Bakersfield: A Pictorial History 1873-1920
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- Опубліковано 14 тра 2024
- Welcome to my first experiment using all still photographs. As a resident of Bakersfield and its surrounding area I really enjoy its rich history and I decided to make that my first subject in this format.
Bakersfield gets a bad rap. Some is deserved most is not. It has treated me well enough and I have enjoyed sharing its history with locals and now I hope those of you not from the area will enjoy some of its history as well.
Being my first time putting this format together it is a bit jittery and Pablo Galtes' store is EAST of Chester on 19th not north! I didn't catch that mistake until it was too late to change it.
So join me for a trip down History Lane in Bakersfield!
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This is great. Tremendous research. Nicely done, sir. And thank you for putting this together for us!
Thank you!
That was cool. Would have liked to see after photos (what you were describing is there now).
Sorry for the late reply. I was hospitalized at the time you commented.
I did a video about the 1952 Bakersfield earthquake in which I did a lot of before and after shots. It's in my "History" playlist.
I'm planning a followup to this video (1920 to present) and maybe I'll incorporate your idea!
Thanks for checking it out!
How cool it would be to climb into a time machine go back to these times to experience how they lived. Very neat video Mr signal man. The time you spent getting all the pix together was nothing compared to how much was involved in the editing process.
Yeah, it was a time consuming edit but it was one of the fun ones!
Born there , and still here !!
Good video keep it up Mark I like seeing Bakersfield from the past
Thanks! I have much more planned so stay tuned!
My family lives in the Hochheimer's old family home, so it was cool to see a photo of their old store. I'd always wondered what it looked like.
Love seeing old photos of my city. Thank you for sharing!
This was great, I like to see the differences from the past. It was interesting.
Great video. I grew up in Bakersfield and Love city history. Thank you for this.
Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you bro I truly appreciate this it’s very interesting now I am going to go to these spots and look at them with the pictures you provided for us.. just to feel the cool feeling of knowing what used to be there..stay blessed bro
Yours is the 5th channel that is doing videos of Bakersfield. I grew up in Bakersfield. I live in Texas now and all these videos make me homesick. I love them and it's good to see home again.
I've lived here my whole life (1980) and I've never seen any of these so thank you, you did such an amazing job !! I know it took you some real time putting this together. Bravo 👏🏼👏🏼 better then any news stations sad attempt to show our history ❤️❤️
It's my pleasure! Thank you for the compliments! Here is the link to the second part of this story! ua-cam.com/video/5RQ3TxilXBU/v-deo.html
I Love looking at historical pictures, nice video. Thanks
Great photos and commentary about what they are now - my favorite scene is how they raised the utility pole with block and tackle. Keep them coming, Mark!
Thank you. Stay tuned. More to come!
Enjoyed seeing the old photos, great idea Mark, keep up the good work.
I enjoyed seeing these old pictures. I was born and raised here. I find it very interesting going through Bakersfield history. Thank you 😎
If you go my "History" playlist, I did another from 1920-1966. Thanks for checking it out!
It's sure nice to see pictures of my hometown years before I came along !
David Poulsen
Hey. Thanks for the video. I’m originally from Bakersfield and I absolutely can’t stand more than a day in the city anymore. However, this video gave some positive thoughts for me 👍🏼
Awesome! I'm glad I could create some pleasant thoughts about the city! Thanks for checking it out!
Thank you sir, These photos are great. Thank you for given us the opportunity to look into the past.
This is great, keep it up its it's a good way to get to know the history
Fascinating and such great old pictures! I would like to see your future work on railroads in the area. Kudos on your labor!
Really enjoyed. My grandparents rented property from the Underwoods when they were first married.
Also, I recall Grandpa saying they went to the Arlington Hotel for his sisters' wedding...You did a great job Mark, I really enjoyed that journey with you...looking forward to your next one!
There is another in my history playlist from 1920-1966. Also some other local and regional histories. Here is the link to that playlist. Thanks for checking it out!
ua-cam.com/play/PL6ge3Roxmyvr7l2xDILlQzG_golEHBkQt.html
I really enjoyed it! Great job. I’ll be watching for more of your videos.
Be sure to check out my "History" and "Railroad History" playlists.
Thanks for checking it out!
I think it was great thanks for the effort and bringing this history.
You did a great job going through old archives I’m sure it took a lot of work and determination keep it up
Yes, it was time consuming but worth it!
Thanks for checking it out!
Wow, that was so cool! Thanks for posting.
Thank you! Born and raised and moved (72-90).
Awesome footage i like to go back in time with old photos
This is awesome. Love the history and photographs.
