Firefighters Giving CPR
CPR (First aid)
First responders
Fire fighters
Man lying on a blanket on asphalt. Two firefighters kneel next to him, performing CPR (cardio-pulmonary resuscitation). Firefighter on left holding oxygen mask to man's face. Firefighter on right performing chest compressions. Medical kits on ground nearby.
Note: "pk 74"
Unknown
Ventura County Schools, Audio-Visual Division, from collections #28-1, 1986
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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Color photograph
20.2 x 25.5 cm (mounted)
English
Image
12517
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Derailed Train, Fillmore
Railroad accidents
Railroad trains
Derailed train engine and tender west of Fillmore following a flood in 1911. Engine car is lying on the ground sideways, and tender is still upright and partially on the train tracks. A man is seated on top of the wreckage and looking towards the viewer. A group of men inspect the damage. Tender reads "S. P. 2121."
Unknown
1983
Museum of Ventura County
1911
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Black and white photograph
12 x 18 cm
English
Image
10145
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Fillmore (Calif.)
Untitled, (Coos Bay Breaking through Ventura Wharf During Storm)
Wharves--Ventura
A real photo postcard depicting the Ventura Pier after the ship Coos Bay collided with it. A man is visible in the foreground surveying the damaged pier. The pier appears to be cut in half. Three men are visible on the other side of the cut looking at the damage. Portions of the wood decking are missing and debris is strewn around the surface of the pier.
Verso: Notation reading, "Coos Bay breaking through Ventura Wharf during storm"
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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Black and white postcard
15 x 10 cm
English
Image
20138 PC
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Oil Well Blowout
Oil wells
Explosions
Petroleum industry and trade
Closeup view of oil pouring out of the ground in a blow out. Library records indicate: "General Petroleum Co. Barnard Well No. 5. Gas explosion which wrecked derrick. This well practically proved Ventura Ave. field, but it was several years until a method of gas control was affected - 1915."
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
1915
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23 x 18.6 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
2173
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Train Wreck West of Ventura, 1901
Railroad accidents
Passenger trains
Rail passengers
Scene of a train wreck occurring west of Ventura. Rail cars are seen laying across the tracks. Many men and women stand around the wrecked train cars along the tracks and along the fencing along the coastline. Mountains or hills on the right side of the image, coastline and beach along the left of image.
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
1901-02-08
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27 x 22 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
495
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)