 × 3,000; 6.86 MB
Bakersfield, California. On the Freights. Helping a newcomer hop a freight - NARA - 532069.tif 2,860 × 3,000; 8.18 MB
Bakersfield, California. On the Freights. One of two migrant boys in California returning to their families in... - NARA - 532066.tif 3,000 × 2,998; 8.58 MB
Bakersfield, California. On the Freights. Two Oklahoma boys headed back home standing on the edge of a flat waiting... - NARA - 532067.tif 3,000 × 2,998; 8.58 MB
Between Weedpatch and Lamont, Kern County, California. Children living in camp... Rent $2.75 plus el . . . - NARA - 521700.jpg 3,000 × 2,385; 1.7 MB
Between Woodpatch and Lamont, Kern County, California. Cabins for agricultural workers on and off re . . . - NARA - 521701.jpg 3,000 × 2,344; 1.69 MB
California - Bakersfield - NARA - 23934081 (cropped).jpg 2,596 × 1,999; 1.55 MB
California - Bakersfield - NARA - 23934081.jpg 3,200 × 2,519; 2.14 MB
California - Bakersfield - NARA - 23934083.jpg 3,200 × 2,519; 5.34 MB
California - Bakersfield - NARA - 23934085 (cropped).jpg 2,707 × 2,013; 3.71 MB
California - Bakersfield - NARA - 23934085.jpg 3,192 × 2,505; 5.43 MB
California - Mountain View through Nacimiento Road - NARA - 23934689.jpg 3,544 × 2,720; 2.23 MB
California - Red Rock Canyon - NARA - 23934961.jpg 4,438 × 3,382; 3.01 MB
California -Alameda County - Kern County (part)- - NARA - 17386355 (page 820).jpg 972 × 1,559; 155 KB
California -Alameda County - Kern County (part)- - NARA - 17386355 (page 827).jpg 1,128 × 1,669; 210 KB
California -Alameda County - Kern County (part)- - NARA - 17386355 (page 833).jpg 1,119 × 2,045; 182 KB
California -Alameda County - Kern County (part)- - NARA - 17386355 (page 9).jpg 2,290 × 1,708; 1.74 MB
California -Kern County (part) - Modoc County (part)- - NARA - 17388248 (page 117).jpg 1,373 × 1,794; 779 KB
Children Living in a Camp Between Weedpatch and Lamont, Kern County, California (3679502846).jpg 3,000 × 2,385; 935 KB
Dern County, California. Company housing for field workers. Two privies. Seventeen family units. Wat . . . - NARA - 521712.jpg 3,000 × 2,358; 1.29 MB
Edison Kern County, California. Age 70, she came from near Greely, Nebraska, with sister age 65 neph . . . - NARA - 521789.jpg 2,360 × 3,000; 1.37 MB
Edison, Kern County, California. 17-year-old boy agri. (sic) worker sacking early potatoes after mec . . . - NARA - 521813.jpg 3,000 × 2,404; 1.54 MB
Edison, Kern County, California. Children of young migratory parents. They originally lived in Texas. - NARA - 521786.jpg 2,532 × 3,000; 1.39 MB
Edison, Kern County, California. Close-up of barber shop in migratory potato pickers camp. ... Note . . . - NARA - 521785.jpg 3,000 × 2,682; 1.74 MB
Edison, Kern County, California. Close-up of potato camp - NARA - 521782.jpg 3,000 × 2,336; 1.08 MB
Edison, Kern County, California. Close-up of potato pickers camp. $6 per month is charged for the ri . . . - NARA - 521783.jpg 3,000 × 2,369; 1.14 MB
Edison, Kern County, California. Close-up potato camp - NARA - 521784.jpg 3,000 × 2,390; 1.35 MB
Edison, Kern County, California. Pickers sack early potatoes, dug by mechanical digger on large-scal . . . - NARA - 521805.jpg 3,000 × 2,279; 1.31 MB
Edison, Kern County, California. Potato picker, she is 52-years-old, has 8 children. Born in Tenness . . . - NARA - 521814.jpg 2,353 × 3,000; 1.13 MB
Edison, Kern County, California. The town of Edison, a potato town in a nearly developing large-scal . . . - NARA - 521781.jpg 3,000 × 2,310; 1.82 MB
Edison, Kern County, California. Young girl looks up from her work. She picks and sacks potatoes on . . . - NARA - 521812.jpg 3,000 × 2,244; 881 KB
Edison, Kern County, California. Young migratory mother, originally from Texas. On the day before th . . . - NARA - 521787.jpg 2,341 × 3,000; 1.15 MB
Farm Security Administration, Arkansas squatter for three years in California near Bakefield, California, photo by D.... - NARA - 196259.tif 2,000 × 1,964; 3.77 MB
