General View of Ventura, California
Elizabeth Bard Memorial Hospital
Ventura--Views--Circa 1910-1915
Bird's eye view of Ventura taken from a hill, next to cacti. Buildings, trees, the coastline and the Channel Islands visible in the background. A street separates the buildings from the hill with the exception of one house located on the hillside. In center of postcard with three stories and a bell tower is Elizabeth Bard Memorial Hospital.
[MacGregor Bros., Ventura, Cal. (Postcards of Quality, Albertype Co., Brooklyn, N.Y.)]
MacGregor Bros
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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Sepia postcard
15 x 10 cm
English
Image
20219 PC
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Bird's Eye View of Ventura, California
Elizabeth Bard Memorial Hospital
Ventura--Views--Circa 1907
Bird's eye view of Ventura with Elizabeth Bard Memorial Hospital located on Fir Street in foreground on right side. The Bard Memorial hospital has three stories and a bell tower. It is built in the Spanish Mission style. Houses and trees are visible in background as well as the coastline and the Ventura Pier.
[Rieder, M., Publ., Los Angeles, Cal., made in Germany, 7832 and A75160]
Rieder, M.
Museum of Ventura County
1912
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Color postcard
15 x 10 cm
English
Image
20218 PC
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Street Scene, Ventura, Cal.
Ventura--Buildings--Government--City Hall
Ventura--Street Scenes--Circa 1910
Ventura--Streets--Main St.
A view looking west on Main Street from the intersection with California Street. City Hall is on the northwest corner and a bank building is on the southwest corner. Pedestrians and horse buggies are visible in the street. The streets are unpaved. Many wooden buildings as well as some masonry structures line both sides of the street. A single streetlight is suspended over the intersection on a cable or wire. Two dogs are visible in the lower left corner of the image.
There are two versions of this postcard. One is sepia colored and the other one is in color.
[Rieder, M., Publ., Los Angeles, Cal., made in Germany, A75206]
Rieder, M. (Publisher)
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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Sepia postcard
Color postcard
15 x 10 cm
English
Image
20115 PC
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
San Buenaventura Mission, 1878-1879
San Buenaventura Mission
Exterior view of the San Buenaventura Mission circa 1878-1879 around the time Main Street was levelled, according to library records. Main Street visible in foreground. An old arch and fence are at the church's entrance. Two men stand at the entrance.
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
circa 1878-1879
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10.8 x 9.8 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
2847
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Theodosia B. Shepherd's Gardens
Shepherd, Theodosia Burr, 1845-1906
Gardens
Dwellings
Hotels
View from above of Theodosia Burr Shepherd's gardens. Houses in the background, as well as a large hotel, possibly the Rose Hotel.
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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25.5 x 21 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
5876
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
People's Lumber Company County Fair Exhibit
Exhibitions
Diorama
Ventura County Fair (Ventura County, Calif.)
People's Lumber Company
View of People's Lumber Company exhibit at the Ventura County Fair in 1928. Display is a diorama that shows the company's location in 1883 in downtown Ventura on Main Street near the San Buenaventura Mission. Photographs of various buildings also in the display.
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
1928
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23.5 x 16.5 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
3560
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Main Street Ventura, 1920
Main Street (Ventura, Calif.)
Storefonts
Business enterprises
Automobiles
Main Street looking west from California Street, Ventura, CA. Several automobiles parked and in the street. Buildings and storefronts visible on both sides of Main Street. Utility poles dot the sidewalks along the street.
Unknown
Alfred McGonigle Collection, 1987
Museum of Ventura County
circa 1920s
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13 x 8.9 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
13224
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
California and Main Streets, Ventura after Heavy Rain
Roads--Flood damage
California Street (Ventura, Calif.)
Main Street (Ventura, Calif.)
Intersection of California and Main Streets in Ventura is shown after a heavy rain. Mud, rocks, and debris are seen along the streets. Ventura City Hall in image, as well as the County Court House building at Poli and California.
Unknown
Frank Orr Collection, 1986
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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17.8 x 11.5 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
12446
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Women's Fashion Show Models
Fashion shows
Models (Persons)
Children
Women's clothing industry
Group photo of fashion show by female models for Jack Rose in El
Jardin patio. Four models show off dresses on and near short set of steps leading into El Jardin. Two little boys in tuxedos and hats sit on the steps. Behind these four models appear to be two more female models off to the left and right sides of image and a female and male model standing together in the center.
