A horse drawn float with a man posing for the camera on the platform of the float. The float includes a replica mission with a child dressed in a priest costume standing in front. Small palm trees are also on the float. In the background of the…
Parade scene on Main Street in Ventura during the Ventura Street Fair, 1900. Storefronts and tents for fair vendors are visible behind large crowd watching the procession. Parade float passing crowd is pulled by two white horses. Six men dressed in…
Parade scene on Main Street in Ventura during the Ventura Street Fair, 1900. Storefronts and tents for fair vendors are visible behind large crowd watching the procession. Parade float passing crowd is pulled by two white horses. Six men dressed in…
Senator Shortridge attends the Ventura County Fair in a carriage with Señorita Isabella Camarillo. They are smiling at the viewer. They appear to be in costume, possibly Spanish traditional clothing.
A tiger trainer, identified as Miss Mabel, stands next to a tiger that is seated on a white stool with a red star on it. Tiger trainer is wearing a yellow shiny costume with a white cape and white thigh high boots.
[Mirro-Krome by H.S. Crocker Co.,…
Jo and James Madison with Five Jungleland Elephants, Jungleland, Thousand Oaks. Jo is dressed in a blue-sequined costume with a feather headpiece. She is standing on the leg of an elephant and holding on to its studded harness. There are two other…
Outdoor group portrait of young women dressed in costumes (various ethnicities, nationalities, and time periods seem represented) with a few men in the group. The women are atop a brick retaining wall and there are chairs and a lawn in the…
A clown in a striped and starred costume with a ruffled neck stands in front of his mule, who is also dressed festively. They stand on Santa Clara Street in Ventura with Plaza School in the background on the right of the image. Photo is from the…
Studio portrait of a woman dressed as "Columbia on States Float, July 4th Parade, 1876." The woman is identified as Miss Perkins. There is a backdrop of a fireplace behind her. She wears a crown, a cloak with a long train, and a scepter.
Ventura High School Players, actors dressed up for a Dickens play possibly, group portrait. Photo has numbers written on it, and actors are identified from left to right:
Harry Cooke, Agnes Selby, Grace Bean, Josie Livingstone, Tustin Nicoles, Ruth…
Portrait of J.C. Brewster and Mrs. Hall in costume in front of a painted backdrop. They are dressed to perform in Gilbert and Sullivan's opera, Pirates of Penzance. Brewster has a worried look on his face and Mrs. Hall appears to be waving a finger…