San Buena Ventura Mission, Ventura
San Buenaventura Mission
A view looking northwest toward the mission from the opposite side of Main Street. The street is not paved. Four men wearing hats are sitting on the building's steps. Part of the Parish House is visible as well as one of the Norfolk Pine trees.
Caption: San Buena Ventura Mission, Ventura, Cal. Founded in 1782.
[Brakey, J.R., Ventura, CAl. (Logo: Panama/California Exposition, San Diego, 1915),
3063 and A16495]
Brakey, J.R.
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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Color postcard
15 x 10 cm
English
Image
20107 PC
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Robert E. Clark Portrait
Clark, Robert E.
Sheriffs
United States marshals
Men--California--Portraits
Bust portrait of Sheriff Robert E. Clark, Ventura County Sheriff from 1922-1933. He is facing the viewer wearing a suit and tie and cowboy or western style hat. He resigned and was appointed U.S. Marshal.
Unknown
1992
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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Portrait, Bust
9.5 x 12.7 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
25439
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ella Elizabeth Gould
Gould, Ella Elizabeth Crane, 1852-1945
Women--California--Portraits
Horticulturalists
Full, seated portrait of Ella Elizabeth Gould (Crane). She is turned and looking to the left of the viewer. She wears a hat and a floor length dress printed with butterflies, as well as a coat or shawl.
This photo also has a print version: photo number 470, whose records indicate "she propagated the first ruffled petunias."
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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470
Portrait, Full
Black and white negative
English
Image
29739 NP
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Ella Elizabeth Gould
Gould, Ella Elizabeth Crane, 1852-1945
Horticulturalists
Women--California--Portraits
Full, seated portrait of Ella Elizabeth Gould (Crane). She is turned and looking to the left of the viewer. She wears a hat and a floor length dress printed with butterflies, as well as a coat or shawl. Library records indicate she "propagated the first ruffled petunias."
This photo also has a negative version: 29739 NP
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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29739 NP
Portrait, Full
10 x 14 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
470
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
T. M. McFarland Leaning against Car
McFarland, T. M.
T. M. McFarland leaning against car with his right arm while looking away from the camera, his left hand is tucked into the pocket of his trousers. He is dressed in a three piece suit and tie with a hamburg style hat.
Miller, Jack
Jack Miller Collection, 1993
Museum of Ventura County
1936
Museum of Ventura County. All rights reserved.
26537
Portrait, Three-quarters
8.4 x 11.1 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
26538
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Oxnard (Calif.)
Group Photo, Beta Delta Gamma Sorority
Greek letter societies
Portraits, Group
Outdoor group portrait of the Beta Delta Gamma Sorority, taken at the Huntington Hotel, Pasadena, CA in 1934. Most Ventura Co.
girls.
Top Row: #5 Jeanetta Wolfe Thomas (Mrs. Mayo); #6 Marie Kyle Soares (Mrs. Frank); #7 0pal Ledbetter Habbick (Mrs. John); #8 May Johnson (? ); #9 Marion Fitch Smith (Mrs. Carver) ; #10 Irma Miller; #11 (not local); #16 Peaches Paulson (?) (probably not); #28 Eva Beckman Kingston (Mrs.Russell); #29 Stella Harthorn; #30 Edythe Lawton Foley (Mrs. Tom)
2nd Row: #2 Mary Hahn Froerer (Mrs. Arthur); #3 Catherine Taylor (Mrs. Harold); #4 Jackie Goar; #5 Vivian Johnson (Mrs. Justin); #6 Vera O'Hearn (Mrs. Eddie); #7 Sue Cook; #8 Miriam Reynolds Henderson (Mrs. James); #14 Margaret Ancell Bradbury (Mrs. David)
Bottom Row: #8 Maybell Stevenson; #9 Edna Guse Daugherty (Mrs. Clyde; #11 Dorothy Elwell Fitch (Mrs. Russell)
Keystone
Donated by: Beulah Hudson Strobel, Ventura by Jacqueline Kelly, Ventura, Feb. 1985
Museum of Ventura County
1934-07-15
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Portrait, Group
66 x 23 cm
Sepia photograph
English
Image
10869 OS
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Los Angeles County (Calif.)
