1,630 Kern county Images: LOC's Public Domain Archive Public Domain Search

Kern County, California. Mountain roads

Public domain photograph of a mountain pass, mountains, nature, mountain range, view, landscape, rocks, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Edwards Air Force Base, North Base, Liquid Oxygen Repair Facility, Sec...

Survey number: HAER CA-170-NN Public domain photograph - historical image of California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Greenfields ranch--A drop in the Kern Island canal

Canal with wooden dam, Kern County, California. Watkins photo. no. 69.

Edwards Air Force Base, North Base, Fire House No. 4, Near Second & A ...

Survey number: HAER CA-170-EE Public domain photograph - historical image of California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Jet Propulsion Laboratory Edwards Facility, Edwards Air Force Base, Bo...

Significance: Operated by the California Institute of Technology, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory Edward Facility was the United States' first university-sponsored research and testing facility for the developmen... More

Jet Propulsion Laboratory Edwards Facility, Edwards Air Force Base, Bo...

Significance: Operated by the California Institute of Technology, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory Edward Facility was the United States' first university-sponsored research and testing facility for the developmen... More

Jet Propulsion Laboratory Edwards Facility, Weigh & Control Building, ...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N688 Survey number: HAER CA-163-N

Edwards Air Force Base, Air Force Rocket Propulsion Laboratory, Leuhma...

Significance: Since its inception, the AFRL has been devoted to the advancement of rocket technology in support of U.S. military weapons and space flight superiority. Unlike any other facility associated with ... More

Edwards Air Force Base, Air Force Rocket Propulsion Laboratory, Leuhma...

Significance: Since its inception, the AFRL has been devoted to the advancement of rocket technology in support of U.S. military weapons and space flight superiority. Unlike any other facility associated with ... More

Edwards Air Force Base, North Base, Hangar, End of North Base Road, Bo...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N717 Survey number: HAER CA-170-S

Edwards Air Force Base, Air Force Rocket Propulsion Laboratory, Test S...

Survey number: HAER CA-236-K Public domain scan of settlement or building architecture plan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Edwards Air Force Base, Air Force Rocket Propulsion Laboratory, Test S...

Survey number: HAER CA-236-K Public domain photograph - historical image of California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Naval Ordnance Test Station Inyokern, China Lake Pilot Plant, Fire Sta...

Significance: The Fire Station was built in 1944, as part of the original group of public works buildings within the administrative area of the China Lake Pilot Plant facility. It is a key contributing element... More

Fort Tejon, Highway 99, Lebec, Kern County, CA

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-16, FN-26 Survey number: HABS CA-39 Building/structure dates: 1857 Initial Construction

Edwards Air Force Base, X-15 Engine Test Complex, Tank & Garage, Roger...

Survey number: HAER CA-235-C Public domain scan of oil tank, gas tank, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Edwards Air Force Base, Air Force Rocket Propulsion Laboratory, Observ...

Survey number: HAER CA-236-D Public domain photograph - historical image of California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Edwards Air Force Base, North Base, Swimming Pool, Second Street, Boro...

Survey number: HAER CA-170-Q Public domain photograph of swimming pool, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Edwards Air Force Base, North Base, Hangar No. 1, First & B Streets, B...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of a factory, warehouse, commercial or industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Edwards Air Force Base, North Base, Hangar No. 1, First & B Streets, B...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a military aircraft, aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Jet Propulsion Laboratory Edwards Facility, Mixer & Casting Building, ...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N690 Survey number: HAER CA-163-P

Edwards Air Force Base, Air Force Rocket Propulsion Laboratory, Shop B...

Survey number: HAER CA-236-L Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Kern Island canal head gate, 2 1/2 miles N.E. of Bakersfield, Kern Cou...

Canal with wooden dam(?), Kern County, California. W276 Watkins' new series. Exhibited: "California : The Art of Water" at the Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University, Stanford, California, July - November 2016.

Jet Propulsion Laboratory Edwards Facility, Test Stand D, Workshop, Ed...

Survey number: HAER CA-163-G Public domain photograph related to NASA Space Program, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Jet Propulsion Laboratory Edwards Facility, Solid Oxidizer Storage, Ed...

Public domain photograph of laboratory, science, research, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Edwards Air Force Base, South Base, Rammed Earth Aircraft Dispersal Re...

Significance: Eleven rammed earth revetments were constructed during World War II to provide shelter and cover for aircraft in case of an attack from the Pacific. The revetments are strongly associated with th... More

Edwards Air Force Base, South Base, Rammed Earth Aircraft Dispersal Re...