Unknown
1986
Museum of Ventura County
circa 1926
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16 x 13 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
12140
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Post Office, Ventura, Cal. Oval Photograph
Post office buildings
Post office, exterior, Ventura printed in an oval shape on a card with printing on left bottom "Post Office, Ventura, Cal." B. T. Williams, attorney, offices upstairs. Men and women are in front of the post office. L to R: #3 Maggie Wilson, worked Ventura Post Office.
Unknown
1985
Museum of Ventura County
circa 1909-1911
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8.8 x 15.8 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
11082
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Group Photo in Front of A. Gandolfo's Store
Liquor stores
Main Street (Ventura, Calif.)
Figueroa Street (Ventura, Calif.)
Portraits, Group
Grocery stores
Group photo of men and women on the sidewalk under porch in front of A. Gandolfo's Store on Main and Figueroa Streets in Ventura, CA. Sign in front of the store reads "A. Gandolfo Wines, Liquors, Cigars, & Provisions." Brick wall on one side of the building on Figueroa Street advertises "Martell Cognac, AH Holland Gin, Roederer Champagne, J.H. Cutters O.P.S Whiskeys, Imptd. Ale, Beer &..." A horse drawn wagon is on Main Street next to the group of people.
Unknown
1988
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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Portrait, Group
18 x 12.5 cm
Sepia photograph
English
Image
14954
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Jason Bradley Home
Bradley, Jason
Two story houses
Palm Street (Ventura, Calif.)
Newspaper buildings
Exterior front view of the Jason Bradley home. It is a two story home with a porch and balcony in the front. Image shows the sidewalk in front of the home as well as yard areas at the side of the home. Built in 1871 for first newspaper office (Ventura Signal). The building was on the west side of Palm Street between Santa Clara and Meta Streets. It was razed in May 1928. Photograph is mounted, and has a writing in pen around the borders.
White, Leslie T.
1983
Museum of Ventura County
circa 1928
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25.5 x 20.8 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
8972
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Main Street, Ventura Parade
Parades
Main Street (Ventura, Calif.)
Marching bands
Spectators
Bird's eye view of a marching band making its way down Main Street near California Street in Ventura, CA. Three men on horseback follow the band. Several spectators on one side of the street are in the image. Some storefronts are visible, including "Mrs. M. Sanborn Milliner" and "Slade's Photographic Gallery." Other buildings are also visible. A photographer with his camera stands atop a porch in front of the photography studio.
Unknown
1983
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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9 x 6 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
8916
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Main Street View, Ventura, 1929
Main Street (Ventura, Calif.)
Storefronts
Automobiles
View of a busy Main Street scene looking west from in front of the E. P. Foster Library. There are several parked and driving cars in the scene. Many storefronts are visible, and the Hotel De Leon is prominent on the right side of the image.
Unknown
VCLSA Collection
Museum of Ventura County
1929 January
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25.5 x 19 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
7682
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
San Buenaventura Mission, 1870
Mission San Buenaventura
Cemeteries
Main Street (Ventura, Calif.)
Bird's eye view of Mission San Buenaventura from southwest direction, showing the adjacent cemetery. There is a wooden fence between the walkway in front of the mission and Main Street, which is made of dirt. A rock wall with tiles along the top encloses the cemetery.
Unknown
VCLSA Collection
Museum of Ventura County
circa 1870
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24.5 x 19.8 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
7648
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
San Buenaventura Mission, 1888
San Buenaventura Mission
Main Street (Ventura, Calif.)
Exterior front and side view of the San Buenaventura Mission with a group of people standing on the front steps.
Unknown
VCLSA Collection
Museum of Ventura County
1888
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21.3 x 16 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
7634
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Main Street, Ventura, 1870s
Main Street (Ventura, Calif.)
Storefronts
Hill School
Restaurants
Bakeries
Grocery stores
Bird's eye view of Main Street looking east from Ventura Avenue. Several storefronts are visible, including a bakery. Hill school visible, which was built in 1873. Image taken in the 1870s, but after 1873.
Two duplicate photos in collection. Information on verso of photo 10506: "Spanish Quarter Main & Ventura Ave. 1896 - adobe bldgs., Camarillo & others. Poli St. School on Hill (1873-1927). New bakery Groceries & Provisions (left), Restaurante Mejicano (right). 'This print may not be used without permission in writing from the California Historical Society Library, 2099 Pacific, San Francisco, CA 94109. Neg. #27119.'"
Brewster, John Calvin
VCLSA Collection [7618]
10506 added in 1984, possibly from California Historical Society Library
Museum of Ventura County
1870s
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23.8 x 19 cm
25.5 x 21 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
7618
10506
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Dr. Cephas Bard's Home in Early Days Ventura
Bard, Cephas L.
