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A View of Ventura, Cal., Looking East From California and Main Streets postcard
This birds-eye view looking northeast from California and Main Streets shows numerous wood frame houses and commercial structures, including the Ventura Free Press building. The Elizabeth Bard Memorial Hospital, located on Poli Street, is visible in…

Elizabeth Bard Memorial Hospital, Ventura postcard
A view of the Elizabeth Bard Memorial Hospital building looking northwest from the corner of North Fir and Poli Streets. Very young palm trees line the edges of both streets.

Caption: Elizabeth Bard Memorial Hospital, Ventura, Cal.

[Brakey,…

The Largest Rubber Tree In California, Ventura postcard
View of a rubber tree growing near a street. There is a wood frame structure to the left of the tree and other buildings are visible in the background. Tree's branches spread wide, past the two buildings on either side of it. Uppermost branches not…

Arnaz School Near Ventura, Ventura Co., Cal. postcard
Hand-colored photographic postcard. Students of various ages and teachers are posing for a picture in front of the Arnaz School. The girls and women are wearing dresses. Most of the boys appear to be wearing bib-style overalls. The white clapboard…

Sugar Factory, Oxnard postcard
A view of the American Sugar Beet Company factory in Oxnard, California. It is a very large multi-story brick building. Additional smaller buildings on the site are visible along with tanks, two tall smokestacks, railroad tracks and various…

Boiler Room, American Beet Sugar Co's Factory, Oxnard postcard
A view of the boiler room at the American Beet Sugar Company factory in Oxnard. Five men dressed in work clothes stand next to a table in the center of the room, looking towards the viewer. They are surrounded by large pieces of equipment and…

Evaporators, Interior of Sugar Factory, Oxnard postcard
A view of a room containing evaporators used in processing sugar beets at the American Beet Sugar Factory in Oxnard.

Caption: Evaporators, Interior of Sugar Factory, Oxnard, Ventura Co., Calif.

[Brakey, J.R., Ventura, Cal. (C.T. American Art),…

Interior of Sugar Factory, Showing Carbonation Tanks, Diffusion Battery and Filter Presses postcard
An equipment room at the Oxnard sugar beet factory containing carbonation tanks, diffusion battery and filter presses. A worker is overseeing some of the tanks.

Caption: Interior of Sugar Factory, Oxnard, Ventura Co., Calif. Showing Carbonation…

Beet Sheds, American Beet Sugar Co., Oxnard postcard
A view of the beet sheds at the sugar beet factory in Oxnard. The brick factory building is visible in the background.

Caption: Beet Sheds, American Beet Sugar Co., Oxnard, Ventura Co., Cal.

Verso: Message written to Miss Steele in Ohio, from…

Mission Corridor, Church of St. Mary Magdalen, Camarillo postcard
View from a covered walkway at the Church of St. Mary Magdalen in Camarillo. An arch-covered outdoor corridor with a bench is depicted. Trees and brick structures are visible through the arches. There are mountains in the distance.

[Brakey, J.R.,…

Grammar School, Santa Paula postcard
A three-story wood school building clad in shingles. The building has a central tower section with a porch on the first level, an enclosed porch on the second level and an observation deck on the third level that is covered by a pyramid-shaped roof…

Casitas County Bridge, Showing Entrance To Eugene Foster's Memorial Park postcard
A view of a bridge crossing the Ventura River at the entrance to Foster Memorial Park. Large stone pillars flank the dirt road just before the crossing. The bridge is supported by a steel overhead structure. A hillside is in the…

A Field of Cala Lilies Near Ventura postcard
Two unidentified figures stand waist deep in a field of Cala lillies. The figure to the left stands facing the viewer with hands on hips and wears a tan colored suit and hat. The figure to the right stands facing the figure on the left but looks…

Ventura County Court House, Ventura postcard
Painting of the exterior view of the Ventura County Court House building. There is an ample street leading up to the building with lawns on either side of the street. An automobile is visible in the foreground, another in the distance, near the…

Ventura Public Library and City Hall Building
Postcard picture of Ventura Public Library, City Hall, County Free Library Building. Palm trees and flowers in foreground, building is center, hills in background.

[Brakey, J. R., Ventura, Calif. (C. T. American Art), A-91732]

Ventura County Court House, Ventura, Cal. postcard
East and southern views of Ventura County Courthouse. Building is Neoclassical architecture.
Verso: Describes writer's train ride from Ventura to Santa Barbara, CA.
[Brakey, J.R., Ventura, Cal. C.T. American Art, A-65871]

Ebell Club House, Santa Paula, Ventura Co., California. postcard
A frontal view of the Ebell club house located in Santa Paula, California. A tree, bridge and bench block the view of the building on the left-hand side of the image.
[Brakey, J.R., Ventura, Cal., C.T. American Art, R-69589]

Breakers, Ventura, California
Waves breaking on a rock-covered beach, titled "Breakers, Ventura, Cal." A two-story house with a large lawn, tree, and fence is visible, along with other smaller buildings in the distance.
[Brakey, John, Ventura, Cal. (Cardinell-Vincent Co., San…

High School, Nordhoff color postcard
"High School, Nordhoff, Ventura Co., Calif." printed across top of postcard showing side and front of Nordhoff Union High School. It is a bungalow style building with a stone porch and brick walls. There is a bell tower visible as well as landscaping…

Stone Ditch, Built By The Indians Over 130 Years Ago, Ventura postcard
An unidentified figure leans against a stone ditch with arms crossed. A horse stands several feet in front of the figure among low shrubs. A large oak tree stands to the left of the viewer, and another oak stands further back to the right. Hills are…

Main Street, Ventura, 1900
View of Main Street in Ventura looking east from Figueroa St. San Buenaventura Mission on the left and Peirano's Market to the right.

Charles Donlon
Portrait of Charles Donlon. He is wearing a suit and is looking to the viewer's left.

Ventura Avenue, 1880
Bird's eye view of Ventura Avenue, looking north from Main Street. Tico Adobe is pictured on viewer's left foreground. A horse drawn cart are on a dirt road. Fields, trees and houses line the road.

Exterior View of Court House on Santa Clara Street, Ventura
Street view of the court house with an American flag flying. A group of people are standing to the side of the building and horses and buggies are in front. A caption written below the images states: "The court house was remodeled in 1900 and used…

San Buenaventura Wharf and S.S. Pomona black and white
View of the San Buenaventura Wharf with the steamer ship, Pomona docked on the right side of the image. Small figures can be seen on the wharf.

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