Bakersfield and the Kern River – Retro Mid-Mod Travel Poster (11×14″)
$20.00
Step back into the Bakersfield that should have been—sun-splashed palms, endless blue skies, and the legendary Truxtun Lakes Yacht Club promising tiki-tinged sophistication just minutes from downtown. This 11×14″ mid-century travel poster celebrates the Chamber-of-Commerce dream version of Bakersfield: aspirational, optimistic, and gloriously delusional in all the best ways. Printed on premium matte stock and ready to frame.
• Paper thickness: 10.3 mil
• Paper weight: 189 g/m²
• Opacity: 94%
• ISO brightness: 104%
• Paper is sourced from Japan
Because this poster is printed on demand, please allow a few extra days for production. The Chamber of Commerce promised high speed, but this isn’t the bullet train. Think of it as “Bakersfield Relaxation Time”—your print ships when it’s good and sun-baked.
Celebrate the golden-era fantasy of Bakersfield with this retro/mid-century modern travel poster, a lovingly imagined artifact of the city’s “big vision” era—when chamber-of-commerce brochures promised that the Kern River would one day rival Tahiti and the Truxtun Lakes Yacht Club felt mostly realish.
Featuring bold palm silhouettes, saturated mid-mod color gradients, and a sun-drenched Kern River scene, this 11×14” print captures a world where:
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Overnight from New York, forget Tahiti was a legitimate tourism slogan
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Truxtun Lakes Yacht Club brochures quietly suggested Bakersfield was “closer than Tijuana—yet twice as exotic”
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Locals insisted that surf culture, river culture, and desert paradise could all coexist on the same brochure page
This poster honors that unshakeable Bakersfield optimism—the belief that with enough sunshine, civic gusto, and a few palm trees planted in questionable soil, the Central Valley could absolutely be the California Riviera.
Perfect for:
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KRSCo collectors
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Mid-century modern lovers
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Bakersfield nostalgists
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Those who appreciate “tourism-fantasy Bakersfield” almost as much as the real thing
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Anyone decorating a home tiki bar or pseudo-yacht-club lounge
Printed on premium archival matte stock for rich color, crisp details, and decades of Kern River daydreaming.
Frame it. Hang it. Pretend the Truxtun Lakes Yacht Club has a reciprocal agreement with La Jolla. We won’t tell.
Additional information
| Weight | 0.02 oz |
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