A crew from Science Connection leads science experiments for 5th graders at Serra School in Ventura. A young girl pushes on a lever that is being held in place by an older man. Several students watch in the background. Ventura County Star-Free Press…
Group portrait of 22 school children and an adult who is presumably their teacher. The children are seated and standing in three rows on the steps of a large building. The teacher is standing in the back wearing a dress and hat.
Oval portrait of students in front of Santa Paula School, which appears to be a one-room school building. J. B. Alvord, teacher. All the boys appear to be wearing hats and the girls are in long dresses. A person is standing in the doorway and there…
A group of men, women, and children gather around the railroad tracks at the Santa Paula Railroad Station. In the background are large crowds of people on the train platform.
Panorama group photo of the students and staff of the Santa Paula North Grammar School, including Principal Elsie S. Miller and Superintendent Charles D. Jones.
Sources from the city of Santa Paula and the Santa Paula Unified School District…
A little girl holds the hand of a toddler as they walk on a road made through what used to be the San Buenaventura Mission aqueduct. Library records state "Ruins of 7 mile San Buenaventura Mission Aqueduct, so solid after a century and a half that…
The children stand in a yard, looking at the camera. Left to right: Rosa Vanegas, Bud Vanegas, and Ruby Vanegas. Rosa is wearing a dress, Bud is wearing overalls and a hat, and Ruby is wearing pants and a hat and holding a chicken. There is a…
Family portrait of the Rodriguez (J. Y.) family, all children. They are identified as:
(back row, l-r): J.Y. Jr. and Jose
(front row l-r): Eva, Francisca, Adam
A family or families pose for a photo in front of an adobe house. Paper attached reads: "One of the Rice & Bell Adobes - also site of town of Somis. Logan Kennedy is on the right." On reverse "Obiols home on Avenue", but information there is…
Group portrait at Rancho Sespe. From left: Frank & Tono Takasugi, with Frank's parents Gorokichi (with baby) and Tsuta Takasugi, Mr. & Mrs. Nakaya (Mr. N has a child on his shoulders), Mr. & Mrs. Azima, an unidentified couple with children. Gorokichi…
Portrait of Ralph and Julien Cerf, two young children seated together on top of a wooden carved bench. They are both wearing long gowns with lace collars and buckled boots. One of the boys holds a basket of flowers in one hand.
Hill Cross, Grant Park Cross, being raised on November 24, 1913. A crowd of people stand around the cross and the ocean and sky are visible in the background.
Group photo of people dressed in Baroque-style costumes at the Ventura Street Fair. Two people are seated in thrones in the center of the image, the one seated in the left throne is a woman wearing a crown and identified as "Queen Bertha." Two girls…
Group portrait of the pupils of Hill School. The student's names are listed on the back of the photograph. Some are written on the child. 1892 listed on back of photo, although library records indicate it is 1894. Duplicate of 13215.
Four snapshot photos of Pringle Blanchard holding Peeper the duck. Pringle is sitting on a grass lawn. She wears a white dress and headband. Each photo shows her in slightly different pose holding Peeper. Peeper appears to be a mallard hen.…
View of two women and young child seated on chairs in a tent at the Farm Security Administration (FSA) Camp, in El Rio. One of the women is peeling a vegetable over a bowl on her lap. Other tents visible in background.
Full portrait of three children, possibly siblings, unidentified. The oldest child, a girl, stands next to an upholstered chair with two other children seated in the chair.
Three children pose for a portrait outdoors. They are (l-r): Tony Rivas, Maria Sanchez, and Martina Rivas. Maria is sitting, holding a baby in her lap; name of baby not provided.