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Jeanne Georgiana Zapf and Celia Zapf
Full portrait of Jeanne Georgiana Zapf and Celia Zapf standing in front of the Ventura County Courthouse. Both girls have their hair styled with waves and are dressed in light-colored dresses.

Sam McVey
Portrait of the African American boxer Sam McVey. He is in a boxer's fighting stance with his front fist extended out & raised shoulder level. His back hand is raised to his chest & his palm is open. His backfoot is slightly raised off the ground as…

Seventh-Day Adventist Church
Exterior view of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church and school, later the Midtown Assembly of God, that was located at the northeast corner of San Clemente Street and Ocean Avenue. Building is adobe-style architecture with a spire above the entryway.…

Seventh-Day Adventist Church
Exterior view of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church, later the Midtown Assembly of God, that was located at the northeast corner of San Clemente Street and Ocean Avenue. Building is adobe-style architecture with a spire above the entryway.

Archaeological Investigation
Shows an archaeological investigation in the site that is now the Museum of Ventura County. Eight archeologists are digging in various spots of a field, checking for artifacts prior to museum construction.

Ventura County Museum of History and Art
Panoramic view of the Ventura County Museum of History and Art exterior, now called the Museum of Ventura County. Shows the museum entrance prior to construction of the Plaza and the Smith Pavilion. Wooden, two-wheeled cart and succulent garden are…

Edwin M. Sheridan and Sol Neill Sheridan in Pioneer Museum
Interior view. Shows Edwin M. Sheridan and Sol N. Sheridan seated in the Pioneer Museum when it was located in the Ventura County Courthouse. Between them is a fireplace decorated with pine branches and stockings. Desks and flat file cabinets in…

R. G. Percy at Ventura County Pioneer Museum
Shows Richard Gird Percy standing by the sign for the Ventura County Pioneer Museum on California Street. Percy is wearing a dark suit, a striped tie, and a light-colored, brimmed hat. Foliage visible behind sign.

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Ventura County Pioneer Museum
Exterior view of the Ventura County Pioneer Museum at it's location on California Street. Shows wisteria growing on trellis outside entrance. Wooden sign that reads, "Ventura County Pioneer Museum," is in front of building.

VC Pioneer Museum later…

Delee S. Marshall in the Research Library
Interior view. Shows Delee S. Marshall standing behind a counter in the Research Library at the Ventura County History Museum (now called the Museum of Ventura County). She appears to be working with stacks of paper arranged on the counter. Rows of…

Greetings from Santa Paula 1905 postcard
This image shows a beach in Ventura county at nighttime. A full moon over the water and reflecting light off the waves along the shore. There is a pier in the background of the image. A man appears to be standing in the shallow waters in the…

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Hueneme, Cal. 1935 postcard
This image shows the beach of Port Hueneme from the side view pointing inland. The ocean waves coming from the right side of the wash over the beach sands. There are some building in the background of the image.

Verso: Typical postcard backside.…

Santa Paula Hardware Co., Santa Paula, Calif. postcard
View of the corner of the Santa Paula Hardware Co. a two story building. Victorian-style architecture is seen on the second story portion of the building. The street pictured with the building is somewhat busy with men waiting outside of the…

U.S. Post Office, Santa Paula postcard
Postcard of the Santa Paula post office. Shows the front of the building with entrance in view. View from the street shows an unidentified brick building to the left of the post office and trees to the right of the post office.

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Hospital, Santa Paula, Calif. postcard
Side view of the Santa Paula Hospital from the street. Shows the trees planted alongside the hospital as well as a slight view of the entrance of the hospital.

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Little Grand Canyon, South Mountain, Santa Paula, Calif. postcard
View of the "Little Grand Canyon" of South Mountain in Santa Paula. The strata of the of the mountain is clearly visible showing each layer of rock in the foreground. What looks like a guard railing is visible to the left of the image. Larger…

St. John's Hospital, Oxnard, Calif. postcard
View of St. John's Hospital in Oxnard from the street. The foreground shows the street as well as the bushes and trees in front of the hospital. Behind the vegetation lies the hospital with a Christian cross on top of it.

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Street View, Oxnard, California postcard
Views of a busy street in Oxnard. Shows multiple cars driving and parked throughout the street. Shows businesses and storefronts on both sides of the street.

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Ventura, California (Shows Hotel & Cafe Poinsettia) postcard
Street view of Hotel & Cafe Poinsettia with signs visible. Shows a man waiting on a bench as well as cars parked on the curbside. A liquor store neighboring the Poinsettia establishment is also shown.

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Group Sitting on Puerto Vallarta Beach
Group photo of surfers, Hamilton "Ham" Hassinger, John Larronde, Chuck Spurgin, Pete Woodruff, and George "Wimpy" Weston on a beach in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Hassinger is laying on the sand, other four surfers are sitting. Larronde has a wooden…

Wimpy in Winter Diving Outfit
Shows George "Wimpy" Weston standing barefoot on rocky ground. He is wearing a winter diving outfit, consisting of light-colored leggings, dark shorts, and a long-sleeved shirt. He is holding diving fins in his left hand. A hillside is visible behind…

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Catching Shellfish at Puerto Vallarta
Shows a surfer, possibly George "Wimpy" Weston" kneeling on his surfboard in the water at a Puerto Vallarta beach in Mexico. A cloth-wrapped bundle containing abalones and lobsters is at the head of his surfboard. He appears to have something on his…

Securing Surfboard to Trailer
Shows an unidentified man securing a surfboard to a trailer with rope. Man is wearing a striped shirt and has coiffed hair. Automobile, house, and tree visible in background.

Lounging on Puerto Vallarta Beach
Shows surfers George "Wimpy" Weston, Mac, John Larronde, Herb Chase, and a fifth unidentified man lounging on a beach in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.

Surfers Wading into the Ocean
Shows four surfers carrying their surfboards and wading into the ocean. Surfers are facing away from viewer. A young boy playing in the sand is visible in the lower left corner of the view.
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