Group Photo of Two Men and Two Women
McLoughlin, William
McLoughlin, Jim
Lopez, Rose
Jones, Lupe
Group photo of two men and two women, all seated in a row. They are: Jim McLoughlin, Rose Lopez, Lupe Jones, Bill McLoughlin. Men are wearing suits, ties, and boutonnieres. Women are wearing skirt suits and hats and holding bouquets.
Unknown
William McLoughlin Collection, 1988
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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Portrait, Group
17.7 x 13 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
14738
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Oxnard (Calif.)
Cross on the Hill
Crosses
Grant Park (Ventura, Calif.)
A large crowd gathers in front of the cross on the hill in present day (2022) Grant Park in Ventura. Men, women, and children are present, all wearing hats. Many people hold parasols. Museum notes refer to this being "Admission Day", the day the cross was first raised.
Unknown
VCLSA Collection
Museum of Ventura County
1912
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18.5 x 12.5 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
7692
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Ventura Auto Club, 1903
Ventura Auto Club
Automobiles
Barnard family
McIntyre family
Mercer family
Crampton family
Ventura Auto Club in 1903, showing a group of four cars with drivers and passengers lined up in a row on a tree lined dirt road. Typed on front of card "all the cars in Ventura in 1903 excepting one owned by Will (?) and Frank Barnard. First a Ford occupied by J. F. McIntyre and daughter; second Rambler occupied by Bert Mercer and wife; third St. Louis --L. E. Mercer, driving from back seat; front Rambler F. A. Crampton and wife.
Brewster, John Calvin
Museum of Ventura County
1903
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Portrait, Group
18 x 9.5 cm
Sepia photograph
English
Image
5783
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Lopez Portrait
Lopez family
Lopez Adobe (Ojai, Calif.)
Men--California--Portraits
Full portrait of Lopez, builder of the Lopez Adobe on Matilija Ranch. He wears a sarape and hat and looks at the viewer.
According to library records: "oldest adobe in the county. Still standing on McCaleb Ranch on Matilija Rd. Juan Pico says he was an old man when he first remembers him over 125 years ago now (1989)."
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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Portrait, Full
15 x 26.3 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
5415
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ojai (Calif.)
Group Photo at Camp Bartlett
Camp Bartlett (Calif.)
Portraits, Group--California--Ventura County
A group of men, women, and children pose for a group photo. They crouch or stand in about three rows. They are at Camp Bartlett, between Santa Paula and Ojai.
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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Portrait, Group
18 x 13 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
4531
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ojai (Calif.)
Santa Paula (Calif.)
Joe Richardson
Richardson, Joe
Men--California--Portraits
Full portrait of Joe Richardson, standing with both hands in his pockets, looking at the viewer. He is wearing a hat and a three-piece suit and tie. He stands in front of a lattice wall.
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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Portrait, Full
7 x 11 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
3195
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Arvella Vorbeck Leaning against Cannon
Temple, Arvella Vorbeck
Plaza Park (Ventura, Calif.)
Ordnance
Women--California--Portraits
Arvella Vorbeck leans on a cannon, one arm resting on the cannon, in Plaza Park in Ventura. She looks at the viewer. She is wearing a cloche hat and gloves and a dark colored outfit and pumps. Park surroundings visible in background.
Unknown
Temple-McFarland Collection, 1995
Museum of Ventura County
1928 February
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Portrait, Full
6.5 x 8.9 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
29151
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Adrian G. Wood
Wood, Adrian Gordon (Buddy), 1882-1971
Fishing
Men--California--Portraits
Full portrait of Adrian G. Wood (Buddy Wood) outdoors. He has a pipe in his mouth and wears a bucket hat and bib overalls. He appears to be ready do put on a jacket, and he also has what appears to be a freshly caught fish in one hand. A car is in the backgrond.
