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Exterior view of the St. Mary Magdalene Chapel in Camarillo, Calif. Taken from the street outside of the chapel. Tree, telephone wires, and fence in the foreground.

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You can clearly see the Islamic moorish influence in the courtyard of this traditional chapel in Camarillo. Initially built in the early 1900s, some of the stained glass windows date to somewhat shortly after its…

A two-story grey building lined with windows. Two small spires rise from different points on the roof, each with a cross on top. The main entrance to the building has standard roofing in dark green, and the rest of the building's roof is in a flat…

St. Joseph's Institute Orchestra, Oxnard, c 1915. Bottom row L-R: -, Evelyn Scarlett, Helen Austin, -, Marie Maulhardt, Eleanor Leonard (O'Dell), Marguerite Rowe. 1st boy with violin: Tom Williams. Boy with face partially hidden: James Leonard.…

Exterior front and side view of St. John's Seminary and College, including some of the landscaping around the building.
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St. John's Lutheran Church in Oxnard, located at 260 South H Street, taken at an angle from across the street. Two men are standing at the entrance, and a car can be seen parked in front of the house next door. Photo is in color, but is very faded.

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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Image of St. John's Hospital from a distance. Street in the foreground while trees partially shroud the two story building. Man walking along the grassy area on the right side of the image.

Exterior view of St. John's Hospital taken from across the street. Two story building visible with paved road in the foreground. Grassy area and trees surround the hospital.

Exterior side view of St. John's Hospital taken from across the street. Image of a two story building with three 1930s style cars parked on the street in front of the building. Building's windows are open.

Exterior view of St. John's Hospital. Image of the two story building taken from the road leading to the entrance. Shrubbery visible lining the road on both sides and in front of the building. Building has two rows of fourteen windows across and has…

Glossy photo of turbines blown from original location during the St. Francis Dam disaster that occurred on March 12-13, 1928. Image shows a group of men standing around two very damaged turbines with large chunks of the dam laying around along with…

Wide far shot of the view upstream of the Saint Francis Dam. There are cars and boats visible. A closer view of a section of this image: 43261 OS.

View upstream of the Saint Francis Dam. Image is a closer
view of a section of another photo: 43262 OS.

Closeup view of the parts of the St. Francis Dam that were still standing after its failure and subsequent flooding in March 1928. Some people can be seen standing around the ruins.

Image showing the St. Francis Dam after the dam broke. A car is on the bottom left of the image, and a small tent/camp is at the bottom right of the image. Library records indicate photo was found at Blanchard estate in Terra Bella, CA.

View of lake bottom, post St. Francis Dam Disaster.

Panorama of the landscape east of Bardsdale flooded by the St. Francis Dam Disaster. A farmhouse or barn is visible at the bottom of the panorama, on the edge of the flooded landscape.

Text in bottom right of photo reads, "Flooded Area East of…

St. Francis Dam flood damage looking east from San Cayetano.
Part of lots 39 & 75 at Pasadena Ave., San Cayetano, Bardsdale
Ave. Image shows tree debris between two rows of citrus trees in what appears to be an orchard.

Birds eye view of damage alongside train tracks

Bird's eye view of the St. Francis Dam after it failed in 1928. Image shows center section that remained after the failure and some of the wall that stayed in place as well. Background shows the washed out river valley and mountains.

Glossy photo of St. Francis Dam after the disaster occurring on March 12-13. View is looking up stream, Wing Dike and Block #1. Labeled "St. Francis Dam 1929." Valley and hills in background.

Bird's eye view of the aftermath of the St. Francis Dam disaster of 1928, looking toward Piru, with mountain range in the background.

The center piece of the dam following the St. Francis Dam disaster.

View of construction of the Saint Francis Dam. A partially built dam wall with scaffolding set up next to it and rods sticking up are visible. Image shows some heavy equipment, a scaffolding bridge, and a couple of buildings. There is a walkway with…