Stay tuned. I'm working on another from 1920 to the present!
Great stuff.... Really enjoyed it!
Fascinating! This was great.
Wow....I don't remember any of those buildings! Fabulous video brother.
Some excellent photos of Bakersfield history. Thank you.
right on, cool video man. very informative and interesting pictures. That canyon shot was amazing!
Thanks! Did you see the 1920-1966 slideshow I put up a couple weeks ago? Here's the link
ua-cam.com/video/5RQ3TxilXBU/v-deo.html
Really like what you are doing with your channel. Keep it up!
Thank you! Much more to come!
Your experiment was a success! Really enjoyed the show.
Thank you!
Thank you so much! I absolutely love this video!
Thanks so much for doing all the research/putting this together! As an archaeology major/museum enthusiast I really enjoy seeing all of the historic photos. 👍💜
Thank you for checking it out. Here is the link to my "History" playlist where I go over more local and regional history, including the two 1952 earthquakes. I hope you take the time, if you haven't already, to subscribe to the channel!
ua-cam.com/play/PL6ge3Roxmyvr7l2xDILlQzG_golEHBkQt.html
Thanks for the tour!
Thanks I had forgotten about the trolley system. It endured until the 40's. My dad had told me that the last trolley cars were just left at landfill to just decay & ultimately be bulldozed under.
Thank you! very interesting and needed for my classes.
Nice work! I have been looking a local history many years but this is the first time seeing so many new mages in one place. 30 May 2022
Thank you. I'm glad you enjoyed it. Here is the one for the years 1920-1966.
ua-cam.com/video/5RQ3TxilXBU/v-deo.html
Wow, Mark that was very interessting and much i have never seen before. thanks much
dope video, im born and raised Bakersfield, part of my family has been here since before baker and kern came and reclaimed the land , its great to know the history of this amazing place, so much history and even more potential for an even more amazing future, thanks for putting this together.
My pleasure! Thanks for checking it out!
Great Idea, thanks for taking the time to do this, it must have been allot of work, I was born in Bakersfield and now live in Taft
It was time consuming but always worth it! I'm planning a video on the history of Taft and may do something similar to this too. Did you see my video on the Sunset Railway into the west side?
Thanks for checking it out!
@@MarkClayMcGowan I will watch it, and thanks for the reply, all my best to you and yours.
Wow Mark, a lot of research and scanning of photos coupled with a great narrative after a lot of time spend doing it. Hopefully the likes and responses encourage you to do more.
Totally enjoyed these old pictures
¡Oh my god! I really appreciate this video, I am currently writing a western, the protagonist was born in Bakersfield and really needed to see pictures like that. Really thank so much for the video, greetings from Sonora, México.
My pleasure! Good luck with your novel and thanks for checking it out!
Outstanding pictures 👍
Awesome video. Keep it coming.
Fantastic, thanks Mark!
this video is absolutely amazing and wonderful!!!....thank you
Thank you! Did you see this one? ua-cam.com/video/5RQ3TxilXBU/v-deo.html 1920-1966
I love pioneer history! Thank you for the video!
My pleasure!
Thank you. That was fascinating.
Enjoyed this. I have a really good history book on Bakersfield, but many of those pics I've not seen before.
Couple of suggestions :
It's my understanding the large main building at Pioneer Village was originally the Chamber of Commerce / visitors center back when the main or only north-south hiway thru the valley ran right by it. That would be an amazing pictorial history. One I'm sure very few know anything about.
Another content suggestion is the Lightspeed building on 19th.
It was originally commissioned by Standard Oil of California to be their headquarters. As I remember it had 3 large vault safes so it was used at one point to store (safekeep) the all or many of the land deeds for the Kern County Land Company, a d others too.
I forget now who built it, but he has streets & a city park named after him.
Aprox early 90s soon after Rob McCarthy bought it for cheap, it caught fire and developers (maybe the city too... or was it the Insurance company WA Ted to tear it down. So Rob quickly scrambled to get it listed as an Historical Landmark so that it had to be preserved.
Just walking in it is a museum in itself. I believe it is leased by a law firm now (Lightspeed evacuated Ca for Austin Tx 6 or 7 years ago).
Oh last thing, after showing and describing each picture, leave the picture a bit longer before switching to the next one so we can look at it longer letting what you just discribed have time to sync with the visual.
I had a tour set up with Pioneer Village but who knows when that will happen now. At some point I am planning more videos on downtown history but thats a ways off yet. I thought about running each photo for ten seconds but I try to be mindful of the length of videos. I wanted to get a feel for what people thought about the format before dragging them through a 20 minute piece! I will leave the pics up longer on my next adventure!
