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View of Olivas Adobe dining room, furnished with a dining table, chairs and small buffet cabinet.

Portrait of two unidentified children, possibly part of the Olivas Family. One boy sits on a tricycle, while another child stands next to him with a long slender stick in hand.

Exterior view of the side of small ramshackle house behind the main house, Olivas Adobe. Grass in the foreground.

An adobe "Olivas Dance Hall." Appears to be an illustration of a small structure with a larger house or building behind it. "June 5, 1850. This dance hall of don Raimundo Olivas was situated on the Santa Clara River six miles from the town of…

Photo of Olivas Archaeology Project showing a cordoned off section of the ground, marked "Olivas Adobe Room-3." Library records state "small adobe."

Interior view of a window in the caretaker's cottage (small adobe) at Olivas Adobe. There is a flower arrangement on the deep windowsill and the furnishings in the room are also visible.

Exterior view of Olivas Adobe, from the courtyard. Courtyard in foreground. Water spigot and what appears to be a small cow or calf visible in courtyard.

View of Olivas Adobe interior, living room. Fireplace is in the center of the picture, with a stuffed and mounted Ram (?) head above the mantle. Armchairs are lined along the sides of the room.

View of Olivas Adobe from the side, across a road or driveway. Adobe visible above a wall with an arch opening. Two cars are parked along the wall.

Mr. and Mrs. De La Riva on stand on the porch at Olivas Adobe. She stands in front of him and they are both looking at the camera.

Bird's eye view looking south on A Street in Oxnard at a parade scene when the New York Giants came to town, circa 1911. The players appear to be walking in front of and alongside a decorated horse-drawn carriage. The carriage is followed by two more…

View from the side of Roosevelt Highway (Pacific Coast Highway) of a car coming toward the camera and one driving away in the distance. There are large rock formations along both sides of the highway as well as safety barriers. Photograph is…

Bird's eye view of the set of "The Sheik", a 1921 silent romantic drama starring Rudolph Valentino and Agnes Ayres. Filming was on an Oxnard beach. It is a crowded beach scene with many palm trees and large striped tents. A large group of people on…

View of the upper part of La Conchita, Rincon, from Ojai and Surfside Streets. A house visible in the foreground on the right of photo.

Bird's eye view of La Conchita from just above Ojai Street. Residences and/or businesses on bottom half of photo, Pacific Ocean on top half of photo.

Bird's eye view of coastline and houses in La Conchita.

Pine Mt. Lodge (rear view) with 2 boys from Thacher School on
horseback. A third horse, or possibly a mule, stands without a rider. The lodge appears to be made of wood and wood logs with a stone chimney.

Front exterior view of Pine Mt. Lodge, a structure made of wood and logs. There is a small table outside of the front door on the left and a tree grows very close to the lodge to the right of the door.

Front exterior view of Mountain View Hotel, a two story structure with a wraparound balcony on the second floor and wraparound porch on first floor. A small group of women and children stand on the front steps. Photo appears to be taken through a…

Bust portrait of Aldegunda C. Del Campo (Aldegunda De Los Reyes Camarillo Del Campo), looking to the left of the camera. She is wearing her hair up, and has a dark dress with a high neck and brooch at the neck. She was born in 1846, died 1927.

View of the western end of the Ventura River Bridge, which is completely missing after a flood. A person stands on the bridge just before the missing section, a ladder stands against the bridge.

View of the west end of the Santa Clara River Bridge at Montalvo, missing after a flood. View is from the riverbank, and another bridge is in the background.

Expanse of lawn at Seaside Park, Ventura. Lawn on the left of photo, palm trees line the lawn on the right, and in the background behind the palm trees are barns.

View of Pierpont Beach looking west from east of Seaward Avenue after fishing pier was destroyed. Four figures, probably children, play in the waves, houses and mountains in the background.

Snapshot of a man in a suit, hat, and glasses standing with a measuring stick in ditch in a field. He appears to be taking a measurement. Library records state: "A close-up of erosion."