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Gospel or Chapel Railroad Car
Chapel car packed full of travelling evangelists. A large group of people, including many children, gather in front of the chapel car. The chapel car has a sign advertising times for church services for children and Sunday meetings.

California Street facing pier
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.

Main and Oak Streets, Ventura, 1896
View of Main Street in Ventura from the corner of Main and Oak Streets facing west. Bank of Ventura on left side of photo and horses and carriages are parked on the street. Bottom of photo captioned "Main Street Ventura."

Home's Bakery and Lohn's Photograph Gallery
Front view of Home Bakery, Lohn's Photograph Gallery, and a millinery store, with three women and a little girl standing in front.

Main Street, Ventura, 1930
View of stores on Main Street in Ventura from the South side of the street between Palm and Oak Streets. Ventura Department Store and Chaffee's Shoes storefront signs are visible. Cars are parked in the street and people are visible on sidewalk.

Main Street Near Figueroa Street, Ventura, 1877
Men lined up along the sidewalk in front of businesses on Main Street near Figueroa Street in Ventura, south side. The Signal Newspaper office and Justice of the Peace Court were in these buildings. Typed writing near bottom left corner of photo…

Main Street, Ventura, 1875
View of Main Street, Ventura, looking west from the library. A horse and delivery wagon? are on the left side of photo and houses and business line Main Street, which is a dirt road.

Photo number 6129 has "Ventura 1875" printed along the bottom.

Panoramic group photo at Ventura gas plant
Group photograph of the Pacific Gasoline Company's Ventura plant. Their main office was in Los Angeles (700 Calif. Bank Bldg. Los Angeles, Cal.). Men are in front of some pipes out in a field near some buildings and equipment behind a sign.

Photograph taken before Ventura County Courthouse signage was changed to City hall
Photograph taken as the signage outside the Ventura County Courthouse was changed to indicate it was now the San Buenaventura City Hall. A group of people in hard hats hold the sign on the steps of the court house.

Main Street Looking West postcard
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 postcard
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…

Soper's Ranch House and Service Station Postcard
A car is pulled up to a service station pump. Above it is a sign reading "Fredricksburg Beer" on the left half and "Soper's Ranch Cafe & Cottages" on the right. A shack sits to the right of the pumping station with a sign on top that says "Cottages…

Oxnard Postcard
A view down a busy commercial street, possibly "A" Street, lined with mid-century cars. On the left side is a J.C. Penney's (visibly named) in yellow. The next buildings are brown with illegible signs, though at the further end there is a blue sign…

Smallest Post Office, Wheeler Springs postcard
Black and white photograph showing "U.S.A's Smallest Post Office" in Wheeler Springs, CA. The small building is surrounded by flowers, plants and trees.
[No publisher stated, B1041]

Drug Store, Stage Office, and Catholic Church, Camarillo postcard
View of a street lined with Camarillo businesses such as a mercantile company, drug store, and two cafes (one labeled Conejo Inn). An Associated Gasoline billboard is visible. St. Mary Magdalen, a Catholic church, is prominent in the background. Many…

United States Naval Air Missile Test Center, Point Mugu postcard
Guard booth at the entrance to United States Naval Air Missile Test Center, Point Magu. There is a guard/sentry station with two notices on the outside. One reads "Dim Lights for Sentry" an the other reads "REMEMBER What You SEE Here What You DO Here…

Railroad Crossing postcard
Photo postcard of a Railroad crossing, with a woman approaching it on the right of the photo. There are buildings, an open car, and a horse drawn wagon in the background. There is writing on the front of the postcard and it is addressed to Mrs.…

Bank of A. Levy
Exterior view of Bank of A. Levy from across the street. People and cars are visible.

Priest Speaks to a Crowd
An unidentified priest speaks to a large crowd from a podium draped with a U.S. flag in front of Lehmann & Waterman Office building in Oxnard. There are people sitting in the windowsills and leaning out of windows of the building's second floor.

Snowy Arbolada Entrance, Ojai
Arbolada residential community sign during a snowfall. The sign, street in foreground, and trees in the background are covered in snow. Sign is still legible.

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Polo Grounds, New York, 1912 World Series
Sepia photograph of the "Polo Grounds-NY." 1912 World Series game between the New York Giants and the Boston Red Sox. Baseball game in progress, stands full of spectators. Some of the surrounding area visible. Buildings visible. Signage visible in…

New Ventura Freeway, 1965
View looking west over the top of "El Caballo" (the Mission San Buenaventura settling tank) with the new Ventura Freeway in the background. Many business and buildings in view mid image.

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Las Quince Letras Cafe, Santa Paula
Exterior view of Las Quince Letras Cafe, a restaurant in Santa Paula owned an operated by the Diaz Family. Restaurant sign is clearly visible, flanked by Coca Cola advertising signs.

Entrance Sign To Gila Relocation Center
This image shows the road signage that marks the entrance to the Gila River Relocation Center, and internment camp for Japanese in Arizona during World War II.

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Inadomi Company Storefront
This image shows an exterior street view of the Inadomi Store. There is an International semi truck parked on the street in front. The Asahi Market can be seen in the background.
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