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5th Street, Oxnard
Image taken from the B Street intersection looking northeast at 5th Street. Bank of A. Levy, Lehmann Bros., and Post Office visible on the left of the image. 1920's style parked cars lining the front of the buildings. Woman walking in front of the…
A. Norman Blacksmith Shop
Exterior view of "A. Norman Blacksmithing", a blacksmith shop owned by Arthur Norman. Street corner and side of shop is visible. The shop was at the corner of Oak and Santa Clara Streets, 403 Oak St., in Ventura. Signs on building also read…
Avenue Drug Store
Exterior view of the Avenue Drug Store. Car parked on sidewalk by building. Drugstore and Coca-Cola signs visible on front of building.
Note with photograph: "This was my father's Drug store from about 1910-1960. His name was John H. McClaran. I…
Note with photograph: "This was my father's Drug store from about 1910-1960. His name was John H. McClaran. I…
Bank of A. Levy
Exterior view of Bank of A. Levy from across the street. People and cars are visible.
Bank of America Building, 1940s
Exterior view of the Bank of America building at the corner of Main and California Streets in Ventura, CA. The building is four stories tall and has a fire escape visible on the California Street side. There are cars lined up on both streets and…
Bob Stuarts Ventura Toys Storefront
Nighttime exterior view of Bob Stuarts Ventura Toys store located in the 200 block of E. Main Street. Products visible through windows. Store signage is illuminated. Parking meters along sidewalk.
Bolyard & Son Studebaker/Jeep Agency
Street scene of Main Street and Seaward Avenue showing the Bolyard & Son Studebaker and Jeep Agency. Row of cars parked on street outside of agency. Other businesses in background.
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.
Cañada Larga Bridge, 1899
View of the Cañada Larga Bridge from the banks below after it was newly built in 1899. Signs for Chaffee's, possibly a clothing store, visible in the image. Museum records indicate: "Cañada Larga new structure built in 1899 - rubble masonry abutments…
Channel Islands Harbor, Oxnard, California
Three landscapes surrounded by yellow border. Descriptions moving clockwise from upper left. Upper left photograph shows a street with houses and a lighthouse. In foreground, Oxnard sign in the middle of the street on a dividing strip. Right…
Children Under FSA Camp Sign, El Rio
Group of five boys seated in a circle under the sign at the entrance to the Farm Security Administration (FSA) Camp in El Rio. Trees and tents visible in the background.
Sign reads, "U. S. Department of Agriculture // Farm Security Administration…
Sign reads, "U. S. Department of Agriculture // Farm Security Administration…
Colonia Hotel
Exterior view of Colonia Hotel taken from across the street. It is a two story structure with a long porch and balcony on top of the porch running along the entire front of the building. There are many signs visible advertising various businesses,…
Continental Oil Company, San Miguelito Oil Field
View of San Miguelito Oil Field, with a Continetal Oil Company sign at the entrance. There is a railroad track in the foreground, oil tanks and equipment visible, and a hillside dotted with oil derricks along in the background. A Conoco motor oil…
Drug Store, Stage Office, and Catholic Church, Camarillo
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…
Eddie Gonzales at Rivcom Protest
Eddie Gonzales holding sign for Rivcom [Rancho Sespe] protest at the Ventura County Government Center. Gonzales is two years old in photo. Other protesters visible in background. Gonzales' sign reads "I need water to grow." Ventura County Star-Free…
Entrance Sign for 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.
Entrance to Steckel Park, Santa Paula, Cal.
View of the entrance to Steckel Park. Shows rough, rock walls bordering the entrance. Trees and hills in background. Sign reading "Steckel Park" on one side of the entrance.
[No publisher stated; EKKP in stamp area, 71136]
[No publisher stated; EKKP in stamp area, 71136]
Freight Train Stopped on Tracks
Image of freight train cars stopped in front of buildings. Container on the right has "Chicago and North Western" and "Route of the 400 and the Streamliners" written on the side. Building in the background has logo for Sunkist. A set of tracks in…
Front of Point Mugu Store After 1939 Storm
View of a heavily damaged clapboard sided wooden building after a storm in 1939. The word "Store," in capital letters, is on a sign over the front entrance. One end of the building appears to be collapsing and many of the windows are broken. Frank…
Genoveva Spring At Wheeler's
This view depicts four women and a man seated on rocks near a creek. Another man is standing next to them. An advertising message for "Genoveva Cold Mineral Water" appears to have been painted on a flat rock located between the women. Other rocks to…
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.
Grocery Store and Gas Station
Exterior view of a grocery store and gas station on old State Route 2, now US 101. Highway visible in foreground. Lot around store and gas station unpaved. A car is parked on the left of the image. Store advertises "Day old bread, cigarettes, drinks,…
Group Photo at Pacific Gasoline Company
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.
Group Photo, Buena High School Honors Awards Ceremony
Group photo of Jimmy Lefkowitz, center, with two unidentified female students in front of a Buena High School Bulldogs marquee
at an Honors Awards Ceremony. The group share big smiles with the viewer. Marquee reads "Academic Awards Night" at the…
at an Honors Awards Ceremony. The group share big smiles with the viewer. Marquee reads "Academic Awards Night" at the…
H. G. Bennison's Blacksmith Shop
H. G. Bennison's Blacksmith Shop in Santa Paula in 1911. Two men stand in the open door. Many signs and advertisements Shop located on southwest corner of 10th and Main Streets. Much of Bennison's work was repairing wagons and shoeing horses for oil…