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Jan 1 2019

The Fishery – Fish Market

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The Fishery - Proprietor: Claude Smith Oldham, 19 Oct. 1894 - 12 Aug 1986. Bakersfield Californian, October 13, 1915. Claude Oldham has resigned his position in the iron works and in partnership with Clarence Hamm will in one week open a fish market in East Bakersfield. The young men will send around a wagon also and expect to fill a want in the local market. The good wishes of their friends go with them in their venture.
The Fishery – Proprietor: Claude Smith Oldham, 19 Oct. 1894 – 12 Aug 1986. Bakersfield Californian, October 13, 1915. Claude Oldham has resigned his position in the iron works and in partnership with Clarence Hamm will in one week open a fish market in East Bakersfield. The young men will send around a wagon also and expect to fill a want in the local market. The good wishes of their friends go with them in their venture.
Photo taken 15 December 1915. "The fish on the scale is a Barracuda weighing 5 3/4 lbs.
Photo taken 15 December 1915. “The fish on the scale is a Barracuda weighing 5 3/4 lbs.

The Fishery
955 Baker St, East Bakersfield [1915-1917]
Owners:
Claude Smith Oldham (1894-1986) &
Clarence M Hamm (1893-1975).
Thanks to John Douglas Codd

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