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Full, seated portrait of a smiling Pansy Augusta Brewster in an upholstered chair, clutching a doll to her side. She is looking off the left of the viewer, and her body is turned left.

Full, seated portrait of Pansy Augusta Brewster, lounging on her left side on an upholstered chair. She has one leg tucked under her, is turned toward the camera, gazes upward. She is holding something in her lap and wears a small bow in her hair.

Full portrait of Pansy Augusta Brewster as a toddler, standing on an upholstered chair leaning with one arm resting on the back of the chair. She faces the camera wearing a solemn expression. She wears a light colored dress, stockings, and Mary Jane…

Sepia toned full studio portrait of Pansy Brewster, side view. She is dressed in a light colored lacy dress with shawl or cloak with collar and furry fringe. She wears her hair up with flowers in it. There is a fur in the foreground and a studio…

View of a parade on Main Street between California and Oak Streets.

Parish house built by J.J. Mahoney under the direction of Fr. Rubio. J. Logan Kennedy is seen standing next to his horse and buggy.

Group portrait of men in front of Patterson Ranch in Oxnard, located on Wooley and Patterson Roads. There are other women, children, and men at a further distance to the left of the photo.

Group photo of ten women in white peaked hats. They all wear white or light colored shawls and some are sitting. Title on library records is "Peak Sisters Concert."

"The Peak Sisters" was a play written by Mary Barnard Horne, and was a popular…

Pfeiler children: Albert, Bertha, Josie, and Rudy

Photograph of white magnolia arrangement that John Calvin Brewster entered into the Ventura County Fair and for which he won First Premium for best photo.

Photographic portrait of Reverend William Knighton

Several men climb ladders to harvest oranges in an orchard at Limoneira. Oranges are slid down tubes into crates on the ground. A man on a horse drawn wagon is in the middle of the scene. To the left of the image there is a load of filled crates on a…

Closeup view of a waterfall at "Piedra Blanca in the Sespe Country". A man stands on the left side of the image, right of the waterfall, and two women sit on the right side of the image, left of the waterfall.

View of an apricot pitting shed, Briggs Ranch. A group of four women stand at one table, pitting apricots, and a a group of two women pit apricots at another table. One man works a machine, while two other men look at the camera, one holding a broom.…

Snapshot of poison oak growing up the side of a tree

Full standing portrait of a Chinese man and woman wearing traditional Chinese clothing. Both are looking into the camera. There is a chair between them and the woman holds a flower in her hand, while the man holds an umbrella in one hand and what…

Portrait of a male Chinese domestic worker, seated. He is wearing traditional Chinese clothing, shoes, and hat, and is looking at the viewer. He is holding a fan in one hand and something indistinguishable in the other. He sits in an upholstered…

Bust portrait of a couple, woman on left left and man on right in landscape orientation looking at the camera. "JR Silva" written on back of photo.

Portrait of an unidentified woman sitting at a table with an elbow resting on the table with a hand at her cheek gazing to the right of camera

Portrait of woman standing with an arm across her waist in a dark dress looking into the camera with

Full portrait of an unidentified woman standing next to a table with a cloth draped over it. She has her right hand resting on a book on the table and she is facing the viewer gazing at the viewer. Her hair is parted in the middle and pulled back,…

Full portrait of unknown young girl standing beside a chair, holding a box open, looking to the left of the camera

Full portrait of Celia Boquist standing by a table. She is wearing a high-collared dress, with ruffled, leg o' mutton sleeves, a bow on the sash, and a hem finished with ribbons.

Portrait of J.C. Brewsiter, an early Ventura photographer.

Photographic portrait of Mrs. William Knighton, wife of Reverend William Knighton