Thanks for the suggestions and for checking it out!
Moved to bakersfield 12 years ago and I’m glad I now know some of its story thanks to this video
Thank you! I hope you've checked out some of my other videos about local history both railroad and others. Look in the "History" and "Railroad History" playlists. I have more projects planned so stay tuned!
I love local history! Thanks for the content.
My pleasure!
This was really cool. I grew up in Mettler and would go to Bakersfield only on paydays with my parents. I really miss growing up out there. Thank you for this!
just want to know where are locals go sometimes, where did you wind up moving to? area only don't need to be specific, if you don't mind me asking?
This was great! Keep it up!
I plan on it! Thanks for checking it out!
Thank you for all of the history and research you've put into your stuff I've watched so far. The Bakersfield CA history 1&2. I've just saved to watch later the 1952 earthquake and the Tehachapi Train Tunnels.
I've been trying to get more information about my Great Aunt Mary Russell and her Home/Business which became the Fantasy Frocks Costume Shop after Mary passed away in the 1990's.
She never married, helped start the Original Bakersfield Business Conferences and I've been told she was the first Single, Female Marriage and Family Therapist in Bakersfield CA. Her house , fantasy Frocks is on 17th St just a block or 2 from the downtown greyhound bus station and is very similar inside and out to the Howell House.
So I just gave you a new area of Bakersfield history to maybe do a video of?
Your info and old photos are Great please do more and more.
👍 Thank you.
Jacqueline 🙈
Thank you for the story! I'll see what I can dig up about it. Thanks for checking out the channel! I'm doing a live stream today (April 2) at 1pm.
Very interesting history and the photos are well preserved. I like the idea and doing railroad stuff would be good as well. You do such great narration on all your videos and this one was the same. Keep them coming.
Thank you! I will definitely do more along these lines!
Lmao the peerless saloon was the 19th street punks back in that time.
Mark hayes am I your family member or something? I'm stacy hayes son and keith kight the dad
@@getthalootent6530 dont know you!
Awesome work. Need more
I'm planning more pictorial shows
Good video and great photos I've never seen before.
Thanks! Always cool to to toss in new old stuff! Thanks for checking it out!
Hey Mark, just stumbled across your video & subscribed! Loved seeing the old photos of Bakersfield. Also watch the video on historic train sites.
Welcome! I appreciate the subscription and hope you get time to check out all my stuff. Stay tuned for more!
Good to look back in history.
What a relaxing video!
Really awesome! Love to see the old building and you telling us the location. Just great!!! However; would love to see the same historical info with modern photos of the same place. I know that’s probably another 100 or more hours of editing, but still!
I did that with this one where possible. ua-cam.com/video/5RQ3TxilXBU/v-deo.html
Great job, enjoyed the video
Excellent job, very interesting!
Thank you!
Good job sir. Love old bako.
Nice job keep going !
Being a life long person that lived in the Bakersfield area. I enjoyed the photos. I don’t know if you thought about doing these or had done this, an old photo and a. current photo will be nice.
Thank for the hard work you put into all the videos you post.
Ask, and you shall receive! Here is the link to another one I did that's a then and now. I am also including the link to my "History" playlist, in which you will find some more interesting stuff! Thanks for checking it out!
Bakersfield Then and Now ua-cam.com/video/5RQ3TxilXBU/v-deo.html
History ua-cam.com/play/PL6ge3Roxmyvr7l2xDILlQzG_golEHBkQt.html
Great job!
That was great Mark,
Great job 👍
Continue this was great!
Stay tuned. Much more to come! Thanks for checking it out!
I liked it, passed thru a few times but never stopped. Would be nice if you mentioned if building(s) were still standing and current photo if available
I did some of that in my video about the 1952 earthquake. It's in my "History" playlist. I also have more local history projects planned.
Thanks for checking it out!
Very nice and informative video. I am not originally from Bakersfield. I really appreciate the history in your video, Great job! Any video's about the 1930's here in the future?
I'm planning one similar to this from 1920 to 1960 or 70 with what it looks like now photos as well. Just waiting for it to cool off a little!
Thanks for checking it out!
We love your videos. Shout out Rosedale
Thank you. Stay tuned for another covering 1920 to about 1970
Good job. Keep it up
That was great. I like learning about the past of Bakersfield really interesting you should do one on Lamont California a lot of people migrated there from back east to pick cotton in the 30s and 40s
Very nice and informational video about the history of Bakersfield! Where did you get so much historical pictures? BR Werner
I have many volumes of history books plus a private collection of pix and post cards.
