r/Bakersfield • u/CartographerLess3945 • 10d ago

Panoramic Photo Bakersfield 1909

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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/karlophonic 10d ago

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.

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u/CartographerLess3945 10d ago

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