Unknown
Donated by: Mrs. Charles Neil Havens, November 1978
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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Portrait, Full
14 x 19 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
2341
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Wheeler's or Matilija Hot Springs
Wheeler Springs (inhabited place)
Hot springs
Swimmers
Women and men in regular clothing stand around the edges of a pool. A group of boys swims in the pool. Wooden walls/fences around the pool with numbered doors, possibly changing rooms. A sign on one of the wooden walls reads "Bathing Suits 25¢ Pay in Advance."
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
circa 1910
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Portrait, Group
14 x 14 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
1670
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Wheeler Springs (Calif.)
Mrs. Sanborn Millinery
Sanborn, Mary
Daly, Maude
Millinery
Millinery workers
Storefronts
Main Street (Ventura, Calif.)
Exterior view of Mrs. Sanborn Millinery with two women standing in front of the shop on the sidewalk. On the left is Maude Daly and on the right is Mary Sanborn. Both women have long sleeved blouses and long skirts. Maude wears a hat. Both women smile at the viewer. Shop windows and double door are decorated with lace curtains on the inside of the shop and there is a hat display in one of the windows. Shop name is on the glass of display window and on a sign running along the sidewalk.
Shop location was on the north side of Main Street between California and Oak Streets, just west of present day Hotel Ventura (2022).
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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25.4 x 20.3 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
1123
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Wedding of John Deidrich and Katie Sailer Group Photo
Weddings
Deidrich, John
Sailer, Katie
Sailer, Joseph, Jr.
Diedrich, Mary
Brucker, Selma
Diedrich, William
Group portrait of John Diedrich and Katie Sailer on the occasion of their wedding and their wedding party. Left to right: Joe Sailer (usher), Mary Diedrich (bridesmaid), Selma Brucker (maid of honor), William Deidrich (best man).
Unknown
Betty Staben Collection, 1988
Museum of Ventura County
1912-06-05
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Portrait, Group
12.6 x 17 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
15832
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Oxnard (Calif.)
Clyde and Kitty Wykoff
Wykoff, Clyde
Wykoff, Kitty
Pioneers--California--Ventura County
Full portrait of Clyde Wykoff and Kitty Wykoff, standing in an orchard in Nordhoff. They were Ventura County pioneers.
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
1896
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Portrait, Group
12.7 x 12.8 cm
Sepia photograph
English
Image
547
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ojai (Calif.)
Abigail Adams Historical Figure
Adams, Abigail, 1744-1818
Presidents' spouses--United States
Abigail Adams, wife of John Adams was known for her lively intelligence, for her wit and for her promotion of women’s rights. She read philosophy, poetry and politics. Abigail Adams was a great comfort to her husband as he shared his thoughts by letters during his many absences. Abigail was also mother of John Quincy Adams, the sixth President of the United States.<br /><br />This sculpture is part of American Revolution! George Stuart Historical Figures ® on display at the Museum of Ventura County 2021-2022. More on the figures at the <a href="https://www.galleryhistoricalfigures.com/group/us-patriots-and-founders">George S. Stuart Historical Figures, US Patriots and Founders webpage</a>.
Stuart, George S.
Accession No.: 1977-103.162
Museum of Ventura County
1960s-1970s
Historical Figures® by George S. Stuart
Images © copyright Peter d'Aprix & Dee Finning
Figure
English
Physical Object (Figure)
1977-103.162
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ojai (Calif.)
George Washington Historical Figure
Washington, George--1732-1799
Presidents--United States
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783
George Washington (c. 1775), received his early military training as an officer in the colonial militia and saw action in the French and Indian Wars. When the united colonies searched for a military leader, Washington was an easy choice. Named Commander in Chief of the Continental forces in 1775, he led the ragged army to a difficult victory with the aid of the French. <br /><br />Washington's military accomplishments and steady demeanor later led to his election as President. He and his wife Martha gave their adult lives to serving the colonies and the fledgling cause. The battle sword is now in the Smithsonian.<br /><br />This sculpture is part of American Revolution! George Stuart Historical Figures ® on display at the Museum of Ventura County 2021-2022. More on the figures at the <a href="https://www.galleryhistoricalfigures.com/group/us-patriots-and-founders">George S. Stuart Historical Figures, US Patriots and Founders webpage</a>.
