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Father Serra Statue
Father Serra statue in front of Ventura City Hall, at California and Poli Streets. Photo is taken from the right hand side of the statue from ground, looking up toward his face. City Hall, formerly the Courthouse, is in the background, and there…
Date Palms by the San Buenaventura Mission
Two date palms that were planted by the fathers next to the San Buenaventura mission, in the mission orchard. Originally, there were four date palms.
Oak Street, Ventura, 1887
Looking down Oak St. in Ventura. There are horse drawn carriages in the street and people are visible standing and walking. Bank of Ventura is on the right hand side and a brick building is on the left, possibly Revere House. Many business signs are…
View of Ventura, 1877
View of Ventura from the hill behind the San Buenaventura Mission circa 1877. Principally between Palm and Oak Streets, lumber yard is about 150 feet east of the Mission.
Ventura's Chinatown
Ventura's Chinatown view. Image features a man smiling at the viewer with a group of people behind him (possibly all children). He stands in the middle of an alleyway with houses or buildings on either side of him.
Library records indicate "C.W.…
Library records indicate "C.W.…
Bird's-eye View of Ventura Post Card
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. Ventura, Cal. (Albertype Co., Brooklyn, N.Y.)]
Main Street, Ventura Post Card
View of Main and Chestnut Streets in Ventura, California. Street down the middle of post card and stores, hotels, and automobiles are visible. Possibly 1910's or 1920's. In sepia tone and black and white.
[No publisher stated, 28}
[No publisher stated, 28}
Casa de Ortega
Exterior view of Ortega Adobe.
[MacGregor Bros., Ventura, Calif. (Albertype Co., Brooklyn,; N.Y.)]
[MacGregor Bros., Ventura, Calif. (Albertype Co., Brooklyn,; N.Y.)]
Ventura By The Sea, Calif.
Bird's eye view of Ventura, looking southeast over Downtown Ventura toward the ocean and wharf. Caption: "Ventura By The Sea, Calif." Duplicate of 22618 PC.
[Detroit Publishing Co. ("Phostint" Card), 13176]
[Detroit Publishing Co. ("Phostint" Card), 13176]
Mission Bell Motel
Mission Bell Hotel shown on the right, Mission Bell Motor Court on the left and a tree-lined road down the center of the postcard. Caption at bottom of postcard: "Mission Bell Motel, Ventura, California". Back of postcard lists Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin…
Greetings from Ventura Postcard
Bird's-eye view of Downtown Ventura and the pier. There are buildings in the foreground of the image and the Ventura Pier in the middle. More of the Ventura coast is visible in the background. It is a composite image. Caption at top reads: "Greetings…
Main Street Looking West, Ventura
View looking down Main Street. There are buildings on either side of the street, and cars are parked along the street. Postcard looks illustrated. Hotel Baldwin and Hotel DeLeon visible. Caption at top reads: "1202:- Main Street Looking West,…
Main Street, Ventura
View looking down Main Street at Oak Street. There are buildings on both sides of the street. Cars are parked on the streets. The building signs are visible in the image, including Rexall Drugs and F. W. Woolworth Company.
[Roberts, Mike Natural…
[Roberts, Mike Natural…
Center of Ventura
Bird's-eye view of Ventura. There is a street on the left side of the image, and there are buildings on the right side. Mountains are visible in the background. Caption at bottom reads: "The Center of Ventura, Calif."
[Detroit Publishing Co.…
[Detroit Publishing Co.…
Bird's Eye View of Buena Ventura
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.…
Souvenir, Ventura, California, 1913
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]
[Photos by Dingman]
County Court House, Ventura
A frontal view of the Ventura County Court House at Poli and California Streets, now Ventura City Hall. Photo possibly taken from a rooftop. A small plume of smoke rises from the right-hand side of the Court House.
[AZO in stamp area]
[AZO in stamp area]
First National Bank Postcard
A three-story yellow building on a street corner. The entrance is rounded and directly at the corner. A sculpted sign above the door says 'BANK', and on that corner of the third floor is a plaque declaring '1899'. On the left side of the building,…
Portion of Ventura
A semi-aerial shot of a residential area. A number of houses, most white with red roofs, are located around a park, now Plaza Park. The rows of houses are seen stretching back towards green mountains. A lumber yard is in the bottom right…
Christian Church-Ventura
Front face of the Christian Church in Ventura on Santa Clara Street. Two men in hats stand by the front steps of the church building.
[Western Card Co., Reedley, Fresno Co., Calif]
[Western Card Co., Reedley, Fresno Co., Calif]
Hotel Ventura
Exterior view of Hotel Ventura at the corner of California and Main Streets in Ventura possibly illustrated rather than a photograph. There are cars parked in the street in front of the hotel, a five-story building with the first floor shared with…
General View of Ventura, 1906
Bird's eye, panoramic view of Ventura from hillside, looking toward the ocean. Elizabeth Bard Memorial Hospital is in the bottom left. Caption at bottom reads: "Ventura, Calif. General View of Ventura."
[MacGregor, J.J., publisher]
[MacGregor, J.J., publisher]
Anacapa Hotel Key Tag
(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.
The three-story hotel was built in 1889 operated by the Hartman family who ran it until it was razed in 1928.
Ventura County Courthouse Postcard
Exterior view of the front of the Ventura County Court House in 1923, building is presently Ventura City Hall. California Street is in the foreground. Postcard is possibly illustrated.
[Kashower, M. Co., Los Angeles, Cal., 1325; 18319]
[Kashower, M. Co., Los Angeles, Cal., 1325; 18319]
Main Street, Ventura Postcard
View of Main Street in Ventura, looking westward from California Street. Main Street is not paved, trolley tracks are visible on the ground, and there are many horse and carriages in the street and stopped in front of businesses. City Hall with…