Group Photo by Palm Tree
Zapf family
Zapf, Charles F.
Shows a large group of men, women, and children posed for a photo. Large palm in background. Individuals largely unidentified. Museum records indicate that man on far left is Charles F. Zapf.
Unknown
Inez Shakman & Lynda Minister Tremaine Collection, 1994
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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Black and white negative
Portrait, Group
Portrait, Full
English
Image
27954 NP
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Lounging on Puerto Vallarta Beach
Surfers
Larronde, John
Weston, George
Case, Herb
Beaches
Leisure
Shows surfers George "Wimpy" Weston, Mac, John Larronde, Herb Chase, and a fifth unidentified man lounging on a beach in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
Unknown
Joyce Cantrell Collection, 1991
Museum of Ventura County
1946 March
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Black and white negative
Portrait, Group
English
Image
19763
Surfriders Stage Group Photo
Surfers
Larronde, John
Spurgin, Chuck
McGrew, Jim
Woodruff, Pete
Case, Herb
Durkee, Frank
Stuppy, Frank
Kellar, Lewis
Hassinger, Hamilton
De Manuel, Walt
Hotels
Group photo taken at the "Surfriders Stage" at 3 J's Inn, Topanga Canyon. Shows group of men sitting and standing in front of five upright surfboards. Wooden building and hillside visible in background.
Back row L-R: Chuck Spurgin, Jim McGrew, Pete Woodruff, Lewis Keller, Hamilton Hassinger.
Front row L-R: John Larronde, Herb Case, Frank Durkee, Frank Stuppy, Walt De Manuel.
Not pictured, but present: John Stuppy, Jim Larronde.
Unknown
Joyce Cantrell Collection, 1991
Museum of Ventura County
1939-02-26
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Black and white negative
Portrait, Group
English
Image
19768
California
Los Angeles County (Calif.)
Ventura County (Calif.)
Wimpy, Blake, and Herb at Puerto Vallarta
Surfers
Beaches
Weston, George
Case, Herb
Shows George "Wimpy" Weston, Blake, and Herb Case standing on a beach in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Wimpy is holding a surfboard. Blake and Herb are holding a surfboard between them. All three men are fully dressed. Sand dunes are visible behind them.
Unknown
Joyce Cantrell Collection, 1991
Museum of Ventura County
1946 March
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Black and white negative
Portrait, Group
English
Image
19765
San Onofre Surfing Contest, 1939
Surfers
Surfing--Competitions
Beaches--California--San Onofre
Group photo of contestants at a San Onofre surfing competition. Contestants are posed standing with their surfboards upright behind them.
Unknown
Joyce Cantrell Collection, 1991
Museum of Ventura County
1939
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Black and white negative
Portrait, Group
English
Image
19783
California
Pavins Company Workers Group Photo
Gardeners
Camarillo family
Camarillo, Charles
Camarillo, Ignacio
Portrait of a group of men posed with gardening tools in front of a house, another house in background. Men are dressed in hats, overalls, work shirts, and work pants. Writing on photo verso: "Nacho Camarillo and Charles Camarillo, Pavins Company of Ventura and San Fernando Valley Co."
Unknown
Camarillo Family Collection, 2011
Museum of Ventura County
circa 1930s
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Sepia photograph
15.2 x 10.2 cm
Portrait, Group
English
Image
39587
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Olivet Baptist Church Workers
Olivet Baptist Church
Smith, Annie R.
African American women
Moore, Letha
Group photo of women workers at Olivet Baptist Church in Ventura. The women are seated around a table and are looking at the viewer. Portion of an upright piano is visible on the right side.
Left to right: Annie Walker, Bennie May Bryant, Marguerite Milton, Letha Moore, I. Smith, Annie Smith, Cerisa Westly.
Museum records indicate that Annie Smith's parents were the first African American family to settle in Ventura.
Wilson Studios
Letha Moore Collection, 1994
Museum of Ventura County
circa 1940s
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Black and white negative
Portrait, Group
English
Image
28052 NP
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Surdam and Aides in Fourth of July Parade, Santa Paula
Surdam, R. D.
Parades
Group photo of men on horseback. Possibly R. D. Surdam and aides ready for the Santa Paula Fourth of July Parade. Trees and buildings visible behind the men.
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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Sepia photograph
19.3 x 11.3 cm
Portraits, Group
English
Image
3900
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Santa Paula (Calif.)
Surfing on the Sand
Surfers
Beaches
Group photo of four men and a boy on a beach. The men are standing on surfboards and pose to look like they are riding the surfboards. The boy watches from the right side of the image. A building and telephone wire are visible in the background. The photo was taken from the ground, look upwards at the group.
Unknown
Joyce Cantrell Collection, 1991
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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19746-19899
Black and white negative
Portrait, Group
English
Image
19778 NP
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Falkner Farm Apricot Pitting Crew
Agricultural laborers
Apricot industry
Agricultural processing
Outdoor group photo of the apricot pitting crew at Falkner Farm, standing under covered patio. Crew includes men, women, and children.