Significance: Eleven rammed earth revetments were constructed during World War II to provide shelter and cover for aircraft in case of an attack from the Pacific. The revetments are strongly associated with th... More

During the cotton strike, the father, a striking picker, has left his ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children of farmers, migrant workers, Great Depression era, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Edwards Air Force Base, North Base, Administration Building, Northeast...

Public domain photograph of a motel, camp, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Jet Propulsion Laboratory Edwards Facility, Test Stand E, Edwards Air ...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N198 Survey number: HAER CA-163-I

Edwards Air Force Base, X-15 Engine Test Complex, Observation Bunker T...

Survey number: HAER CA-235-B Public domain photograph - historical image of California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Naval Ordnance Test Station Inyokern, Randsburg Wash Facility Target T...

Significance: The Randsburg Wash Target Test Towers (Buildings 70021 and 70022) are significant for their role in the naval testing of proximity or variable time (VT) fuzes, a vital element of the Navy's weapon... More

Kern County No. 1 Hydroelectric System, Powerhouse Exciters, Kern Rive...

Significance: The Kern River No. 1 powerhouse is equipped with two exciters (small electric generators) to provide direct field current to the four 5000 kv generators. The No. 1 exciter is original equipment d... More

Edwards Air Force Base, North Base, Deluge Water Storage Building, Nea...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N713 Survey number: HAER CA-170-I

Edwards Air Force Base, North Base, Warehouse A, North Base Road at E ...

Public domain photograph of rural landscape, California, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Jet Propulsion Laboratory Edwards Facility, Control & Recording Center...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N199 Survey number: HAER CA-163-J

Edwards Air Force Base, North Base, Deluge Water Pumping Station, Near...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N712 Survey number: HAER CA-170-H

Edwards Air Force Base, Air Force Rocket Propulsion Laboratory, Test S...

Survey number: HAER CA-236-R Public domain photograph - historical image of California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Edwards Air Force Base, Air Force Rocket Propulsion Laboratory, Test S...

Survey number: HAER CA-236-R Public domain photograph of manufacturing workers, factory building, assembly line, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Edwards Air Force Base, Air Force Rocket Propulsion Laboratory, Test S...

Survey number: HAER CA-236-R Public domain photograph - historical image of California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Edwards Air Force Base, Air Force Rocket Propulsion Laboratory, Test S...

Survey number: HAER CA-236-R Public domain photograph - historical image of California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Edwards Air Force Base, X-15 Engine Test Complex, Rocket Engine & Comp...

Survey number: HAER CA-235-A Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Edwards Air Force Base, North Base, Supply & Equipment Warehouse, Firs...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N726 Survey number: HAER CA-170-LL

Dispossessed Arkansas farmers. These people are resettling themselves ...

Drought refugees (a man and a woman) building a house. Public domain photograph - United States during 1930s Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Edwards Air Force Base, North Base, Unicon Portable Hangar, First & C ...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N710 Survey number: HAER CA-170-A

Jet Propulsion Laboratory Edwards Facility, Test Stand D, Edwards Air ...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N197 Survey number: HAER CA-163-F

Jet Propulsion Laboratory Edwards Facility, Test Stand D, Edwards Air ...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N197 Survey number: HAER CA-163-F

Edwards Air Force Base, North Base, North Base Road, Boron, Kern Count...

Significance: North Base originated as a remote, secret facility to test the United States' first jet-propelled military aircraft, the Bell XP-59A Airacomet. During World War II, facilities grew to accommodate... More

Edwards Air Force Base, North Base, North Base Road, Boron, Kern Count...

Significance: North Base originated as a remote, secret facility to test the United States' first jet-propelled military aircraft, the Bell XP-59A Airacomet. During World War II, facilities grew to accommodate... More

Kern Island Dairy - the milking chute, Kern County, Calif.

This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Hay wagons; Dairy; Ranch...; Geogr.

[Harvesting alfalfa, Kern County, Calif.]

Buena Vista Farm. Noon in the hayfield. No. 666. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Farm crops Hay; Farm crops Alfalfa; Ca. Kern Co.; Geogr.; Farms...; Shelf.

Tejon ranch. Indian reservation ; the church

Church on Indian reservation, Tejon ranch, Kern County, California. Watkins' photo. no. W535.

[Man shearing a sheep in stall at headquarters of the San Emigdio Ranc...

No. 306. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Farms; Sheep; Shelf.

Edwards Air Force Base, North Base, Second Street Mess Hall T-10, Seco...

