Visual Materials
Irrigated Kern Valley lands
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Map of Bakersfield and vicinity : showing property of J.B. Haggin
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Old shelf number: eph J4-8(1). "At Auction Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday May 14th, 15th, and 16th, 1889." Central Bakersfield. Verso shows "colony" lands for sale for farming lands south of the city. Submap: Union Addition to Bakersfield. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Feet. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: See map ephMPCALIFT0064a showing lands for sale south of Bakersfield.
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Map of Part of Kern County, California, Showing the Locations of Colonies, Irrigation Systems, etc. in the Kern Delta
Rare Books
Showing lands of the Kern County Land Company for sale. Bakersfield is well developed, the Southern Pacific Railway is in place, including the Tehachapi Loop, but no highways north or south. Relief: shaded. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS note: B3/3 150198.
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Map showing properties of the Bear Valley Irrigation Company and lands which can be irrigated under the Bear Valley System including portions of San Bernardino, San Diego, Orange and Los Angeles Counties, California
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Photograph of a map of Southern California showing territory depicting Bear Valley Irrigation Company and lands which could be irrigated under the Bear Valley System, labeled primarily with rancho names and the Alessandro Tract.
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An authentic map of the state of California showing the exact extent of territory granted by Congress to the various railroads within the state as evidenced by the following certificate. Department of the Interior, General Land Office, June 11, 1875
Rare Books
"State Ticket, People's Independent Party, Election, Wednesday, September 1st, 1875." A propaganda map for the People's Independent Party opposed to the railroads. Original grant lands in yellow, in lieu lands in red. MS note: 338918. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS note: 17.50.
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Kern County Land Company papers and slides
Manuscripts
Items include a map of the Miramonte Colony Tract in Kern County (approximately 1890-1900); a day book probably written by James Ben Ali Haggin (1886-1890), and two manuscripts of speeches by David Stoddard Atwood on Kern County Land Company history. Also includes 47 slides of images of photographs held in the Kern County Land Company archives in Bakersfield, California, some of which may be by American photographer Carleton Watkins. They were created by David Stoddard Atwood as part of a a project on the history of the Kern County Land Company, where he had worked. The slides include photographs of people, structures, and landscape.
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Reynolds, Frederick, 1764-1841. 1 letter to William Dunn, 1782-1855, A.L.S. (2 p.), (1837, July [26?])
Manuscripts
Note: preceding this letter is a copy of a portion of a speech from the House of Commons (2 p.). Note: very fragile and damaged -- please do not remove from mylar. Cataloger's Note: this letter is dated "Thursday" with an added date of July 25 or 26, 1837, though the 25th was a Tuesday and the 16th a Wednesday.
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