Farm Security Administration, children of Oklahoma drought refugees near Bakersfield, California - NARA - 195569.tif 2,000 × 1,954; 3.75 MB
Kern County, California. A couple from Oklahoma, now resettled in California. They came four years a . . . - NARA - 521804.jpg 3,000 × 2,592; 1.59 MB
Kern County, California. Company housing for field workers. Two privies. Seventeen family units. Wat . . . - NARA - 521711.jpg 3,000 × 2,324; 990 KB
Kern County, California. Housing on abandoned grower's ranch camp, now being occupied as permanent r . . . - NARA - 521715.jpg 3,000 × 2,290; 904 KB
Kern County, California. Housing on abandoned grower's ranch camp, now being occupied as permanent r . . . - NARA - 521716.jpg 3,000 × 2,217; 1,014 KB
Kern County, California. Migrant youth in potato field - NARA - 532138.tif 2,857 × 3,000; 8.17 MB
Kern County, California. Migrant youth in potato field. "Okie" in a California potato field - NARA - 532142.tif 2,854 × 3,000; 8.17 MB
Kern County, California. Migrant youth in potato field. By the time this digging machine comes down the next row in... - NARA - 532137.tif 3,000 × 2,998; 8.58 MB
Kern County, California. Migrant youth in potato field. Potatoes are picked, the dirt rubbed off, and put in a sack... - NARA - 532139.tif 2,865 × 3,000; 8.2 MB
Kern County, California. Migrant youth in potato field. Stoop labor by a migratory youth - NARA - 532141.tif 3,000 × 2,998; 8.58 MB
Kern County, California. Migrant youth in potato field. This is a characteristic costume of women in the potato... - NARA - 532140.tif 3,000 × 2,998; 8.58 MB
Kern County, California. Migrant youth in potato field. Waiting for the potato digger to come around again. This... - NARA - 532143.tif 3,000 × 2,998; 8.58 MB
Lamont, Southeast Kern County, California. A new and growing rural shacktown in a cotton and grape d . . . - NARA - 521670.jpg 3,000 × 2,364; 1.46 MB
Lamont, Southeast Kern County, California. A new and growing rural shacktown in a cotton and grape d . . . - NARA - 521672.jpg 3,000 × 1,362; 952 KB
Lamont, Southeast Kern County, California. A new and growing rural shacktown in a cotton and grape d . . . - NARA - 521673.jpg 3,000 × 2,339; 1.97 MB
Lamont, Southeast Kern County, California. A new and growing rural shacktown in a cotton and grape d . . . - NARA - 521674.jpg 3,000 × 2,399; 1.69 MB
Map and Profile of the Tejon Pass - NARA - 100305651.jpg 11,678 × 7,916; 11.88 MB
McFarland Banner.jpg 2,912 × 416; 267 KB
McFarland, Kern County, California. A new home. Young people from Texas, arrived in California 8 mon . . . - NARA - 521685.jpg 3,000 × 2,357; 1.89 MB
McFarland, Kern County, California. Homes in McFarland shacktown. - NARA - 521686.jpg 3,000 × 2,168; 1.41 MB
McFarland, Kern County, California. Raising of Chickens is a primary enterprise in these rural shack . . . - NARA - 521683.jpg 3,000 × 2,267; 1.86 MB
McFarland, Kern County, California. Recent construction on eastern border, the new section of McFarl . . . - NARA - 521684.jpg 3,000 × 2,361; 1.87 MB
McFarland, Kern County, California. Rural youth, Religion. Acne, adnoids and apathy. On his way to a Pentecostal... - NARA - 532169.tif 2,868 × 3,000; 8.21 MB
McFarland, Kern County, California. Rural youth, Religion. Two young migrants in a Pentecostal Church. The adults in... - NARA - 532167.tif 3,000 × 2,661; 7.61 MB
McFarland, Kern County, California. Rural youth, Religion. Young men's Sunday School in a Pentecostal church. Their... - NARA - 532168.tif 3,000 × 2,317; 6.63 MB
McFarland, Kern County, California. The McFarland shacktown lies to the left. This is the limit of p . . . - NARA - 521687.jpg 3,000 × 2,275; 1.34 MB
McNews subdivision, 2 1-2 miles S.E. of Bakersfield, Kern County, California....Family from Oklahoma . . . - NARA - 521637.jpg 3,000 × 2,314; 1.52 MB
McNews subdivision, 2 and 1-2 miles S.E. of Bakersfield, Kern County, California....Families crowd o . . . - NARA - 521640.jpg 3,000 × 2,349; 1.57 MB
