Archaeological Investigation
Archaeologists
Archaeological surveying
Shows an archaeological investigation in the site that is now the Museum of Ventura County. Eight archeologists are digging in various spots of a field, checking for artifacts prior to museum construction.
Unknown
Donated by: John Foster, 2017
Museum of Ventura County
circa 1974
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Color photograph
English
Image
41885
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Putting Rip-rap on Slope of Ventura Harbor Banks
Cranes, derricks, etc.
Trenches--Earthworks
Harbors
View of a crane suspending a platform over a v-shaped trench. Segment of trench lined with large rocks. Construction vehicle and additional rocks visible in background.
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
1961-06-27
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Black and white photograph
12.5 x 16.5 cm
English
Image
16471
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Railroad Camp at W. J. Richardson Ranch
Railroads--Design and construction
Railroad construction workers
Labor camps
View of the railroad camp on the W. J. Richardson ranch near Moorpark, taken from a distance. Tents and animals are visible in the camp, with hills in the background.
Unknown
Gwendolyn Greene Collection, 1997
Museum of Ventura County
1900
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Sepia photograph
9 x 11.5 cm
English
Image
30915
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Moorpark (Calif.)
Blasting for Railroad Site
Construction and demolition debris
Railroads--Design and construction
View of a blasting on a railroad site east of Moorpark. Shows flat area with scattered rocks and wheelbarrow. Hills in the background with visible road grading.
Unknown
Gwendolyn Greene Collection, 1997
Museum of Ventura County
1901
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Sepia photograph
9.2 x 12 cm
English
Image
30906
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Moorpark (Calif.)
Ojai Arcade Construction
Buildings--Design and construction
Arcades
A view of the Ojai Arcade during its construction, taken from the street. Four unidentified men stand under one of the arches, facing the camera. One man wears a suit, the other three wear work clothes. All four men wear hats, each of a different style. A crate resting on top of a small pile of gravel is in front of the men. An early automobile is parked next to the Arcade. Young trees are next to the Arcade columns.
Unknown
Charles Outland Collection, 1987
Museum of Ventura County
1917
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Black and white photograph
12.5 x 17.5 cm
English
Image
13480
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ojai (Calif.)
Hartman Tract Construction Details
Streets--Design and construction
Main Street (Ventura, Calif.)--Maps
San Nicholas Street (Ventura, Calif.)--Maps
Thompson Boulevard (Ventura, Calif.)--Maps
Drawing of the construction details for the Hartman Tract, City of San Buenaventura. The left side of the plan shows details of San Nicholas Street, Thompson Boulevard, and Main Street illustrating curbs and sidewalk. Below these details are calculations of curb dimensions and a detail drawing of sidewalk and driveway with a cross-section to show elevation. On the right side of the plan are details of street corners with curb and sidewalk returns highlighted for Main Street, San Nicholas Street, and Thompson Boulevard.
Martin & Associates
Martin and Associates records collection, 2014
Museum of Ventura County
1929 February
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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MVC084-D-16-1951
51 x 76 cm
Engineering drawing
English
Image
MVC084-D-16-1951-04
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Work Crew with Cement Mixer, Casitas Dam
Concrete mixers
Laborers
Casitas Dam (Casitas Spring, Calif.)
A work crew with a cement mixer at Casitas Dam. One of the workers is looking directly at the camera and smiling while working. Horses are harnessed to a wagon. Bags (of sand?) are piled high next to the cement mixer. One of the workers is wearing a tapered, sombrero-style hat.
Library records indicate the names Gruemell or Greenwell and Donlon.
Unknown
Donated by: Donald A. Eaton (Somerset, Calif.)
Museum of Ventura County
1906
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Black and white photograph
13.8 x 8.2 cm
English
Image
808
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Casitas Springs (Calif.)
Work Crew at Casitas Dam, Group Photo
Laborers
Casitas Dam (Casitas Springs, Calif.)
