Photo A: Group photo. Left to right, Mary Hanrahan - grandmother, J. C. Hanrahan - grandfather, Ann Hanrahan - aunt, Margarite "Peggy" Staunton - mother, and DeLee Staunton.
Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.) Civil War vets encampment gathering at Plaza Park in Ventura, Calif. The large group stands in front of tents under trees. According to museum records there "appears to be a rubber tree surrounded by Cypress, 200…
Ventura County near Sycamore Canyon. View of beach near Sycamore Canyon. Beach scene shows a rocky beach dotted with tents and people along Pacific Coast Highway with coastal mountains in background. Museum records indicate this is now a state beach…
Scene showing men on horseback in the Sespe. In the background are two houses or cabins and some large tents, as well as mountains. Museum records indicate this is Lathrop's. Herbert Lathrop ran a fishing and hunting resort/camp at the property known…
A dairy truck from Billiwhack Stock Farm in a parade. Truck is leading prized bull Prince Aagie, seen on the left of image behind the truck. Two men in dairy uniforms hold a large banner announcing Prince Aagie just behind the truck. Truck reads…
View of a very crowded beach at Hueneme with the Hueneme wharf and buildings in the background. There appears to be people walking on the wharf. Several tents and umbrellas are on the beach. People are in the water and at the shoreline, as well as…
Parade scene on Main Street in Ventura during the Ventura Street Fair in 1900. Storefronts are visible as are tents for fair vendors set up in front of the stores. In front of the tents, a large crowd watches the parade procession that includes men…
Black-and-white footage of camping and general frontier life, some disturbing and graphic, featuring a variety of animals, interspersed with scenes of activity in and around a newly developed town.
Group portrait of Leonard, John, and George Takasugi (442nd Infantry Regimental Combat Team) posing with an unnamed female Red Cross worker in an army camp in Antibes, France, before the Italian invasion. Leonard was killed in Italy on April 5, 1945.
Group portrait of Leonard, John, and George Takasugi (442nd Infantry Regimental Combat Team) seated in an army camp in Antibes, France, before the Italian invasion. Leonard was killed in Italy on April 5, 1945.
Trail view of a campsite at Lyon Springs Resorts, Matilija Canyon. Set beside a campsite of simple white tents, a trail head marked by wood posts in the foreground heads off into the trees.
Caption: "LYON SPRINGS RESORT, MATILIJA CANYON, NEAR…
Bird's eye view of the set of "The Sheik", a 1921 silent romantic drama starring Rudolph Valentino and Agnes Ayres. Filming was on an Oxnard beach. It is a crowded beach scene with many palm trees and large striped tents. A large group of people on…
Library records state: "Sisquoc Rangers - The Hunting Club of the Nineties (1890's)." Photo is of a woman flanked by two men in front of tent. They are sitting on the ground
The men took their turn cooking all dressed up in women's clothing. A group of women and children stand around under a large tent or canopy. Some of the group are looking into the camera. Caption reads: Hueneme Beach Camp, Sept. 23, 1907.
Bird's eye view of men, women, and children actively setting up a camping tent and campground. There is a car with people and a dog inside parked alongside the tent on what appears to be a road in the sand. The beach in the background appears to be…
Group photo of the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) Encampment held in a plaza in Ventura. Men and women are standing in a large group. A young boy is in the bottom-center of the image facing the viewer with his hands on his hips. There appear to be…