McNews subdivision, 2 and 1-2 miles S.E. of Bakersfield, Kern County, California....House on left bu . . . - NARA - 521638.jpg 3,000 × 2,268; 1.58 MB
McNews subdivision. 2 and 1-2 miles S.E. of Bakersfield, Kern County California. - NARA - 521641.jpg 3,000 × 2,328; 1.69 MB
McNews subdivision. 2 and 1-2 miles S.E. of Bakersfield, Kern County, California. Tents and shacks f . . . - NARA - 521639.jpg 3,000 × 2,255; 1.43 MB
McNews subdivision. 2 and 1-2 miles S.E. of Bakersfield, Kern County, California....Water for all pu . . . - NARA - 521642.jpg 3,000 × 2,521; 1.22 MB
McNews, 2 1-2 miles S.E. of Bakersfield, California. Several families often crowd on one lot in thes . . . - NARA - 521636.jpg 3,000 × 2,260; 1.62 MB
McNews, 2 1-2 miles S.E. of Bakersfield, Kern County, California. McNews subdivision. On Raw Alkali . . . - NARA - 521635.jpg 3,000 × 2,386; 1.78 MB
McNews, 2 and 1-2 miles S.E. of Bakersfield, Kern County, California. Inside the McNews subdivision. . . . - NARA - 521646.jpg 3,000 × 2,319; 1.75 MB
McNews, 2-1-2 miles S.E. of Bakersfield, Kern County, California. McNews subdivision. On Raw Alkali . . . - NARA - 521645.jpg 3,000 × 2,405; 1.65 MB
McNews, near Bakersfield, Kern County, California. Another view of McNews subdivision and the land w . . . - NARA - 521644.jpg 3,000 × 2,267; 1.44 MB
McNews, near Bakersfield, Kern County, California. In McNews subdivision. The West Family, four rela . . . - NARA - 521643.jpg 3,000 × 2,398; 1.68 MB
MOTORCYCLE TRACKS ALONG ISABELLA LAKESHORE - NARA - 542514.jpg 3,000 × 2,030; 5.8 MB
Near Bakersfield, California. Applicants for surplus food stamp grants by Farm Security Administrati . . . - NARA - 522177.jpg 3,000 × 1,941; 855 KB
Near Bakersfield, California. Applicants for surplus food stamp grants by Farm Security Administrati . . . - NARA - 522180.jpg 3,000 × 2,336; 973 KB
Near Bakersfield, California. Applicants for surplus food stamp grants by Farm Security Administrati . . . - NARA - 522181.jpg 3,000 × 2,285; 1.08 MB
Near Bakersfield, California. Applicants for surplus food stamp grants by Farm Security Administrati . . . - NARA - 522182.jpg 3,000 × 2,363; 1.11 MB
Near Bakersfield, California. Applicants for surplus food stamp grants by Farm Security Administrati . . . - NARA - 522183.jpg 3,000 × 2,074; 1 MB
Near Bakersfield, California. Applicants for surplus food stamp grants by Farm Security Administrati . . . - NARA - 522192.jpg 3,000 × 2,342; 907 KB
OIL INDUSTRIAL SITE - NARA - 542513.jpg 2,013 × 3,000; 5.44 MB
OIL WAST ON DESERT - NARA - 542530.jpg 3,000 × 2,008; 3.42 MB
Oildale, Kern County, California. "Tent village" another private auto court for agricultural workers . . . - NARA - 521794.jpg 3,000 × 1,991; 1.1 MB
Oildale, Kern County, California. Shacktown in Kern County industrial district on Kern County Water . . . - NARA - 521741.jpg 3,000 × 2,548; 1.45 MB
Oildale, Kern County, California. Shacktown in Kern county industrial district on Kern County Water . . . - NARA - 521742.jpg 3,000 × 2,495; 1.46 MB
Oildale, Kern County, California. Shacktown on Kern County Water Company Property, supervised by the . . . - NARA - 521743.jpg 3,000 × 2,167; 1.23 MB
Outskirts of Shafter, Kern County, California. Permanent housing for agricultural workers on and off . . . - NARA - 521681.jpg 3,000 × 2,371; 1.92 MB
Photograph, with caption, of Josephine Crispain and John Marcus, Kern County, California, from "Old Age Security... - NARA - 296275.jpg 2,425 × 3,150; 1.01 MB
Photographs, with captions, of Bob Rabbitt and his home, Kern County, California, from "Old Age Security Survey... - NARA - 296274.jpg 2,425 × 3,150; 1.36 MB
Photographs, with captions, of cabins at Onyx reservation, Kern County, California, from "Old Age Security Survey... - NARA - 296273.jpg 2,427 × 3,150; 1.42 MB
Photographs, with captions, of cabins at Onyx reservation, Kern County, California, from "Old Age Security Survey... - NARA - 296273.tif 2,427 × 3,150; 7.29 MB
