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Bird's eye view of Ventura from above Ann Street, facing westward, taken prior to World War I.

Traffic jam on Central Avenue in Fillmore. About six open cars with passengers and one bike look into the camera. All are parked in front of a building that reads "Garage."

Dan Gray in cockpit of stunt plane at Santa Paula Airport, smiling into the camera. Ventura County Star Free Press photo taken 15 Aug 1985; published 22 Aug 1985.

Jason Lanning, driving a horse-drawn wagon or carriage in Camarillo Xmas parade. A woman and a young child ride with him. They are all wearing cowboy hats and a US flag is visible behind them. Two horses in foreground. Ventura County Star Free Press…

View of train crossing Santa Clara River railroad bridge. Entire train is visible, river visible at bottom of photo.

John Page carries Xmas tree cut at Watt's Ojai Xmas Tree Farm, 12211 0jai & Santa Paula Rd. Upper Ojai. Ventura County Star Free Press photo taken 30 Nov 1985; published 2 Dec 1985.

J. C. Penney interior view of store. J. C. Penney store opening on south side of Main St. Dec. 1939. Bldg. occupied by Beverly Fabrics 1985.
A larger, oversized (20.5 x 25.3 cm) print may be available.

J. C. Penney store on north side of Main St. with "back to school" shoe stock. Western Transportation truck parked in front. Bldg. occupied by Stevenson's Restaurant Supplies in 1985. 327 E. Main Street, Ventura.
A larger, oversized (19.8 x 25.3 cm)…

Group photo of J. C. Penney store personnel dressed up for J. C. Penney's 57th Anniversary in 1954. A row of women in long dresses and bonnets stand behind a row of men sitting in matching plaid blazers and bow ties in what appears to be the store…

Rancho Casitas foreman's house with snow on ground and on trees.

Louis Goebel seated on hood of car with a favorite lion standing with paws on hood at Jungleland in Thousand Oaks, animal enclosure in background. Founded in 1926 as Goebel's Lion Farm, the import business became home for movie animals until 1969.

Elliott Norman "Jack" Strobel, left, & unidentified boy dressed for Armistice Day Parade on bicycles. They are standing in the road, bicycles are decorated. A house is in the background.

Group photo, apricot harvesting crew at A. Everett Ranch, Moorpark. Most are women and children.
[Original panorama (46 x 6 in) also shows bicycles, horses, wagons, and an automobile.]

Group photo; first flowing water well on the Camarillo Ranch. L-R: John Willard, George Willard, Adolfo Camarillo, Ave Camarillo, ? . Rancho Calleguas Lot 41.

Closeup view of waterfall, Pine Creek Falls, with a group of people seated near base of waterfall, bottom left of photo. Caption atop of postcard: "Pine Creek Falls near Fillmore, California."
[Newman Post Card Co., Los Angeles, Cal., made in…

Scene with Wiley's Lake in foreground and mountains in background.
[Newman Post Card Co., Los Angeles, Cal., made in Germany for Richard Stephens, Fillmore, Cal.]

Hunting scene showing five men with rifles and what appear to be two deer and a cougar on a hanging rack. Caption on bottom right of photo: "A day's sport near Fillmore, California."
[Newman Post Card Co., Los Angeles, Cal., made in Germany for…

Panoramic view of Santa Paula. A road and an orchard (?) are in the foreground and many buildings and residences are in the scene. Mountains are prominent in background.
[Newman Post Card Co., Los Angeles, made in Germany]

Four people on horseback on a driveway at the Pierpont Cottages. Rose bushes line the driveway and a person on the left appears to be tending the yard. Caption on the top left: "Pierpont Cottages, Ojai Valley, California."
[Newman Post Card Co., Los…

View of the boiler room at the Oxnard Sugar Factory. Caption bottom left of postcard reads: "Boiler Room, Oxnard Sugar Factory, Cal."
[Newman Post Card Co., Los Angeles, made in Germany]

View of Hotel Oxnard exterior with sidewalk and street in foreground. Grounds around the hotel are visible as is a church (?) to the right of photo behind the hotel. Caption at top reads: "Hotel Oxnard," Oxnard, Cal.
[Newman Company, Los Angeles,…

Wide view of apricots drying in racks with laborers working near the racks and some in an apricot drying shed in background.
[Newman Post Card Co., made in Germany]

Photographic postcard showing San Antonio Creek, with a decorative border around the photo and caption at bottom of postcard: "San Antonio Creek."
[Ojai Print, Nordhoff, Cal]

View from the street of Rex Motel, with a median with grass and trees down the center of the postcard. Parking spaces/driveway in front of motel rooms align on opposite sides of the postcard. Address at bottom of postcard: "2406 Thompson Blvd. (U.S.…

View from the street of Ocean View Motel with an archway over the parking lot reading: "Garages Ocean View Motel Television." Address at bottom of postcard: 1690 Thompson Blvd (101 Highway) "Centrally Located" Ventura, California.
[Colourpicture…