Eaton, Alex C.
A work crew of about 35 men seated on a hill of boulders. Looking in various directions, mostly looking at the camera. Most men are clean shaven, but a few have mustaches and one man in the front center has a full beard. Library records indicate that about half of the crew consists of Americans and the other half are Mexicans and that the cook is a Chinese man standing in front. Alex C. Eaton is indicated in the photo as the man with a "big hat and pipe at the Chinese cook's right elbow" who is presumably the father of Donald A. Eaton, donor.
Unknown
Donated by: Donald A. Eaton
Museum of Ventura County
1906
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Black and white photograph
14 x 8.3 cm
English
Image
807
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Casitas Springs (Calif.)
Beginning Work on Courthouse Annex
Ventura County Courthouse Annex
Construction
Public buildings
Group photo of several men in suits and construction clothing standing on top of heavy machinery with wooden beams below the machinery. Photo marks the beginning of construction of Ventura County Courthouse annex and jail in 1931 on corner of Poli Street and Brakey Road. Brakey Road homes in background.
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
1931
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Portrait, Group
25.5 x 20 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
139
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Dredging to Build Channel Islands Harbor, Aerial View
Channel Islands Harbor (Calif.)
Dredging
Dredges
Hollywood Beach (Oxnard, Calif.)
Dwellings
Aerial view of a dredging boat in the process of dredging prior to the construction of Channel Islands Harbor. Surrounding Hollywood-by-the-Sea buildings, houses, beach visible.
Unknown
1987
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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Aerial Photograph
15.8 x 12.5 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
14117
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Oxnard (Calif.)
Port of Hueneme Construction
Port Hueneme Harbor (Calif.)
Harbors--Design and construction
Bird's eye view of the construction of the harbor at Port Hueneme. Shows a large warehouse building and train tracks running alongside it on a platform over the water. People are working in various locations.
Bain Photo
Hueneme Historical Society, 1984
Museum of Ventura County
1940-04-19
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15.2 x 11.4 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
10651
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Port Hueneme (Calif.)
Ventura County Hospital TB Unit
Ventura County Hospital
Tuberculosis
Construction
Construction workers
Panorama of a construction scene showing the building of the 100 bed Tuberculosis Unit to be added to the Ventura County Hospital. Construction workers are seen working on various sections of the building.
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
1938 May
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Panorama
26.5 x 16 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
4163
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
St. Francis Dam Construction
Saint Francis Dam (Calif.)
Dams--Design and construction
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 a man on the left of the image.
Miller, Jack
Jack Miller Collection, 1993
Museum of Ventura County
circa 1925
Museum of Ventura County. All rights reserved.
9.5 x 12.4 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
26730
California
Los Angeles County (Calif.)
Ventura County Courthouse Renovation Showing Scaffolding
Ventura County Courthouse (1913-1968)
City halls
Public buildings--Repair and reconstruction
Construction scene at Ventura County Courthouse for a renovation to become the new Ventura City Hall. Image shows the front of the building with scaffolding all along the front. Photo taken from California Street possibly, as the right foreground shows the Junipero Serra statue that once stood at the top of California Street where it splits to meet Poli Street.
Unknown
San Buenaventura City Clerk's Office Collection, 1991
Museum of Ventura County
circa 1969
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18 x 12.7 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
18870
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Ventura County Courthouse Renovation to Become Ventura City Hall
Ventura County Courthouse (1913-1968)
City halls
Public buildings--Repair and reconstruction
Construction scene at Ventura County Courthouse for a renovation to become the new Ventura City Hall. A truck is parked below some scaffolding.
Unknown
San Buenaventura City Clerk's Office Collection, 1991
Museum of Ventura County
circa 1969
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12.7 x 16 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
18867
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Helicopter Placing Equipment on Roof
Ventura County Government Center
Helicopters
Wright Airlift International
Public buildings
A helicopter from Wright Airlift International puts fans and other heavy equipment on the roof of the Ventura County Government Center. The helicopter is seen from underneath as it lowers a piece of machinery to the roof and places it among a metal structure. A man in construction gear is standing near where the machinery is being placed.