Survey number: HAER CA-170-B Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Dispossessed Arkansas farmers. Bakersfield, California

Public domain photograph of California in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a group of people in front of a truck, Pota...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). File print is reversed; printed backwards. File print misnumbered LC-USF343-003807-ZE; corrected 1998. Title and other information from caption card. T... More

Kern County migrant camp. California

Public domain photograph - United States during 1930s Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Tom Collins, manager of Kern migrant camp talking with drought refugee...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Tom Collins, manager of Kern migrant camp talking with drought refugee...

Public domain photograph of rural California, dust bowl refugees, 1930s-1940s, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Migrant agricultural worker picking potatoes near Shafter, California

Picryl description: Public domain image of a farm, farmer, agriculture, early 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Destitute farm families come to FSA (Farm Security Administration) dis...

Public domain photograph - United States during the 1930s and 1940s, Farm Security Administration, New Deal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Camp talent provides music for dancing at Shafter camp for migrants. H...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Housing of families living on Works Progress Administration (WPA) jobs...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a great depression era, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

One faucet by the packing sheds is the only source of water for 150-20...

Picryl description: Public domain image of industrial or agricultural worker, 1930s, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions. show less

Young migrants waiting for signal to come for refreshments. Halloween ...

Public domain photograph of California in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Shafter camp for migratory agricultural workers, Farm Security Adminis...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Children at Halloween party, waiting for signal to come for refreshmen...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children in poverty, child labor, Great Depression, 1930s, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

One of forty houses adjoining Arvin (Kern County) camp for migrants, C...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Type house at "Garden Homes," Kern County, California. Twenty such hom...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a residential building, house, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

During the cotton strike, the father, a striking picker, has left his ...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Loading bins of potato planter which fertilizes and plants potatoes in...

Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

U.S. 99 on ridge over Tehachapi Mountains. Heavy truck route between L...

Public domain photograph of rural landscape, California, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Large-scale, mechanized farming. The potato planter operated by a crew...

Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Worker in bunkhouse room at the Earl Fruit Company ranch. Kern County,...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Tables in mess hall for single men who are permanent workers at the Ea...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Patient receiving medical aid in health clinic. Shafter migrant camp. ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a woman, nurse, caring, hospital, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Truck and tractor repair storage shops are centrally located at the Ea...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, warehouse, depot, train station, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Once a prosperous Texas farmer, near Bakersfield, California, now come...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc... More

Kern County, California. Mill of the Tungsten Chief Mine. Panning part...

Picryl description: Public domain image of food, dinner, grocery store, eating, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A few of the planes at Lake Muroc, California

Picryl description: Public domain image of a military aircraft, assembly line, industrial facility, 1930s aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a propeller plane, Interceptor plane. Lake ...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of workers, war production, aircraft, airfield, the 1930s -1940s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Sergeant pilot about to grab his parachute. Lake Muroc, California

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Kern County, California. Tungsten Chief Mine. Tools of a miner

Public domain photograph of California in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Kern County, California. Tungsten Chief Mine. Tungsten miner

Picryl description: Public domain image of a worker, labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, 1930s, mid-20th-century industrial photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Two lieutenants of pursuit squadron map out the formations in which th...

Public domain photograph of California in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Lake Muroc, California. One of the Flying Sergeants seated in his plan...

Annotation on original negative jacket. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information ... More

Part of a pursuit squadron stationed at Lake Muroc, California

Picryl description: Public domain photograph group portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of airplanes on a runway. Office of War Inform...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Kern County, California. Mill of the Tungsten Chief Mine. Ball mills w...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, workshop, workers, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a snake in the dirt, Kern County, Californi...

Public domain photograph - California, United States, World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Summit (vicinity), California. Going down the mountains on the Atchiso...

Picryl description: Public domain image of railroad tracks, railway, train car, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Edwards Air Force Base, North Base, Barracks T-40, Second & A Streets,...

Survey number: HAER CA-170-J Public domain photograph - historical image of California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Jet Propulsion Laboratory Edwards Facility, Edwards Air Force Base, Bo...

Significance: Operated by the California Institute of Technology, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory Edward Facility was the United States' first university-sponsored research and testing facility for the developmen... More

Edwards Air Force Base, Air Force Rocket Propulsion Laboratory, Contro...

Survey number: HAER CA-236-E Public domain photograph - historical image of California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Edwards Air Force Base, Air Force Rocket Propulsion Laboratory, Contro...

Survey number: HAER CA-236-E Public domain scan of settlement or building architecture plan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Edwards Air Force Base, Air Force Rocket Propulsion Laboratory, Test S...

Survey number: HAER CA-236-K Public domain photograph - historical image of California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Jet Propulsion Laboratory Edwards Facility, Oxidizer Dryer Blender Bui...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N706 Survey number: HAER CA-163-FF Building/structure dates: 1977-1978 Initial Construction