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Bakersfield A Bakersfield home.

Photograph showing vine-covered veranda with trees and ornamental grasses. No. 459. Forms part of: Kern County Survey Collection.

The Calloway Canal - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

View of tracks at the Southern Pacific Railroad bridge over the Calloway Canal, Kern County, California.

[Kern County, California]: McClung Ranch

Man at furnace used to run steam pump to pump water. No. 631. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Steam engines; Chinese in U.S.; Ranches; Geogr.; Farms and farmi... More

Tejon Ranch, Calif.. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Headquarters: shops and bunk house. The building on the right is the blacksmith and wheelwright shops. The building to the left is the sleeping quarters for the employees, while in the distance in the store and... More

Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C.

A black and white photo of an old building, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Portraits and news photographs by Washington, D.C.-based firm, showing people, events, architecture in Washington, D.... More

Artesian well. Kern County, Cal.

No. 451. Photo by Carleton E. Watkins. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Wells; Shelf.

Greenfields ranch--A drop in the Kern Island canal

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

Buena Vista Farm - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

Men with horses and wagons in field unloading and stacking alfalfa hay at the Buena Vista Farm, Kern County, California. No. 665.

Residence General Beale, Tejon ranch, Kern County, Cal.

Three men, each with a dog, outside of residence of Gen. Beale, Tejon ranch, Kern County, California. No. W515.

[Kern County, California]: The Creasy Ranch. A ditching camp

No. 655. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Steam engines; Chinese in U.S.; Ranches; Geogr.; Farms and farming; Farm machinery; Hay; Hops; Water pumps.

The Calloway Canal - Drawing. Public domain image.

Near headquarters of Poso Ranch. Kern Co., Calif. No. 723. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Canals.

Large garden of Super's home, Stockdale Ranch

Photo of Kern County, California by Carleton E. Watkins. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

Lakeside Ranch The orchard and garden.

No. 98. Title on item. Forms part of: Kern County Survey Collection.

[Kern County, California]: Collins Ranch. Haying: the haymakers' camp

No. 221. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Steam engines; Chinese in U.S.; Ranches; Geogr.; Farms and farming; Farm machinery; Hay; Hops; Water pumps.

Greenfields ranch--A drop in the Kern Island canal

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

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.

Kern River. Rio Bravo Ranch. 19th century, Library of Congress collect...

Photograph shows a view of the Kern River on the Rio Bravo Ranch, Kern County, California. Watkins photo. no. 474.

Calloway canal on Rosedale ranch. Kern County, Cal.

No. 704. Photo by Carleton E. Watkins. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Irrigation; Shelf.

Artesian well in the desert. Kern County, Cal.

No. 760. Photo by Carleton E. Watkins. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Wells; Shelf.

Kern County products--Kern County exhibit

Display of fruits, cereals, and vegetables at Kern County's initial exhibit at the Mechanic's Fair, San Francisco. Watkin's photo. no. 287.

Derrick fork stacking hay, Kerr Ranch

Photo of Kern County, California . This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Farms...; Ranches...; Farm machinery; Irrigation; Architecture; Indians Reservations; Ca.; Shelf.

Lakeside Ranch The superintendent's home; orchard and garden.

Photograph showing watermelon patch, fruit trees, and Lombardy poplars with house obscured by trees. No. 96. Forms part of: Kern County Survey Collection.

Tejon Ranch, Kern County, Cal. - Public domain historic place drawing

This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Public domain photograph of 19th century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Kern River. A beautiful stream. 19th century, Library of Congress coll...

Photograph shows a view of the Kern River in the foot hills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, on the Rio Bravo Ranch, Kern County, California. Watkins photo. no. 473.

[Views in Kern County, Calif.: Stockdale Ranch - the superintendent's ...

Photo by Carleton Emmons Watkins. No. 25. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Ranches...; Dwellings California; Shelf.

Calloway canal drop. Kern County, Cal.

No. 699. Photo by Carleton E. Watkins. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Irrigation; Shelf.

Horse-drawn cart beside artesian well

Photo of Kern County, California. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Farms...; Ranches...; Farm machinery' Irrigation; Architecture; Artesian well; Family groups... 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.

Lakeside Ranch A natural pasture.

Photograph showing cattle grazing in pastures with cowboys nearby; irrigation canal divides pastures. No. 109. Forms part of: Kern County Survey Collection.

[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.

Keystone Farm - The barnyard - Drawing. Public domain image.

Barnyard and horse drinking from irrigating ditch, Kern County, Calif. No. 346. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Calif. Kern Co. ca. 1890; Farms and farming views C... More

Tejon ranch. An Indian home and orchard

An Indian home and orchard, Tejon ranch, Kern County, California. Watkins' photo. no. W534.

Kern River. Cañon. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Photograph shows a view of the Kern River canyon in the foot hills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, Kern County, California. Watkins photo. no. 470.

Lakeside Ranch California black walnut trees.

No. 97. Forms part of: Kern County Survey Collection. Public domain photograph - historical image of California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Alfalfa field on Kern river, Rio Bravo ranch. Kern County, Cal.