Unknown
Ventura County Star Free Press, 1991
Museum of Ventura County
1977-05-11
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18 x 12.7 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
19908
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Oil Derrick
Petroleum industry and trade
Oil well drilling rigs
Bird's eye view of an oil derrick that appears to be under construction. Construction equipment and scaffolding around the derrick is visible.
Library records indicate this is part of "The Petroleum Industry - transportation & refining. Marguerite Brown Study Prints."
Brown, Marguerite
Instructional Productions Co. (2527 Honolulu Ave., Montrose, Calif.)
Union Oil Company, 1987
Museum of Ventura County
No date
Union Oil Company of California
13788 OS - 13804 OS
27.3 x 30.5 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
13791 OS
California
Adobe Construction
American Beet Sugar Company
Industrial housing
Adobe houses--California
Adobe construction for Oxnard Sugar Factory housing. Bird's eye view of slabs and a line of trees in background.
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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4503 OS
4504 OS
35.5 x 30.5 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
4505 OS
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Oxnard (Calif.)
Adobe Construction
American Beet Sugar Company
Industrial housing
Adobe houses--California
Adobe construction for Oxnard Sugar Factory housing. Bird's eye view of slabs and a line of trees in background.
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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4504 OS
4505 OS
35.5 x 30.5 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
4503 OS
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Oxnard (Calif.)
Pacific Coast Highway During Construction
Pacific Coast Highway (Calif.-Wash.)
California Highway 1 (Calif.)
Roads--Design and construction
Scene of a section of Pacific Coast Highway during its construction, circa 1915. A smoothed out surface ready for paving is shown. Rocky mountainside is on the right of photo, ocean on the left of photo.
Unknown
Donated by: Adele Stuebing, 1997
Museum of Ventura County
circa 1915
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30666
30667
25.8 x 20.4 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
30368
California
Pacific Coast Highway During Construction
Pacific Coast Highway (Calif.-Wash.)
California Highway 1 (Calif.)
Roads--Design and construction
Explosives
Scene of a section of Pacific Coast Highway during its construction, circa 1915. Train cars on a track, a few men and other equipment is visible. Some smoke is visible at the top right of photo along the mountainside. Ocean on the left of photo.
Unknown
Donated by: Adele Stuebing, 1997
Museum of Ventura County
circa 1915
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30366
30368
25.8 x 20.4 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
30367
California
Building a Jetty at Ventura Harbor
Ventura Harbor (Calif.)
Jetties
View of a jetty being lowered into the Ventura Harbor by a crane. A person stands on rocks between the crane on the right of photo and jetty on the left of photo.
Unknown
1989
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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16.5 x 12.8 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
16470
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Looking South on Fir Street, Ventura
Ventura--Streets--Fir St.
Ventura--Views--Circa 1910
A view looking down Fir Street, although caption at top reads: "Looking South on First Street, Ventura, Cal." There are buildings on both sides of the street, and palm trees are visible in the foreground.
[Benham Co., Los Angeles, Cal., 2379 and A8219]
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
circa 1910
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15 x 10 cm
Color postcard
English
Image
20116 PC
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Ojai (Calif.)
Courthouse Construction
Buildings--design and construction
Courthouse construction.
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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Glass plate negative
English
Image
gp339
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Wheeler Springs (Calif.)
Construction of Casa Conejo
Wilbur, Jesse
Craig, Carroll (Jack)
Adobe houses--California
Construction
A man, possibly Jesse Wilbur and a young boy, son Carroll (Jack) Craig work on the construction of Conejo House (Wilbur Adobe).
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
circa 1925
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142
143
8 x 8.5 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
175
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Thousand Oaks (Calif.)