Camp Lamont also called Lamont Prisoner of War Base Camp was a World War II German Prisoners of War camp in the City of Lamont, California, 12 miles southwest from Bakersfield in Kern County. It was f
Arvin Federal Government Camp, also known as the Weedpatch Camp or Sunset Labor Camp, was built by the Farm Security Administration south of Bakersfield, California, in 1936 to house migrant workers d
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The Community Hall
Photograph of camp administrator Tom Collins with migrant mother and child (November 1936)
The Library (left) and Post Office (right) buildings were moved and their exteriors restored.
The Library at the Arvin Federal Government Camp with a staffed WPA Librarian.