A View On Oak Street, Ventura, Cal.
Ventura--Street Scenes
Ventura--Streets--Oak St.
Western Union Office
A view of Oak Street. Several Victorian style homes lined with pine and palm trees sit on the left side of the asphalt road, facing businesses with simpler architecture and telephone poles. A figure in a dress stands outside the telegram office on the left.
Caption: "A View on Oak Street Ventura, Cal."
[No publisher stated., 3304]
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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15 x 10 cm
postcard
English
Image
20030 PC
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Ojai (Calif.)
A. Norman Blacksmith Shop
Norman, Arthur
Blacksmiths
Storefronts
Exterior view of "A. Norman Blacksmithing", a blacksmith shop owned by Arthur Norman. Street corner and side of shop is visible. The shop was at the corner of Oak and Santa Clara Streets, 403 Oak St., in Ventura. Signs on building also read "horshoeing", "woodwork", and "The Bain Wagon." Other buildings adjacent to the blacksmith shop are visible.
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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18 x 11 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
4574
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Acme Bottling Works
Business enterprises--California--Ventura
Side-view from the street of Acme Bottling Works, northwest corner of Hemlock and Poli Streets in Ventura
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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Black and white photograph
12.5 x 18 cm
English
Image
2614
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Aerial View of U.S. Route 101 in Downtown Ventura
Ventura (Calif.)--Aerial views
United States Highway 101 (Calif.)--Aerial views
Color aerial view of the downtown Ventura area, looking south. U.S. Route 101 is prominent in the image, running at a diagonal from the upper right corner to the center bottom of the image. Ventura Pier, Thompson Boulevard, Santa Clara Street, Main Street, and the South Pacific Railroad are also visible. Beaches and the Pacific Ocean are visible on the right side of the image.
Library records indicate that this image was displayed at People's Lumber office on Thompson Boulevard. A map of the area was glued to the verso of the photograph.
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
circa 1972
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Color photograph
Aerial photograph
55.3 x 58.2 cm
English
Image
15992
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Anacapa Hotel Key Tag
Anacapa Hotel
(Tag, Identification) Key tag used at the Anacapa Hotel in downtown Ventura.
The three-story hotel was built in 1889 operated by the Hartman family who ran it until it was razed in 1928.
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
1920s
Museum of Ventura County. All rights reserved.
English
Physical Object
1934-6.1
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Antonio Schiappa Pietra Home
Schiappa Pietra family
Architecture, Domestic
Two-story houses
Exterior front view of the Schiappa Pietra family home on Santa Clara Street, between Figueroa and Palm Streets. The house was an Italianate mansion, razed in 1958, although the photograph reads "razed in 1956." Dirt road and sidewalk in front of the home visible. The home's fence and side yards visible as well.
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
circa 1900
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17.8 x 24.3 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
1788
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Back of San Buenaventura Mission and Chaffee Lumberyard
Lumber-yards
San Buenaventura Mission
Ventura (Calif.)--Views
View of Chaffee's lumber yard (Chaffee & Bonestal Lumber Company) adjacent to the San Buenaventura Mission grounds. Back of mission and buildings visible in the scene. A house and an adobe building are visible on Main Street between the mission and lumber yard. Photo taken from hill behind mission, looking downward.
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
1880
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34.5 x 23 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
3654
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Bank of America Building, 1940s
Banks and banking
California Street (Ventura, Calif.)
Main Street (Ventura, Calif.)
Exterior view of the Bank of America building at the corner of Main and California Streets in Ventura, CA. The building is four stories tall and has a fire escape visible on the California Street side. There are cars lined up on both streets and people are visible as well.
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
Late 1940s
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13 x 15.7 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
2627
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Bank of Ventura 1892
Bank of Ventura
Banks and banking
Main Street (Ventura, Calif.)
Oak Street (Ventura, Calif.)