Single story houses
Home offices
Oak Street (Ventura, Calif.)
Mounted photograph of the exterior of Dr. Cephas Little Bard's home and office on the eastern side of Oak Street, South of Santa Clara in Ventura, CA. Oak Street (a dirt road). A man in a horse and carriage is pulling up to the front walkway where there is a sign reading "Doctor CL Bard." The home and office appears to be a one story building. There is a white picket fence around the property and a number of trellises line the front of the fence on Oak Street.
Unknown
VCLSA Collection
Museum of Ventura County
circa 1880s
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22 x 12 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
7426
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Corner of Main and California Streets, Ventura
California Street (Ventura, Calif.)
Main Street (Ventura, Calif.)
City halls
Bird's eye view of the intersection at Main and California Streets looking northwest. Ventura City Hall is at the left of the image, with the Angel of Mercy statue in front of the building. Other buildings visible on corner crossing California Street. The Elizabeth Bard Memorial Hospital is visible on Poli Street in the upper half of the photo. A number of people are walking or cycling and one man rides a horse and wagon on Main Street. There are three dogs in the street.
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
circa 1902
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15.8 x 13 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
7196
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Main Street, Ventura Pre-1908
Main Street (Ventura, Calif.)
Armories
Hotels
View of Main Street in Ventura, showing Armory Hall on the left with the Anacapa Hotel next to it. Street in foreground. Scene also shows carriages and wagons parked on the street. A horse-drawn wagon is traveling on Main Street as well.
Unknown
Brakey Fourt Collection
Museum of Ventura County
circa 1900-1907
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20.1 x 23 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
6092
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Ventura County Courthouse from a Distance
Ventura County Courthouse (1913-1968)
Courthouses
Public buildings
Poli Street (Ventura, Calif.)
Exterior view of the Ventura County Courthouse building (now Ventura City Hall, 2022) from a distance, showing a house, an empty lot, and part of another house in foreground. Part of Poli Street visible as well running in front of the courthouse. In the background, hills behind the building visible, and the cross on the hill is visible. It appears that the building is just completed, as there is some debris in front of the building and some ladders still up on the building's left side.
Library records indicate the following notes for this image: "'For the pennent (sic) I wish that the house and palm trees removed and the street and foreground cleaned. Cross-on-(the) hill important but not too prominent'". Shows sketch of pennant."
Unknown
Brakey Fourt Collection
Museum of Ventura County
circa 1913
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20.1 x 15 cm
20.5 x 15.3 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
6083
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Ventura County Courthouse
Ventura County Courthouse (1913-1968)
Public buildings
Courthouses
Exterior view of the Ventura County courthouse building (which is now Ventura City Hall, 2022). Photo taken diagonally from across Poli Street. Image also shows a man in a car and a man just outside of the car in front of the building.
Unknown
Brakey Fourt Collection
Museum of Ventura County
circa 1913
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20.8 x 25.5 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
6081
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Hotel Rose
Hotels
Exterior view of Hotel Rose, or Rose Hotel, taken from diagonally opposite corner across the street. It is a three story building on a corner with the front entrance facing the intersection. Located at the corner of Palm and Chestnut Streets in Ventura, CA.
Unknown
Brakey Fourt Collection
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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25.8 x 20.4 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
6078
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Girl and Baby in Decorated Stroller
Girls
Baby strollers
Infants
Plaza Park (Ventura, Calif.)
Congregational churches
A little girl in a fancy light colored dress with a bow in her hair holds the handles of a stroller adorned with flowers that has a baby inside. The girl and stroller are on the grass in Plaza Park in Ventura, the Congregational Church in the background. People who are dressed very nicely walk past in the background.
Brewster, John Calvin
Brakey Fourt Collection
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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25.5 x 20.7 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
5974
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Palm and Santa Clara Streets in Ventura, 1908
Santa Clara Street (Ventura, Calif.)
Palm Street (Ventura, Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)--Views
Houses
Business enterprises
Intersection of Palm and Santa Clara Streets, showing many houses along Palm Street and some businesses. Businesses include Richardson's (?) Vulcanizing Works, a garage, and a hotel along Palm Street. Santa Clara Street sign visible on a pole on right hand side of photo. Utility poles and street lighting visible. Paved sidewalks line Palm Street, and a few cars visible parked in the distance. Museum records indicate this is post 1908.
Unknown
Brakey Fourt Collection
Museum of Ventura County
circa 1908
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18 x 12.8 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
5954
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)