Stuart, George S.
Accession No.: 1977-103.13
Museum of Ventura County
1960s-1970s
Historical Figures® by George S. Stuart
Images © copyright Peter d'Aprix & Dee Finning
Figure
English
Physical Object (Figure)
1977-103.13
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ojai (Calif.)
Benedict Arnold Historical Figure
Arnold, Benedict--1741-1801
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783
Benedict Arnold distinguished himself as a military leader in the Revolutionary War, but became bitter when others were promoted ahead of him despite his exemplary record. As commander of West Point in 1780, he planned to betray the fort to the British but the plot was discovered and Arnold spent the rest of his life in exile. <br /><br />He married socially prominent Peggy Shippen from Philadelphia, who long endured Arnold's life as traitor.<br /><br />This sculpture is part of American Revolution! George Stuart Historical Figures ® on display at the Museum of Ventura County 2021-2022. More on the figures at the <a href="https://www.galleryhistoricalfigures.com/group/us-patriots-and-founders">George S. Stuart Historical Figures, US Patriots and Founders webpage</a>.
Stuart, George S.
Accession No.: 1977-103.8
Museum of Ventura County
1960s-1970s
Historical Figures® by George S. Stuart
Images © copyright Peter d'Aprix & Dee Finning
Figure
English
Physical Object (Figure)
1977-103.8
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ojai (Calif.)
Dolley Madison Historical Figure
Madison, Dolley, 1768-1849
Presidents' spouses--United States
Raised as a Quaker, Dolly Paine left the sect to marry John Todd, was widowed, and then married James Madison in 1794. She was a gracious hostess at the White House for her husband and also President Jefferson. <br /><br />Legend credits Dolley Madison with saving the national treasures when British soldiers burned the Present’s House in the War of 1812. The Madisons later resided in their Montpelier home. The small case she holds is a snuff box.<br /><br />This sculpture is part of American Revolution! George Stuart Historical Figures ® on display at the Museum of Ventura County 2021-2022. More on the figures at the <a href="https://www.galleryhistoricalfigures.com/group/us-patriots-and-founders">George S. Stuart Historical Figures, US Patriots and Founders webpage</a>.
Stuart, George S.
Accession No.: 1977-103.164
Museum of Ventura County
1960s-1970s
Historical Figures® by George S. Stuart
Images © copyright Peter d'Aprix & Dee Finning
Figure
English
Physical Object (Figure)
1977-103.164
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ojai (Calif.)
Santa Paula Railroad Station
Railroad stations
A group of men, women, and children gather around the railroad tracks at the Santa Paula Railroad Station. In the background are large crowds of people on the train platform.
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
circa 1887
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12.2 x 14.7 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
1241
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Santa Paula (Calif.)
Employees at Work at Bill Baker's Bakery
Baker, William Cook, 1873-1942
Bill Baker's Ojai Bakery
Bakers
Carsner, Pat
Three men work at a large machine at Bill Baker's Ojai Bakery. The man on the left appears to be Bill Baker, then man in the center is unidentified, and the man on the right has "Pat Carsner" typed alongside him. The men wear white clothing, white aprons and white hats.
Unknown
1985
Museum of Ventura County
circa 1920s
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16 x 12.8 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
11706
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ojai (Calif.)
Three Fashionable Young Women
Young women--California--Portraits
Sanchez, Dominga
Rios, Mary Sanchez, 1912-2006
Guerrero, Concha
L-R: Dominga Sanchez, Mary Sanchez, and Concha Guerrero pose for an outdoor portrait on a sidewalk in front of a fenced yard. They are dressed fashionably in skirts or dresses and are all wearing open toed pumps. Dominga and Concha wear hats.
Unknown
Mary Sanchez Rios Collection, 1999
Museum of Ventura County
1942
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Portrait, Group
Black and white negative
English
Image
31763 NP
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Fillmore (Calif.)