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The Mission Church, 1866
Oval photograph of San Buenaventura Mission Church with 6 people in front. Hills can be seen in the background.

Taft Hotel and California Street
View facing north up California St. from the corner of Santa Clara St. Taft Hotel seen in photo, located at 695 California St. Other businesses include Astor Hotel, Hotel Ventura, Heavens the Cleaners, and Security National Bank. Writing on photo…

Survey of Part of Rancho Ex Mission Tract 1
Map of survey of part of Rancho Ex-Mission Tract No. 1 made for Mrs. Augusta Rodriquez. Shows Park Row Tract, Dubbers Tract and Fix Tract. Shows portions of Ventura Avenue, Park Row Avenue, Olive Street, and Garden Place. Shows properties belonging…

Survey of Part of Lot 4 Block 60 City of San Buenaventura
Southern Counties Gas Company map showing Survey of part of Lot 4, Block 60, City of San Buenaventura. Shows a portion of East Main Street and California Street and an easement for right of way alley and turning ground purposes. Shows the location of…

Survey of Lots 7, 8, 9 Simpson Tract, City of San Buenaventura
Map showing survey of Lots 7, 8, and 9 of Simpson Tract, City of San Buenaventura. Made for Emilio Lagomarsino. Shows portions of Prospect Street, Center Street, Simpson Street, the west line of Ventura Avenue, and the east line of Olive Street. Also…

Survey of Lots 2 and 3, City of San Buenaventura
Black line map showing survey of parts of Lots 2 and 3 of Hines and Brooks Subdivision of Block 61, City of San Buenaventura. Made for Union National Bank. Shows portions of Main Street, California Street, and Chestnut Street.

Survey of Lots 1 and 2, Mission-Palm Subdivision, City of San Buenaventura
Map of parts of Lots 1 and 2 of the Mission-Palm Subdivision, City of San Buenaventura. Showing survey for Marie Klimer. Shows portions of Santa Clara Street and Colombo Street, and an easement on the Mission-Palm Subdivision.

Survey of Lot 2 Block 46, City of Buenaventura
Map of part of Lot 2 Block 46, City of San Buenaventura, Ventura County, Calif. Showing Survey for Ernest Eastwood. Shows Lots 1-4 of Block 46, and portions of Santa Clara Street, Oak Street, Main Street, and Palm Street.

Survey of Block 61, City of Ventura
Map of part of Block 61 City of San Buenaventura, Ventura County, Calif. Showing Survey made for A. G. Wood. Shows portions of Chestnut Street, Main Street, Poli Street, California Street, the Hines and Brooks Subdivision, and lands belonging to Emma…

Street view of Ventura
First City Hall and the library built by the city of Ventura. Located on Main Street and California Street looking West on Main Street. Buildings can be seen on either side of the dirt road.

Street Scene, Ventura, Cal. postcard
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.…

Souvenir, Ventura, Cal., 1913 Postcard
A black-and-white collage of prominent sites in Ventura: the plaza, San Buenaventura Mission, the courthouse, a new bridge (Ventura River Bridge), an aerial shot of a residential area, and a "surf scene" of a beach.
[Photos by Dingman]

South Side of Main Street
Street view of the south side Main Street from California St. to Chestnut St. A drug store is on the corner with a large Coca-Cola advertisement. Next to that is a taller building with what appears to be a clocktower. Other buildings can be seen as…

South Side of 400 Block of Main Street
Street view of the south side of the 400 block of Main Street. Various brick buildings with signage can be seen along the street. Automobiles are parked in front of some buildings. White store front is Hobson Bros. Packing Company.

Snapshot of Main Street, Ventura
Snapshot of automobiles and people on Main Street, Ventura. Many storefronts visible.

Schiappa Pietra Home and Mission Buildings
Bird's eye view of the Schiappa Pietra, or Schiappapietra, home and San Buenaventura Mission buildings taken from hills behind the mission just northeast of the mission. The back of the Schiappa Pietra home on Santa Clara Street visible on left of…

Santa Clara House Hotel
Exterior view of Santa Clara House, a two story hotel, with people standing and sitting on its front covered porch and on the second floor balcony. Two signs reading "Santa Clara House" are visible and two windows on the first floor read "Bakery."

Santa Clara House
Exterior view of the front of Santa Clara House with a group of men standing along the porch and four women and a child standing on the balcony. Some are identified as follows: Extreme right- E. M. Jones; 3rd from right, Dr. Isbell; 4th from right,…

San Buenaventura, Cal., 1877: Being a "Birds Eye" View of<br />
Downtown Ventura
Bird's eye view of 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.

[Notes: Lithograph by A. L. Bancroft…

San Buenaventura Mission, 1929
Bird's eye view of the Mission and adjacent Holy Cross School. House on hill behind mission visible. Automobiles aligned on Main Street in front of mission and school.

San Buenaventura Mission, 1888
Exterior front and side view of the San Buenaventura Mission with a group of people standing on the front steps.

San Buenaventura Mission, 1878-1879
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…

San Buenaventura Mission, 1870
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…

San Buenaventura Mission Restoration
View of the exterior back of the San Buenaventura Mission during its restoration in 1928. Scaffolding and men working are visible. Some children are visible at bottom of image. Cars are parked in the bottom left of image.

San Buenaventura Mission Reservoir and Hill School
Sepia-toned photograph of Hill School looking toward the Ventura
River. Prominent in the image is the San Buenaventura Mission Reservoir in the foreground, left. City of Ventura houses, buildings, and farmland visible in the top half of image.
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