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Photograph album of Bakersfield and Kern City, California
Title
Photograph album of Bakersfield and Kern City, California.
Published
1905-1906.
Physical Description
1 album (72 photographic prints) : b & w ; 14.6 x 19.3 cm
Notes
Title devised by cataloger.
Provenance
Purchased from Robert McDearmon on the Frederick W. and Carrie S. Beinecke Fund for Western Americana, 2009.
Access and use
This material is open for research.
Biographical / Historical Note
John Henry Wilton (1888-1947) was born in Leland, England, the son of John Wilton (born 1864) and Mary Hoskin Wilton (born 1860). His family immigrated to the United States in 1890, and they lived in Bakersfield, California. In 1914, he married Clyde Smith Nighbert Wilton (1886-1947), and they had twin daughters Elizabeth Wilton Nelson Magennis (1918-1981) and Jean Wilton (1918-1944). Wilton worked as a clerk for the Bakersfield Iron Works, and later for the White Motor Truck Company in San Francisco.
Kern City, California, was founded as Sumner in 1876, and incorporated as Kern City in 1892. In 1910, Bakersfield annexed Kern City, and it became known as East Bakersfield neighborhood.
Summary
Photograph album of sites and events in Kern City and Bakersfield, California, 1905-1906.
Photographs sites and activities in Kern City include a view of the St. Barnabas' Mission and a traveling carnival.
Photographs of sites in Bakersfield include the Bakersfield Iron Works, First Baptist Church, First Methodist Episcopal Church, and Kern County High School, as well as views of the railroad station and a panoramic view of the grounds of the Bakersfield Driving Association.
Images of events in Bakersfield include views of a parade and mock battle on July 4, 1905, as well as a Memorial Day parade in 1906.
Photographs of locations near Bakersfield and Kern City include oil wells and waste oil burning in fields, probably in the Kern River oil field, as well as views of the Kern River, including a river weir and headgate at the head of the Beardsley Canal.
Informal portraits in the album include Adam Allen and George Allen, as well as an unidentified men, possibly including self-portraits of Wilton, and a street portrait of a Chinese American man.
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 01, 2013
References
John Henry Wilton, Photograph Album of Bakersfield and Kern City, California. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
Cite as
John Henry Wilton, Photograph Album of Bakersfield and Kern City, California. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Photograph albums.
Photographic prints.
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