Wednesday, June 26, 2024

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