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.)
Masonic Temple Ground Breaking
Freemasons--Lodges
Group photo of residents standing on land going to be used to build the Masonic Temple on Santa Clara and California Streets in Ventura. Photo is made up of two photos.
Bernie's Photo Shop
Ventura City Clerk's Collection, 1984
Museum of Ventura County
1929-02-20
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Panorama
10.8 x 16.5 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
10387 OS
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
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.)
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.)
Mexican Construction Crew at Casitas Dam
Casitas Dam (Casitas Springs, Calif.)
Laborers
Mexican American men
A Mexican construction crew is standing in the ditch of Casistas Dam with large bins of boulders between them. The men are holding or leaning on shovels. In the ditch are men identified as Gruemell or Greenwell and Donlon, but it is unclear which men they are.
Unknown
Donated by: Donald A. Eaton (Somerset, Calif.)
Museum of Ventura County
1906
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13.5 x 8.2 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
809
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Casitas Springs (Calif.)
Ventura County Courthouse Construction
Public buildings--Design and construction
Ventura County Courthouse (1913-1968)
The skeleton of concrete construction and scaffolding shown for the building of the new Ventura County courthouse on Poli and California Streets in Ventura.
Unknown
Brakey Fourt Collection, 1987
Museum of Ventura County
1912
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20.7 x 25.5 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
13593
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Ventura Main Street Bridge Construction
Bridges--Design and construction
Construction of Main Street Ventura River bridge with scaffolding and construction worker.
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
circa 1910-1920
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Glass plate negative
English
Image
gp009
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Ventura Main Street Bridge Construction
Bridges--Design and construction
Construction scene with scaffolding.
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
circa 1910s
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Glass plate negative
English
Image
gp021
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Main Street Bridge Construction
Bridges--Design and construction
Pile drivers
Main Street Bridge construction
Unknown
No date
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Glass plate negative
gp086
Courthouse Construction
Buildings--design and construction.
Courthouse construction.
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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Glass plate negative
English
Image
gp087
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Construction of County Courthouse
Buildings--design and construction
Construction of county courthouse in Poli Street.
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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Glass plate negative
English
Image
gp167
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (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.)
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.)
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.)
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.)
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
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
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.)
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.)
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.)
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.)
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 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.)
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.)