Unknown
Charles Outland Collection, 2017
Museum of Ventura County
1898
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Black and white photograph
25.2 x 20.2 cm
Portrait, Group
English
Image
41707
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Workers and Farm Machinery
Agricultural laborers
Agricultural machinery
Outdoor group photo of agricultural workers posed with machinery and haystacks. Most of the group stands in front of or on the machinery. Three men rest on the haystack. Man on right seated on horseback.
Unknown
Alden C. Barrios Collection, 2013
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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Sepia photograph
Portrait, Group
30 x 24.8 cm (mounted)
English
Image
40547
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Boy Scouts and Navy Personnel at Monument
Boy Scouts
United States. Navy
Flags
Monuments
Outdoor group photo of Cub Scouts, teenaged Boy Scouts, Scout leaders, and Navy personnel standing on either side of a monument and United States flag. Text on monument reads, "In Memoriam (date unreadable) J.N. Proctor President
Emeritus 1962, Ventura County Council Boy Scouts of America."
Unknown
Carr Scouting Collection, 2010
Museum of Ventura County
1963-05-04
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39494
Black and white photograph
15.1 x 12.6 cm
Portrait, Group
English
Image
39500
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Boy Scout Troop 203 at Wild Cat Decathlon
Boy Scouts
Awards
African American teenage boys
Mexican American teenage boys
Group photo Boy Scout Troop 203 at the Wild Cat Decathlon. Two men and six boys of various ages. The boys are dressed in Boy Scout uniforms and displaying medals and awards. Man in center appears to be dressed as a scout leader, the man on the right is wearing a dark colored suit.
L to R: Carlton Harper, B. Alvaro Macias (14), Doug Gadker (scout leader), Thomas Brown, Jim Andrade, Jerry Conway (13), Howard Houston (president), and Manual Guzman.
Unknown
Carr Scouting Collection, 2010
Museum of Ventura County
1962-05-06
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Black and white photograph
9 x 8.8 cm
Portrait, Group
English
Image
39484
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
The Ventura Klezmer Band Group Photo
Klezmer music
Jewish musicians
Bands (Music)
Women--Portraits
Men--Portraits
Outdoor group photo of the Ventura Klezmer Band members and their instruments in Port Hueneme. Drum reading "The Ventura Klezmer Band" in bottom center, with six band member seated around it. Two members stand on left holding brass horn-like instruments. Two members stand on right, one holding guitar-like instrument.
Members of the band include: Marty Flam (clarinet, vocals), Ron Fink (keyboards, accordion), Kathy Fink (saxophone, flute, clarinet), Brenda Tripoli (vocals), Peter Jaffe (shofar, trombone), Victor Koik (bass, mandolin), Roger Bridges (trumpet), Bob Szczesiak (violin), Larry Cardozo (percussion).
Milder, Joel, Dr.
2009
Museum of Ventura County
circa 1990s
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Color photograph
Portrait, Group
30.3 x 20.2 cm
English
Image
38905
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Port Hueneme (Calif.)
Group Photo on Bridge Over Water
Women--Portraits
Men--Portraits
Leisure
Outdoor group photo of six young women and men, possibly including Pansy Brewster, posing on a wooden bridge over running water, possibly Matilija Creek. Woman second from the right is seated on handrail and holding an umbrella over her head. Man third from the left is crouched and holding an object above the water. In background, three women standing at shore or wading in water.
Photo is mounted on 21.5 x 13.3 dark brown cardboard.
Brewster, John Calvin
Dana Teague Collection, 2008
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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Sepia photograph
19.6 x11.4 cm (mounted)
Portrait, Group
English
Image
38409
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ojai (Calif.)
Group Photo at Asano Store
Japanese American men
Japanese American children
Asano, Kamezo
General stores
Group photo of Japanese American men standing outside the Asano Store in El Rio. Four of the men are holding children of various ages. Kamezo Asano is seated in the front, third from the right. Storefront and sign visible behind the group. A sign in kanji is attached to a street pole visible to the left of the group.
Unknown
Kurihara Family Collection, 1995
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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Black and white photograph
Portrait, Group
20.3 x 25.4 cm
English
Image
28500
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
El Rio (Calif.)
Crowd in Front of Central Hotel, Fillmore
Automobiles
Hotels
Miller, Owen
Group portrait of men outside the Central Hotel in on Central Avenue in Fillmore. Three men seated in a 1906 Ford Automobile in front of crowd. Hotel owner, Owen Miller shown standing on left by lamp post.
Unknown
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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Black and white photograph
13 x 17 cm
Portrait, Group
English
Image
8872
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Fillmore (Calif.)
Chick Family Portrait
Chick, Alice
Bristol Amelia L.
Chick, Leroy B.
Greene, Gwendolyn
Chick family
Group portrait of Alice Chick, Amelia L. Bristol, Leroy B. Chick, and baby Gwendolyn M. Chick. Amelia is seated in the center and is holding Gwendolyn. Door and wooden building shown behind the family.
Unknown
Gwendolyn Greene Collection, 1997
Museum of Ventura County
circa 1926
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Black and white photograph
12 x 10 cm
Portrait, Group
English
Image
30854
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Moorpark (Calif.)