Photographs, with captions, of Stephen Miranda and his home, Kern County, California, from "Old Age Security Survey... - NARA - 296276.jpg 2,418 × 3,150; 1.32 MB
PILOT OF DUSTING PLANE - NARA - 542497.jpg 2,022 × 3,000; 4.2 MB
PREPARING TO SULFUR-DUST GRAPE VINES - NARA - 542496.jpg 2,132 × 3,000; 4.25 MB
PREPARING TO SULFUR-DUST GRAPE VINES - NARA - 542498.jpg 2,030 × 3,000; 4.54 MB
PREPARING TO SULFUR-DUST GRAPE VINES - NARA - 542499.jpg 2,018 × 3,000; 3.82 MB
PREPARING TO SULFUR-DUST GRAPE VINES, 05-1972 - NARA - 542499.jpg 2,018 × 3,000; 1.1 MB
Rear Shafter, Kern County, California. Company housing for potato and cotton pickers on U.S. Highway . . . - NARA - 521714.jpg 3,000 × 2,328; 1.11 MB
Shafter, Kern County, California. A view of the Shafter camp provided by Kern County since 1936 for . . . - NARA - 521678.jpg 3,000 × 2,318; 1.21 MB
Shafter, Kern County, California. A view of the Shafter camp provided by Kern County since 1936 for . . . - NARA - 521679.jpg 3,000 × 2,565; 1.05 MB
Shafter, Kern County, California. A view of the Shafter camp, provided by Shafter County since 1936 . . . - NARA - 521676.jpg 3,000 × 2,396; 1.31 MB
Shafter, Kern County, California. Another farm labor home in the Arvin Farm Workers Community (F.S.A . . . - NARA - 521772.jpg 3,000 × 2,054; 1.3 MB
Shafter, Kern County, California. Living conditions within the camp provided by Kern County for migr . . . - NARA - 521677.jpg 3,000 × 2,357; 1.16 MB
Shafter, Kern County, California. Looking down on auto camp seen from water tower. The cheapest rent . . . - NARA - 521675.jpg 3,000 × 2,285; 1.29 MB
Shafter, Kern County, California. Looking down on part of the Shafter Farm Labor Camp (F.S.A.) in co . . . - NARA - 521770.jpg 3,000 × 2,394; 1.44 MB
Shafter, Kern County, California. Typical of Shafter area. Shows auto camp behind grocery which face . . . - NARA - 521682.jpg 3,000 × 2,251; 1.58 MB
South of Earlimart, Kern County, California. Household equipment of Oklahoma family along highway in . . . - NARA - 521699.jpg 3,000 × 2,348; 1.15 MB
SULFUR-DUSTING OF GRAPE VINES - NARA - 542505.jpg 2,029 × 3,000; 2.85 MB
Sunset District, East Bakersfield, Kern County, California. Approximately 250 family units in this f . . . - NARA - 521665.jpg 3,000 × 2,130; 1.49 MB
Sunset District, East Bakersfield, Kern County, California. Church of God in growing Negro settlemen . . . - NARA - 521668.jpg 3,000 × 2,281; 1.38 MB
Sunset District, East Bakersfield, Kern County, California. High school students from the Negro shac . . . - NARA - 521669.jpg 3,000 × 2,358; 1.51 MB
Sunset District, East Bakersfield, Kern County, California. Housing at 10 dollars a month. - NARA - 521667.jpg 3,000 × 2,329; 1.26 MB
Sunset District, East Bakersfield, Kern County, California. Recreational center in (African-American . . . - NARA - 521664.jpg 3,000 × 2,385; 1.5 MB
Sunset District, East Bakersfield, Kern County, California. Row of cribs adjoining recreation center . . . - NARA - 521666.jpg 3,000 × 2,322; 1.08 MB
Sunset District, East Bakersfield, Kern County, California. View of Negro shacktown settlement (Suns . . . - NARA - 521663.jpg 3,000 × 2,298; 1.42 MB
Sunset District, Kern County, California. Young man (white) in the doorway of his home which is loca . . . - NARA - 521806.jpg 3,000 × 2,273; 908 KB
The orbiter Columbia sits on Rogers Drylake Runway 23 at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center after its return from Earth orbit. Columbia's landing completed the first full test of - DPLA - 0b225752ffe213b81746d15fd22c126b.jpeg 2,984 × 2,956; 1.57 MB
Weedpatch, Kern County, California. Families from Oklahoma, Texas, and Arkansas are rapidly settling . . . - NARA - 521671.jpg 3,000 × 2,595; 1.06 MB
Young girl who is a migratory worker besides the tent in which she lives at Kern County, California. - NARA - 195848.tif 9,920 × 7,672; 145.23 MB

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