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Kern County Land Company Promotional Photograph Album
BANC PIC 2017.051--fALB
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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
The Bancroft Library
Title: Kern County Land Company promotional photograph album
Creator:
Kern County Land Company
creator:
Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916
Identifier/Call Number: BANC PIC 2017.051--fALB
Physical Description:
60 photographs
in 1 album
: chiefly platinum prints
; prints various sizes, album 27 x 35 cm
Date (inclusive): negatives exposed approximately 1885-1900, album compiled approximately 1900.
Abstract: Promotional album containing views of the Kern County Land Company's buildings and views illustrating various aspects of the
regional agriculture and other benefits of living and/or investing in the area.
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Collection is open for research.
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
Kern County Land Company promotional photograph album was purchased by The Bancroft Library from Walkabout Books in 2017.
The Kern County Land Company was founded by James Haggin and Lloyd Tevis in 1890.
Item list entries transcribed from hand-written captions on album leaves and/or captions printed, from negatives, within photographs.
Most views by unidentified photographers. Includes at least 5 views (:20, :41, and at least three of the montage images within
:38) identified as the work of photographer Carleton E. Watkins, who in 1888 was commissioned by the founders of the company
to document Kern County. Several other images are very likely to be the work of Watkins, a set of which is found, numbering
418 photographs, at the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division (Lot 3379).
Uniform tone of prints suggests they were printed specifically for this project, around 1900, probably from earlier negatives
or in some cases, copy negatives.
[Identification of item], Kern County Land Company promotional photograph album, BANC PIC 2017.051, The Bancroft Library,
University of California, Berkeley.
Promotional album containing views of the Kern County Land Company's buildings, including exterior and interior views of the
main Bakersfield office complex (later known as the Tevis Block and designated as a California Historical Landmark) and the
buildings of the machine shops, meat packing department and flour mill. Also includes Kern County views illustrating various
aspects of the regional agriculture and other benefits of living and/or investing in the area -- e.g. residential buildings,
transportation, electrical power, lodgings, school, church, courthouse, hospital, jail, etc. -- many of them in Bakersfield.
Other Kern County locations and features depicted include Stockdale, Kern City, the Calloway Canal, Buena Vista Lake and the
Kern River.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Kern County Land Company -- Photographs
Agriculture -- California -- Kern County -- Photographs
Kern County (Calif.) -- Photographs
Bakersfield (Calif.) -- Photographs
Kern County Land Company
Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916