Thanks for checking it out!
So wish they would have preserved all those old buildings . I’m originally from New Bedford Massachusetts check it out the downtown area is a time capsule 😊 thanks for the video!
So many of our old buildings were destroyed in the 52 quake. It's a shame but changes had to be made for safety.
I did videos about the two 1952 quakes. They're in my "History" and "Railroad History" playlists.
Thanks for checking it out!
That was cool your experiment is going to be a great addition to your channel also it is very informative and entertaining 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Kevin James Stout in High Prairie Alberta Canada
I've done another for the area and another on railroading. Both are in this playlist. Thanks for checking it out!
ua-cam.com/play/PL6ge3Roxmyvr7l2xDILlQzG_golEHBkQt.html
This was great! I loved watching the video. I love local history. I really appreciated you showing the picture and then saying what is standing there now. My husband and I are talking about utilizing your video and going to these sites and seeing them in person; what was standing there and what is now standing there now. Do you..........or do you know of anyone in Bakersfield that looks at old pictures and then goes out to see what is there now? We would love to get more history. Please let me know!!!
I'm glad you enjoyed this! I have been planning another that covers 1920 to modern times. It seems every time I get ready to start it something pops up! Stay tuned though, I'll get to it!
Also, yes, plenty of people do that. If you have Facebook, go join the groups called "I Used to Cruise Chester Avenue" and "Kern County of Old". Lots of stuff like that there!
Thanks for checking out the channel!
@@MarkClayMcGowan I sure will. Thank you@
I've been to all of these locations shown, a couple of them I can't actually picture the today spots in my head and yes I'll be going past them the next time I'm walking or biking downtown.
Very interesting. Real question here-Who were the contractors and architects for those old buildings? Gosh they were impressive. Today all we see are boxes for buildings downtown.
Pretty cool!
Gracias 😀
That was great I was hoping to see some pictures of the train station on baker and sumner. And maybe some of our founder Col. Baker and his hay fields.
Here are links to the video tour I did of it shortly before I retired. If you go to Facebook (Mark Mcgowan), and find the "Kern County of Old and I used to Cruise Chester groups, there are a lot of pix there of the depot.
ua-cam.com/video/bcR5yKTNEjA/v-deo.html
ua-cam.com/video/T6YfIlQdj14/v-deo.html
Bakersfield living been here since 1998
Awesome video
I'm putting another together right now that will cover 1920 to about 1970. Stay tuned!
Enjoy your videos
Hi Mark, nice slide show. I’m wondering what’s your source for the pictures? I’m particularly interested in the Edison photos at KR-1.
I have dozens of history books and the power pix came from a couple of those. I also have a nice collection of private pic and post cards.
I'm glad you enjoyed it and thanks for checking it out!
BRAVO!!
Thank you!
Fantastic! How did you get all the info?!!
A LOT of research and I still made a couple of mistakes that I didn't catch until it was too late. I have a boatload of history books on the area plus personal pics and post cards.
Thanks for checking it out!
I enjoyed that Mark Clay....Do some more....
I have more projects planned so stay tuned. Also, check out my "History" and "Railroad History" playlists.
Thanks for checking it out!
Great Job! #HometownPride
Thank You!
That was cool.
Great video! Where’d u get all the pics from?!
History books, post cards and personal collections.
I have more projects planned. I got held up by health issues but am back on track.
Be sure to check out my "History" and "Railroad History" playlists.
Thanks for checking it out!
Cool do you have one of the town of Tehachapi or Mojave
No, but the Tehachapi thing is a good idea. There really aren't a lot of pix of Mojave as it grew though
@@MarkClayMcGowan and then do other towns Such as Lamont Arvin kingsburg, Madera, etc etc. What I did few years back and what I try to do now was to look at old out of state places and things. One was the Sacramento Wash in Mohave County Arizona as well as Father Garces in the 1700s hence the name El Garces in Needles. I can tell you about the Sacramento Wash it's 45 miles long with 17 other big washes that go into it from.the Cerbait mountains to the Colorado River near Topock. The railroad follows it for 20 miles and crosses it twice on the east side of Topock and just below Yucca at Haviland MP 544.6 on three span bridge. The wash was named after some settlers on their way to Sacramento due to the gold rush. Out of Needless you have Piute wash as well as a Sacramento Wash on the California side from goffs east to needles. Father Francisco Garces and the Mohave tribe would be a cool discovery for you just in general
And if you wanted to checkout Santa Fe track charts grade profiles they have them on that same site. SP was SPINS