Four Generations of Chick Women, Moorpark
Generations
Chick, Antoinette
Bristol, Amelia L.
Chick, Alice B.
Greene, Gwendolyn
Chick family
Group portrait of Antoinette Chick, Amelia L. Bristol, Alice B. Chick, and Gwendolyn M. Chick. Amelia is seated and holding Gwen. Door and wooden building visible behind the women.
Note: Museum records indicate that Antoinette Chick was Gwendolyn's mother.
Unknown
Gwendolyn Greene Collection, 1997
Museum of Ventura County
circa 1926
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Black and white photograph
11 x 7 cm
Portrait, Group
English
Image
30853
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Moorpark (Calif.)
Chick and Bristol Family Portrait
Chick, Alice B.
Bristol, Amelia L.
Chick, Leroy B.
Outdoor group photo of Alice B. Chick, Amelia L. Bristol, Leroy B. Chick, and Allan. Allan is shown as a young child standing in front of Amelia Bristol.
Note: "Allan was Leroy B's son by his first marriage."
Unknown
Gwendolyn Greene Collection, 1997
Museum of Ventura County
circa 1923
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Black and white photograph
8.3 x 11 cm
Portrait, Group
English
Image
30852
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Moorpark (Calif.)
Associated Oil Co. Staff Costume Party Group Photo
Associated Oil Company
Costume
Women oil industry workers
Petroleum workers
Office parties
Group portrait of Associated Oil Co. employees at a company costume party. Taken in front of the Associated Oil offices. A flag reading "Flying A Fast Action" is displayed above the group.
Back row: F. W. Hertel, C. C. Burns, L. C. Lamp, E. H. Virum, John Ollis, R. R. Richardson, Edward Jemkims, Grove Fry, M. Comeaux, Ted Clark, G. C. Elmore, Houston Hull, Nick Taylor, L. S. Richardson, D. S. Gray, K. Nakaya, J. L. Fish.
Middle row: E. R. Broadwell, G. F. Howells, Mcd. Graves, I. W. Post, S. W. Nimmich, C. T. Harrison, M. J. Mitchell, E. L. Gardner.
Front row: E. R. Love, Ted Mayr, A. W. Warren, G. L. Jones, Helen Mayr, Alberta Atmore, Mildred Bowker, Vena Seulveda, Kathryn Cypher, Josephine Demarke, Alice Boedecker, Edna Voris, E. W. Edson, A. R. Bamford, M. Mears.
Unknown
1986
Museum of Ventura County
1932
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Black and white photograph
19.4 x 24.3 cm
Group, Portrait
English
Image
12566
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Gathering Flowers
Automobiles
Portraits, Group
Flowers
Outdoor group photo of five people in and around an automobile, some holding armfuls of flowers. L-R: Anne Gould Yelland (wife of carpenter, Raymond Yelland), Belle Taylor, Ruth Taylor (later Whitaker), John B. Taylor, Jr. (inside vehicle), and Rachel Gould Taylor. Taken between Moorpark and Santa Paula.
Unknown
Olson Color Expansions, 2002
Museum of Ventura County
circa 1917
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Black and white photograph
28 x 21.8 cm
Portrait, Group
English
Image
34549
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Moorpark (Calif.)
Santa Paula (Calif.)
Baling Hay on Maulhardt Ranch
Agricultural machinery
Agricultural laborers
Hay
Portraits, Group
View of a group of men posing on and in front of a steam-powered hay-baling machine. Machine resembles a small locomotive engine. Wagons, haybales, and other farm equipment are visible in the background.
Library records include two notes:
"Baling hay - steam baler, L. Maulhardt Ranch, Santa Rosa Valley, Vent. Co. Camarillo Dist. 1913."
"Mr. Andrew R. Lorenzana - taken at Moorpark 15 June 1909."
Lorenzana, Andrew R.
1985
Museum of Ventura County
1909-06-15
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Sepia photograph
16.8 x 20.5 cm
Portrait, Group
English
Image
11114
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Moorpark (Calif.)
Camarillo (Calif.)
Amateur Theatrical Group Photo
Theatrical companies
Clubs
Actors
Portraits, Group
A group portrait of an Amateur Theatrical group, some of them in costume and posed as characters.
Library records indicate:
Hattie Boquist, Alice Day, Geo. S. Gilbert, Celia Perkins, Unknown, Prof. Meredith, Ed Sheridan, Belle Curry, Anna Sheridan, Chas. McKeeby, Cal Brewster, Celia Boquist, Mrs. John Sherridan, Ida Ricker.
Brewster, John Calvin
Museum of Ventura County
1875
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Sepia photograph
Portrait, Group
16.8 x 10.9 cm
English
Image
924
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Large Picnic Gathering
Picnics
Puentener, A.
Family reunions
Fourth of July celebrations
Group photo of a large group of nearly 100 of all ages. Picnic given by Mr. A. Puentener, Verdi (of north Ventura Avenue) for relatives from Switzerland, July 4, 1896.
Bob Pieser Photo (Ventura, Calif.)
Museum of Ventura County
1896-07-04
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Black and white photograph
Portraits, Group
25.3 x 20.3 cm
English
Image
509
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)