No. 476. Photo by Carleton E. Watkins. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Farming; Shelf.

Lakeside ranch cowboys herding. C.E. Watkins, Kern Co., California

Photo by C.E. Watkins, Kern Co., Calif. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf; Canals Ca.; Schools Bldgs; Calif. Kern Co.; Cowboys Round-up; Stores.

Jackson Ranch - Irrigating alfalfa; from the ditch to the check

Man standing and man on horseback by a branch distributing ditch from the Calloway canal, Kern Co., Calif. No. 663. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Farming... More

Digger Indian family in front of adobe building and bough wigwam on re...

Greenfields Ranch - Camp Thirty-Six, Kern County, Calif.

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

Lakeside Ranch Lassoing a cow.. 19th century, Library of Congress coll...

Photograph showing cowboys roping cow in pasture with cattle grazing. No. 110. Forms part of: Kern County Survey Collection.

[The superintendent's residence on the McClung Ranch, Kern County, Cal...

No. 115. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Ranches; California Kern County; Dwellings; Shelf.; Geogr.

McClung ranch. The superintendent's residence, the arbor

Girl standing in front of a row of bushes, Kern County, California. No. 626.

County bridge over Kern River above the Pioneer Canal. Kern County, Ca...

No. 682. Photo by Carleton E. Watkins. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Bridges; Irrigation; Shelf.

Stockdale ranch--Stacking alfalfa hay

Men with horses in field and large stacks of alfalfa hay, Kern County, California. Watkin's photo. no. 48.

Alfalfa field & irrigation ditch, Rio Bravo Ranch

Photo of Kern County, California. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Farms...; Ranches...; Farm machinery' Irrigation; Artesian well; Indians Capms...; Indian ... More

Lakeside Ranch Marking a yearling.

Photograph showing a cowboy cutting the ear of the roped and thrown cow as other cowboys look on. No. 111. Forms part of: Kern County Survey Collection.

[Kern County, California]: The Hop Ranch. The hop-yard

No. 90. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Steam engines; Chinese in U.S.; Ranches; Geogr.; Farms and farming; Farm machinery; Hay; Hops; Water pumps.

Jackson ranch- irrigating alfalfa. Kern County, Cal.

No. 662. Photo by Carleton E. Watkins. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Irrigation; Shelf.

[Kern River, the Cascades, with the Sierra foot hills in background]

No. 471. Public domain photograph - historical image of 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...

Ducks, turkeys, chickens & stud horse, O'Hare Ranch

Photo of Kern County, California. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Farms...; Ranches...; Animals; Indians Reservations; Ca.; Shelf.

The superintendent's home, general view - San Emigdio Ranch, Kern Coun...

No. 312. Public domain photograph - historical image of California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Lakeside Ranch The superintendent's home, west end.

Photograph showing house obscured by Lombardy poplars; watermelon grow in foreground. No. 95. Title from caption on item. Forms part of: Kern County Survey Collection.

[Jackson Ranch--Irrigating alfalfa: filling a check--Kern County, Cali...

Branch ditch of the Calloway canal, with heads of two horses in foreground.

Mountain view dairy- flume and waste gate on Farmers canal. Kern Count...

No. 171. Photo by Carleton E. Watkins. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Irrigation; Shelf.

[The curing room in the dairy house, Kern Island Dairy, Kern County, C...

No. 181. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Chese; Industry Dairy ca. 1890; California Kern County ca. 1890; Geogr.; Shelf.

Haying in alfalfa field- irrigated from the Calloway canal. Kern Count...

No. 650. Photo by Carleton E. Watkins. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Farming; Calif. Kern Co.; Shelf.

Bellevue ranch--Bellevue; employes' (sic) cottage

Family in front of cottage. Photo. no. 20. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Antimony mines and buildings, Kern County, Calif., about forty miles f...

Photographic views of Kern County, Calif., ca. 1888. No. 453. Public domain photograph - historical image of California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Lakeside Ranch The vineyard and old orchard.

No. 99. Forms part of: Kern County Survey Collection. Public domain photograph - historical image of California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Stationary & jewelry store. C.E. Watkins, Kern Co., California

Photo by C.E. Watkins, Kern Co., Calif. No. 493. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf; Canals Ca.; Schools Bldgs; Calif. Kern Co.; Cowboys Round-up; Stores.

Lakeside Ranch The superintendent's house, front view.

No. 93. Forms part of: Kern County Survey Collection. Public domain photograph - historical image of California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Buena Vista Farm, Kern County, California]

Photo taken from canal embankment. No. 671. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Farms; Canals; California Kern County; Shelf.; Geogr.

Family on front porch of Super's home, McClung Ranch

Photo of Kern County, California by Carleton E. Watkins. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

[The Calloway Canal showing the weirs at Poso Creek with woman(?) in h...

