Mama Flossie, Merle, Bonnie

BAKETOWN PO-PAREE

I'll caption this "Buck Owens, in a pensive mood." You saw that a lot back in the day, the word "pensive" to describe a certain pose or look that a person typified in a photograph. Since most of us have no idea what that word means, it seemed to be a really bad word choice -- and it still is.

Lonely Land

Can you believe this was a shoe repair shop on No. Chester?

Leg it on down to the Green Frog

                                               Iconic pair from equally iconic Bakersfield families

Did we really need a 1917 map for the Grapevine? You coasted down it and hoped your brakes didn't fail or you chugged up it and hoped your engine held up to the strain.

                                                    Drugs and groceries. America's diet
 

I loved the original back when the location was known as Pierce Road. I never went into the bar, but my pal Duffy from the Golden Lion sometimes bartended there. I loved the beef stew. I also knew how to order off the menu. You had to be in the know for that. The "Duffy Special" I would order. It was a French dip sandwich and on the plate with it pinto beans and a lettuce salad with oil and vinegar dressing. And a cup of coffee. I always felt very comfortable eating there.

TWO Landmarks; Milton "Spartacus" Miller and his sweetheart Padre Hotel, both under a lengthy siege by Bakersfield city officials.

 

World Famous (trite but mostly true) Bakersfield Inn in its pristine past

 

                                     1988 

Doni and Dani are Marty's two daughters with wife Shree. He later married Tessa and they had a son, Jamey.

 THE PAINTED BUNTING

Most colorful bird native to the United States

 

Photos

Bryce Martin is on Classmates.

Message to Dad Rick Davis: Gary Paxton would have approved of your offspring's musical journey
 

One could be made exclusively for the memory of Joe "Red" Simpson

A CUPPA JOE ("RED" SIMPSON)

 

The Marbled Halls of the Cal

 

1977 -- Bakersfield Memorial Day Parade

 

Amazed I was to find these photos and others on the 'net. In bygone days I was the turntable operator for Santa Fe Railroad in Bakersfield and these roundhouse photos are from that 1970s era. Fred Wells was the head honcho in the main office down the tracks. Many great memories from those overall-wearing days.