Storefronts
Exterior street view of the Bank of Ventura upon completion in March 1892 (corner of Oak and Main Streets in Ventura) with a view of Oak Street running alongside it on the left of image. Some horse drawn wagons and carts can be seen on Oak Street and children and men are on the sidewalk in front of the Bank. Some business signs that are discernible include "J.C. Brewster" (photography studio) on Oak Street and "Stair Bros. Dentists" on the top floor of the bank building.
Handwriting on photograph reads:
"Bank of Ventura Main & Oak - Built in 1891-2 - Demolished Sept. 1923
Bank of Italy built on the site and opened June 29th, 1924."
Brewster, John Calvin
Museum of Ventura County
1892 March
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19.7 x 11 cm
Sepia photograph
English
Image
3525
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Bard Memorial Hospital, Ventura, Cal.
Elizabeth Bard Memorial Hospital
Front view of Elizabeth Bard Memorial Hospital building. With its tower on the left, the three story building with adobe tile roof sits on a hill, with Downtown Ventura in the background.
Caption: "BARD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. VENTURA, CAL."
Verso script: Addressed to Miss Ethel Backrath, 891 So. 3rd St, San Jose, Cal."[MacGregor, J.J., Ventura, Cal.]
MacGregor, J. J.
Museum of Ventura County
1906-08-30
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7428
15 x 10 cm
Black and white postcard
English
Image
20023 PC
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Ojai (Calif.)
Bell Tower of San Buenaventura Mission
San Buenaventura Mission--Pictorial works
San Buenaventura Mission--Bell Tower
Street view of the bell tower of San Buenaventura Mission.
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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Glass plate negative
English
Image
gp458
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Bird's Eye View of Buena Ventura
Missions--San Buenaventura--Rear
Ventura--Views--Circa 1915
An angled aerial view of downtown Ventura, with the Mission visible to the left of center. Most of the area is still green, but there are some large buildings scattered along the same road as the Mission. The ocean is visible off in the distance.
[Tichnor Bros., Inc., Boston, Mass. & Los Angeles, Cal., 951]
Tichnor Bros., Inc.
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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15 x 10 cm
Color postcard
English
Image
20428 PC
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Ojai (Calif.)
Bird's Eye View of Main and Palm Streets, July 4 Parade
Parades
Main Street (Ventura, Calif.)
Fourth of July celebrations
Bird's eye view from Main and Palm Streets of the Fourth of July Parade in Ventura. Spectators are standing along the street and in storefronts, horse-drawn carriages and horses in the street.
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
1874-07-04
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Black and white photograph
18.2 x 11.5 cm
English
Image
813
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Bird's Eye View of San Buenaventura Mission
San Buenaventura Mission
Ventura (Calif.)--Views
Bird's eye view of the San Buenaventura Mission and the town looking southeast from Poli Street. Various buildings and what appears to be a large garden plot area can be seen.
Unknown
LACM Collection, 1990
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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12.8 x 16 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
17713
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Bird's Eye View of San Buenaventura, Cal. 1877
Ventura (Calif.)--Maps
Ventura (Calif.)--Views
Mounted photograph of map. Photo is black and white, original map is in color. Map is number M0230, available to view <a href="https://photographs.venturamuseum.org/items/show/4675">here</a>. Shows view of <span>Ventura in 1877, with a view "From the Bay, Looking North" as written along the bottom of the map. Ships, wharf, beach, Poli Street, Downtown Ventura, Ventura Avenue, and mountains in image.</span>
Unknown
Presented by Mary E. Brokey, 1934
Museum of Ventura County
1877
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M0230
25.3 x 20.6
Black and white photograph
English
Image
146
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.)
Bird's Eye View, Ventura
Elizabeth Bard Memorial Hospital
Ventura--Views
Caption: "Bird's-eye view VENTURA, Cal".
Black and white photographic bird's eye view of early downtown Ventura from atop a cacti lined hill. Elizabeth Bard Memorial Hospital, a multistory Mission-style building, is in the center foreground, surrounded by other buildings, and coastline in the background.
