Exterior view of the buildings at the Oxnard Sugar Factory, showing a railroad track at the bottom right of the image. Smoke is coming out of some of the many smokestacks on the buildings.
Creator
Bain Studio
Date
No date
Format
Black and white photograph
15 x 10 cm
Subject
American Beet Sugar Company
Beet sugar industry
Coverage
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Oxnard (Calif.)
Publisher
Museum of Ventura County
Rights
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Oil steamer, W. L. Hardison, on fire at Ventura wharf. Black smoke fills the air above it.
Creator
Brewster, John Calvin
Date
1889
Format
19.7 x 11.2 cm
Black and white photograph
Subject
Steamboats
Ships--Fires and fire prevention
Wharves
Coverage
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Publisher
Museum of Ventura County
Rights
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Exterior distant view of the Oxnard Sugar Factory. Image shows a dirt road and what appears to be a railroad track in the foreground. There are also two figures standing in the foreground facing the factory. Factory buildings are in view, as well as part of a garden next to the building. Smoke billows from various smokestacks.
Creator
Brewster, John Calvin
Date
circa 1900
Format
19.6 x 11.5 cm
Black and white photograph
Subject
American Beet Sugar Company
Beet sugar industry
Coverage
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Oxnard (Calif.)
Publisher
Museum of Ventura County
Rights
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View of the Ventura Wharf from the shoreline, with one ship leaving and at least one ship docked.
[MacGregor, J.J., Ventura, Cal. Photo by J.C. Brewster. (Albertype Co., Brooklyn, N.Y.)]
Creator
Brewster, John Calvin
MacGregor, J. J.
Date
1906-02-06
Format
15 x 10 cm
Black and white postcard
Color postcard
Subject
Wharves--Ventura
Coverage
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Ojai (Calif.)
Publisher
Museum of Ventura County
Rights
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Bird's-eye view of the Ventura Pier and outlying buildings in flames. Thick smoke obscures most of the structures. Firefighters on the beach spray water upwards at the fire. Crowd of onlookers in foreground. Photograph originally published in the Ventura County Star newspaper.
Creator
Hennion, Tom R.
Date
1936 January
Format
Black and white photograph
24.9 x 14.1 cm
Subject
Fires--California--Ventura County
Fire fighters
Piers
Coverage
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Publisher
Museum of Ventura County
Rights
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American Beet Sugar Works building side exterior view, with train cars in foreground. Smoke pouring out of the smoke stacks visible.
Creator
Ramsey
Date
No date
Format
20.2 x 15.7 cm
Black and white photograph
Subject
American Beet Sugar Company
Freight cars
Coverage
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Oxnard (Calif.)
Relation
gp453
Publisher
Museum of Ventura County
Rights
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Dynamite blast for Southern Pacific Railroad tracks on Rincon. View from above of smoke and debris spewing from the side of a mountain or hillside.
Creator
Unknown
Date
No date
Format
17.8 x 11 cm
Black and white photograph
Subject
Railroad tracks--Design and construction
Explosives
Coverage
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Publisher
Museum of Ventura County
Rights
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Exterior view of the Saticoy Railroad Depot with a train coming into or leaving the station. Huge plumes of dark smoke come out of the train. Railroad tracks in foreground of image. Building across the tracks from the station visible on right of image.
Creator
Unknown
Date
1956
Format
17.8 x 13 cm
Black and white photograph
Subject
Railroad stations
Railroad trains
Coverage
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Saticoy (Calif.)
Publisher
Museum of Ventura County
Rights
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Group of men, possibly firefighters, examining rubble and debris following the Ojai Fire in 1917. Two men are holding a fire hose. Clouds of smoke obscure the background.
Creator
Unknown
Date
1917
Format
Black and white photograph
9.5 x 16 cm
Subject
Fires--California
Fire fighters
Coverage
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ojai (Calif.)
Relation
8704, 8705
Publisher
Museum of Ventura County
Rights
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