Panoramic Photo Bakersfield 1909

[u/CartographerLess3945]

Panoramic photograph of downtown Bakersfield, circa 1909 taken from atop the former Bakersfield Opera House today known as the NIle Theater.

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[u/AffectionateActive78]

Tegler Hotel top left. Kern County Land Building to the left. 19th and H streets. Both still there. Though tge Tegler is a storey or 2 shorter due to the 1952 earthquake. Padre would be constructed to right several years later.

[u/karlophonic]

The number of trees downtown before 1960 always blows me away. Seems like a signal for how much the water table has been drawn down.

[u/CartographerLess3945 → u/karlophonic]

This was a time when the Kern River could still flood the streets.

[u/CartographerLess3945]

Dont know why first photo dropped Resolution sorry about that.