[MacGregor Bros., Ventura, Cal. (Printed by Albertype Co., Brooklyn, N.Y.)]
MacGregor Bros.
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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15 x 10 cm
Black and white postcard
English
Image
20010 PC
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Ojai (Calif.)
Bird's-eye View of Ventura Post Card
Elizabeth Bard Memorial Hospital
Ventura--Views
Bird's-eye view of Ventura, looking toward the ocean. Ocean in background, Elizabeth Bard Memorial Hospital, middle foreground. Caption reads: "Bird's-eye View of Ventura, Calif."
[MacGregor, J.J. Ventura, Cal. (Albertype Co., Brooklyn, N.Y.)]
MacGregor, J. J.
Museum of Ventura County
1909
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Black and white postcard
15 x 10 cm
English
Image
20011 PC
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Ojai (Calif.)
Birdseye View, Ventura, Cal.
Ventura--Street Scenes
Ventura--Views
Bird's eye view of a mixed residential and business area of Downtown Ventura. Telephone poles line the street in the foreground, standing in front of clapboard houses with yards lush with trees. The Elizabeth Bard Memorial Hospital sits atop a hill in the background.
Caption at the bottom of the postcard: "Birdseye view, Ventura, Cal. 737."
Note from Verso: "Looking east from Calif. & Main."
[Mitchell, Edward H., San Francisco, Cal., 737]
Mitchell, Edward H.
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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15 x 10 cm
Sepia postcard
English
Image
20012 PC
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Ojai (Calif.)
Birdseye View, Ventura, Cal.
Petroleum--Storage
Ventura--Views
Caption: "Birdseye View Ventura, Cal."
View of a street intersection, with an oil silo in the left foreground,in front of train tracks. The city sprawls behind it, a mix of businesses and houses. Rolling hillsides are in the background.
[Brakey, J.R., Ventura, Cal. (Logo: Panama/California Exposition, San Diego, 1915), 3360and 13235]
Brakey, J. R.
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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15 x 10 cm
Color postcard
English
Image
20051 PC
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Ojai (Calif.)
Brakey Road, Ventura, CA
Brakey Road (Ventura, Calif.)
Courthouses
View of Brakey Road looking north from Poli Street toward houses at top and left of image. The courthouse annex (Ventura City Hall) and county jail are on the right.
Unknown
Blanche L. Wallace Collection, 1990
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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12.5.x 17.5 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
17840
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.)
California Mission San Buenaventura 1976
San Buenaventura Mission
View of Mission San Buenaventura from the courtyard. Foreground shows the garden and fountain placed in front of the mission with freshly mowed grass as well as intricate blue and white tile along the base of the fountain. Background shows Mission San Buenaventura from the front side with vegetation in behind it.
Verso: Describes the history of Mission San Buena Ventura.
[Kolor View Press, Los Angeles, CA 90064 (A California Hi-Lite Card, Pub., Dist. by
Woody Gillette, 1204 W. Nectarine, Lompoc, CA 93436), KV9008-1]
Gillette, Woody
Museum of Ventura County
1976
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Color postcard
15 x 10 cm
English
Image
20330 PC
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
California Street Facing Court House
Courthouses--California--Ventura
California Street (Ventura, Calif.)
View facing north up California Street toward the Courthouse, now City Hall, in Ventura. Cars are parked on both sides of the street in front of residences.
Unknown
Pleasant Valley Historical Society, 2015
Museum of Ventura County
circa 1915
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Black and white photograph
11.3 x 6.8 cm
English
Image
40691-15
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
California Street Facing Pier
California Street (Ventura, Calif.)
Piers--California--Ventura
View facing south on California Street from the Court House. The pier is in the far distance and cars parked in front of businesses as well as in motion on the street are present. A woman with a can is crossing California Street.
Unknown
Pleasant Valley Historical Society, 2015
Museum of Ventura County
circa 1940s
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Black and white photograph
15 x 9 cm
English
Image
40692-15
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)