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Rose Flour Mill
Exterior view of the Rose Flour Mill on Ventura Avenue. Three story clapboard building with a covered wagon in the street in front and four men sitting or standing on a deck in front of the building, F. A. Orton, J. W. Orr, W. Summers, S. Lennon.

Ventura Avenue School, Group Photo
Class photo for Ventura Avenue School in 1912 taken outdoors.

Mrs. L. Ward Mailley, principal, Miss M. Ready, assistance (?)
Pupils of 1911 and 1912 are Beulah Bunton, Clarence Pefley, Helen Short, Albert Bianchi, Ruth Ayers, Edwin Carty, William…

W. M. Zeller Threshing Outfit
Agricultural laborers that are part of W. M. Zeller threshing crew, with their wagons, machinery, and horses. Smoke is billowing out of machinery in the middle of the photograph. American flag flying. Hills in the background. Library records also…

Hotel Rose
Exterior view of Hotel Rose at Main and Chestnut Streets. The view of the road with additional buildings extends into the background. The caption at the bottom of the photograph reads "Hotel Rose, 1890, later Hotel De Leon, Main and Chestnut Streets,…

R. G. Percy and Ed Wenig
R. G. Percy and Ed Wenig, dressed in suit and tie, are seated at a table together at the Ventura County Historical Society dinner meeting. Other attendees are visible, seated in the background.

Ventura Avenue Ice Plant
One large building with smaller sized buildings attached. Men standing in front of the building. One man is on a horse. Powerline in view. Vegetation in the foreground.

Tiburcio Vasquez
Portrait of Tiburcio Vasquez. His name is handwritten on the bottom of the photo. There is a small hole worn out of the middle of the photo.

Tiburcio Vasquez
Tiburcio Vasquez, the Notorious Bandit.

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Rancho Sespe Packing House
Exterior view of the Rancho Sespe Packing House, showing railroad tracks alongside the building.

Rancho Sespe Packing House
View of an elevated open building at the Rancho Sespe Packing House. Another small building is in the background.

Rancho Sespe Packing House
Exterior view of the Rancho Sespe Packing House, showing a loading dock for trucks and railroad tracks running alongside the building on the left of the image.

Rancho Sespe Packing House
Exterior view of the Rancho Sespe Packing House, showing tracks running alongside the building a car parked in front of it.

Rancho Sespe Packing House
Interior view of the Rancho Sespe Packing House, showing a close view of machinery used in the packing processes.

Rancho Sespe Packing House
Interior view of the Rancho Sespe Packing House, showing what looks like a conveyor belt. View from above.

Entrance to Thacher School Postcard
A dirt road lined by trees and small plants, leading to Thacher School, Nordhoff, California. Caption at bottom reads "Enterance Thacher School Nordhoff Cal."
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Bird's Eye View of San Buenaventura, Cal 1877
Mounted photograph of map. Photo is black and white, original map is in color. Map is number M0230, available to view here. Shows view of Ventura in 1877, with a view "From the Bay, Looking North" as written along the bottom of the map. Ships, wharf,…

Olivas Adobe
Semi distant, exterior view of the Olivas Adobe (Old Adobe at Montalvo) in Ventura, California. A line of cedar trees and dirt yard in the foreground.

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Plaza School
Front exterior view of the Plaza School in Ventura, California, located on Santa Clara Street.

Lyman Harness Shop
Front exterior view of Lyman Harness Shop, with three men standing in or near doorway. Shop was located on Main Street in Ventura, CA, between Palm and Oak Streets.

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Cueva Valdez, Santa Cruz Island
View of a sailboat in the ocean as seen through a natural archway at Cueva Valdez on Santa Cruz Island. Image is framed by the arch.

Charles Kuhlman with Other Musicians
Group portrait that includes Charles Kuhlman, seated at right, and four other men. The other men are not identified. All the men wear suits and hold stringed instruments. A dog lays on the ground in front of the group. Photo taken in Bisbee, Arizona,…

Emanuel Franz Home
Exterior front view of the Emanuel Franz home on Oak Street in Ventura, CA. The home appears to be one or one and one half stories with clapboard siding and a picket fence around the front yard. A woman in an apron stands on the front steps.

Old Moraga Grape Vine, Ventura Canyon
Up close view of a grape vine on a trellis, identified as "Old Moraga grape vine. Ventura Canyon."

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Free Press Office during Presidential Campaign
Office of the Ventura Free Press on Oak Street during the McKinley-Bryan campaign. People have been identified as F. W. Train, Juan Isadoro Pico, Jonathon Velarde, and Fred Hawes.

Olivas Adobe, 1925
Exterior view of the two story Olivas adobe, showing a vegetable garden in front of the adobe, patio, and south side of the buildings. In the garden stands a man who is unidentified.

According to library records the adobe was built by Raymundo…
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