Ventura County, California, Midway Between Los Angeles and Santa Barbara
Agriculture
Chamber of Commerce
Map
Illustrated aerial view of Ventura County. It is a map showing cities connected with highways. A chart at top lists annual production of agricultural products and oil. Caption at top reads: "Ventura County, California, Midway Between Los Angeles and Santa Barbara." Caption at bottom reads: "Recreation, Excellent Highways, First Class Hotels."
[Ventura County Chamber of Commerce, Ojai, Calif.]
Ventura County Chamber of Commerce
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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15 x 10 cm
Color postcard
English
Image
20286 PC
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ojai (Calif.)
Rancho Sespe Fruit Display
Agricultural exhibitions
Ventura County Fair (Ventura County, Calif.)
Shows the Rancho Sespe fruit display at the 1921 Ventura County Fair. Boxes of citrus are arranged to showcase the fruit. Other boxes are arranged along base of the display to showcase the citrus labels. A trophy is in the center of the exhibit.
Unknown
VCLSA Collection
Donated by: A. H. Davis, 1983
Museum of Ventura County
1921
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8954-8965
Ventura County Fair 1921 Album
Sepia photograph
6 x 13 cm
English
Image
8962
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Portion of Highway 101 Map
Real property--Maps
United States Highway 101 (Calif.)--Maps
Map of portion of Highway 101 map at unnamed location. Below Highway 101 First and Second Acquisitions are seen, as well as easement for pipeline purposes. Lots 3, 4, and 4 1/2 are also visible below Highway 101 and Lot 4 contains orange orchards.
Martin & Asssociates
Martin and Associates records collection, 2014
Museum of Ventura County
No date
Funding: Digitization funded in part by a National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) Access to Historical Records Grant (RH-103424) awarded to the Museum of Ventura County. Funding also provided by the County of Ventura and private donors.
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MVCO84-D-19-2058
MVCO84-F-10-816
FB-142-38
45.7 x 91 cm
Map
English
Image
MVC084-D-19-2058-01
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Nailing Covers Upon Boxes Ready for Shipment
Citrus fruit industry
Limoneira Company
Boxes
Lemon trade
Interior scene of a Limoneira worker nailing covers onto boxes of citrus fruit that are ready to be shipped. The worker is standing at a work table with a Limoneira box in front of him. There is a blur from the motion of hitting nails with a hammer. To his right is a box that reads "Baron's Nail Stripper [illegible] The Box Maker's Helper [illegible]." Stack of open Limoneira boxes with labels visible are on the right side of the scene. Limoneira boxes read "The Limoneira Co. Santa Paula, Cal."
Unknown
2008
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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Black and white photograph
19.3 x 14.4 cm
English
Image
38141
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Santa Paula (Calif.)
Monroe Everett Oral History
Agriculture
Calleguas Municipal Water District
Water rights--California
Interview with Monroe Everett about his life in Moorpark and the history of water access in the area. Born in Montalvo in 1907, Everett was a lifelong Ventura County resident. He grew citrus, avocados and walnuts on his Moorpark farm. Graduated from CalTech in 1929. He was a founder of the Calleguas Municipal Water District.
Content Warning: The following oral history may contain outdated language and may include terms that are considered offensive by today's standards. Listener discretion is advised.
Museum of Ventura County
Museum of Ventura County
1989 July
Copyright Museum of Ventura County. All rights reserved.
Oral history
English
Sound
OH_EVERETT_MONROE_1989
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Moorpark (Calif.)
Loading Limoneira Lemons
Delivery of goods
Lemon
Freight cars
Wagons
Mules
Agricultural laborers
Mule drawn wagons loaded with lemons from Limoneira Ranch line up alongside boxcars. Men are seen on the wagons holding on to crates they will be loading. One of the boxcars reads "Ventilated Refrigerator" along the side. Refrigerated car on the right of image reads "Pacific Fruit Express." Caption on bottom of photo reads "Loading Limoneira Lemons."
Unknown
1985
Museum of Ventura County
circa 1907
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16.3 x 12.8 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
11727
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Santa Paula (Calif.)
Limoneira Ranch, Santa Paula
Agriculture
Citrus Fruit
Ranches--Limoneira
View of the Limoneira Ranch. Shows the ranch surrounded by citrus groves, with two roads passing through the groves, one parallel to the ranch, one perpendicular. Mountains are visible in the background.
Caption: Limoneira Ranch. Santa Paula, California.
[Albertype Co.,Brooklyn, N.Y., "Postcards of Quality" (Published for Cauche's Drug Store, Santa Paula, Calif.]
Albertype Co.
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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Black and white postcard
15 x 10 cm
English
Image
20228 PC
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Santa Paula (Calif.)
Limoneira Ranch Packing House
Agriculture
Citrus Fruit
Ranches--Limoneira
View of the packing house on the Limoneira Ranch in Santa Paula. Shows the packing house with unpaved road outside. Several palm trees are visible, growing on one side of the building. An early automobile is parked next to the building.
Caption: Limoneira Packing House. Santa Paula, California.
[Albertype Co, Postcards of Quality, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Published for Cauche's Drug Store,Santa Paula, Calif.)]
Albertype Co.
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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Black and white postcard
15 x 10 cm
English
Image
20229 PC
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Santa Paula (Calif.)
George C. Power Lemon Ranch Exhibit, Ventura County Fair
Ventura County Fair (Ventura County, Calif.)
Lemon trade
A group of men pose in front of the George C. Power Lemon Ranch exhibit at the Ventura County Fair (first prize), October 1927. Pictured left to right: Omer Hooge, Chester B. Greenlee, Chris Hedrick, Therman Hardister, Leo Mortenson, Leland Hedrick, Walter Dean.
White, Leslie Turner
Museum of Ventura County
1927 October
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19.5 x 24 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
2499 OS
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Airship Brand Postcard
Airships
Citrus Labels
Packing Houses
Color illustration postcard of a citrus packing label with an airship with the word airship written in large, red, block letters at the top of the postcard. An orange wrapped in paper with "Sunkist" written on it is in the lower left corner. Next to the orange it says, grown and packed by Fillmore Citrus Association.
[Fresh Expressions, printed in America by H.S. Crocker Co., Inc. (Out of the West Publishing, Sacramento, CA), 301
Controlled Access Headings]
H.S. Crocker Co.
Museum of Ventura County
circa 1930
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15 x 10 cm
Color postcard
English
Image
20877 PC
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Fillmore (Calif.)
Ojai (Calif.)