No. 726. Public domain photograph - historical image of California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Kern River Mills, showing canal

Photo by C.E. Watkins, Kern Co., Calif. No. 272. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf; Canals Ca.; Schools Bldgs; Calif. Kern Co.; Cowboys Round-up; Stores.

James ranch- residence and farm buildings. Kern County, Cal.

No. 316. Photo by Carleton E. Watkins. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Rivers; Shelf.

Latticed, 6-sided arbor in front of Superintendent's home, McClung Ran...

Photo of Kern County, California by Carleton E. Watkins. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

Bakersfield A Bakersfield home.

Photograph showing a large Victorian cottage with verandas and mansard roof. No. 456. Forms part of: Kern County Survey Collection.

Cotton Ranch Dairy - The milk room

Racks with pans filled with milk, Kern Conty, Calif. No. 201. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Calif. Kern Co. ca. 1890; Industry Dairy ca. 1890; Geogr.; Shelf.

Stockdale ranch--Stacking alfalfa hay

Men with horses in field and large stacks of alfalfa hay, Kern County, California. Watkin's photo. no. 48.

Threshing grain on Greenfields ranch. Kern County, Cal.

No. 82. Photo by Carleton E. Watkins. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Farming; Shelf.

Greenfields ranch. Kern County, Cal.

No. 69. Photo by Carleton E. Watkins. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Ranches; Shelf.

Large family in front of Super's home, Anderson Ranch Dairy

Photo of Kern County, California by Carleton E. Watkins. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

Bakersfield. A cottage home, Black Hamburgs

Black Hamburg grapes hanging on vine, Bakersfield, Kern County, California. No. 601.

The Anderson ranch dairy. Superintendent's cottage. Kern County, Cal.

No. 142. Photo by Carleton E. Watkins. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Ranches; Shelf.

[Kern County, California]: Bellevue Ranch. Stacking alfalfa hay

No. 18. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Steam engines; Chinese in U.S.; Ranches; Geogr.; Farms and farming; Farm machinery; Hay; Hops; Water pumps.

Kern river nearing alluvial plains. Kern County, Cal.

No. 478. Photo by Carleton E. Watkins. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Rivers; Shelf.

The public school house. C.E. Watkins, Kern Co., California

Photo by C.E. Watkins, Kern Co., Calif. No. 487. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf; Canals Ca.; Schools Bldgs; Calif. Kern Co.; Cowboys Round-up; Stores.

Kern river and the Pioneer canal. Kern County, Cal.

No. 681. Photo by Carleton E. Watkins. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Irrigation; Shelf.

House with Victorian filigree, Bakersfield

Photo of Kern County, Cal. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Architecture; Artesian well; Family groups; Ca.; Shelf.

[Gigantic oak tree on the Tejon Ranch, Kern county, Calif.; Indian man...

No. 589. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Indians; Trees.

Pioneer canal weir and county bridge on Kern river. Kern County, Cal.

No. 683. Photo by Carleton E. Watkins. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Bridges, Geogr.; Irrigation; Shelf.

Kern river above Calloway canal, north channel. Kern County, Cal.

No. 676. Photo by Carleton E. Watkins. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Irrigation; Shelf.

Bakersfield. A cottage home. 19th century, Library of Congress collect...

Lawn with shrubbery, Bakersfield, Kern County, California. No. 593. Public domain photograph - historical image of California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Avenue lined with cottonwood and willow trees from Superintendent's ho...

Photo of Kern County, California by Carleton E. Watkins. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

Kern river on Rio Bravo ranch, 15 miles NE of Bakersfield. Kern County...

No. 474. Photo by Carleton E. Watkins. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Wells; Shelf.

Calloway canal weir on Kern river. Kern County, Cal.

No. 684. Photo by Carleton E. Watkins. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Irrigation; Shelf.

A drop weir on Pioneer canal - McClung ranch. Kern County, Cal.

No. 688. Photo by Carleton E. Watkins. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Irrigation; Shelf.

Kern river above Calloway canal. Kern County, Cal.

No. 676. Photo by Carleton E. Watkins. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Irrigation; Shelf.

Corner of Railroad Ave. & G St., Bakersfield

Photo of Kern County, California. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Farms...; Ranches...; Architecture; Artesian well; Family groups; Indians Capms...; Ca.; Shelf.

Lakeside Ranch The beet field.. 19th century, Library of Congress coll...

Photograph showing two men standing in a beet field holding large mangelwurzel beets. No. 101. Forms part of: Kern County Survey Collection.

Wild grape vines on the Tejon Ranch, Kern County, Calif.

No. 548. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Farm crops; Fruit Grapes.

Head of south fork of Kern River. Kern County, Cal.

No. 675. Photo by Carleton E. Watkins. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Rivers; Shelf.

Bakersfield a cottage home, Black Hamburgs.

Pomegranates and grapes on arbor, Bakersfield, Kern County, California. No. 603.

A block on Chester Ave., Bakersfield

Photo by C.E. Watkins, Kern Co., Calif. No. 491. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf; Canals Ca.; Schools Bldgs; Calif. Kern Co.; Cowboys Round-up; Stores.