Ventura Senior High School and Students
Ventura High School (Ventura, Calif.)
Ventura Junior College (Ventura, Calif.)
Classes (Groups of Students)
Group photo of Ventura Senior High School and Junior College students. The school buildings can be seen in the background. Museum records indicate this is a copy of two other photos.
Unknown
Dorothy Arrellanes Collection, 1990
Museum of Ventura County
1940-11-27
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Panorama
25.1 x 91 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
18303 OS
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Ventura Junior High Class Photo, 1931
Classes (Groups of students)
School children--Photographs
Zapf, Ruth Ventura
Callahan, Adah
Ventura Junior High School
Ventura Junior High School class photo, showing girl students. Ruth Ventura Zapf is in front row, third from left. Adah Callahan is in front row, second from right.
A building at the Ventura County Fairgrounds was named for Callahan.
Unknown
Inez Shakman & Lynda Minister Tremaine Collection, 1994
Museum of Ventura County
circa 1931
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Black and white negative
Portrait, Group
Portrait, Full
English
Image
27955 NP
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Ventura High School, Class of 1905 and 1906
High school students
Teachers
Ventura High School
Group photo, Ventura High School Class of 1905 and 1906. Students and teachers sit and stand on concrete steps leading up to the building's front door, most likely Ventura High School. Some students and teachers in the photo are numbered, but not identified by number; the following names are provided:
Gird Percy
Virgil Reedy
Robert M. Sheridan
Frank Orr
James Roth
Bertha Bell
Mabel Hooker (2nd from right; next to Miss Younglove)
Gertrude Bailey
Ella Fraser
Van Pattern (teacher)
Nora Hund
Bertha Stahl
Eva Rasmussen
Grace Reedy
Miss Younglove (teacher)
Tom Snell
Myrtle McIntyre
Blanche Thurmond
Holton, Harry
Museum of Ventura County
1905
1906
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Portrait, Group
23 x 18 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
771
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Ventura High School and Junior College Students and Faculty, 1932
High school students
Junior college students
Teachers
Ventura High School (Ventura, Calif.)
Ventura Junior College (Ventura, Calif.)
Outdoor group photograph of students and faculty captioned "Ventura Senior High School and Junior College March 2, 1932, Ventura California." Students and faculty are in seven rows, some sitting and some standing. Black and white inset photo of school which depicts the school and surrounding area with houses near school visible. "Property of Chas. Daly - Superintendent of Transportation VUSD."
Unknown
2005
Museum of Ventura County
1932-03-02
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Panorama
108.7 x 20.3 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
37033 OS
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Teresa Ordoñez as a Child
Ordoñez, Teresa
Schoolgirls
Classes (Groups of children)
Teresa Ordoñez, seated, front row left. She appears to be in a classroom along with several other girls sitting on benches or standing, possibly a class photo. A teacher stands at a chalkboard on the right of the image, and the chalkboard reads "Segundo Año, 1908", which translates to "Second Grade, 1908." The location is unknown. There are a couple of globes visible and large round maps of world on wall in background. Teresa later married Trinidad Ordoñez.
Unknown
Ricardo Ordoñez Collection, 1999
Museum of Ventura County
1908
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Black and white negative
Spanish
Image
31571 NP
California
St. Catherine's High School Class of 1933-34
Hoffman, Katherine Louise, 1919-1999
St. Catherine's High School (Ventura, Calif.)
Classes (Groups of Students)
Group portrait of St. Catherine's High School Class of 1933-34. (Left to Right, Standing): Katherine Hoffman, Rita Mae McGraf, Mary Ida Daly, Betty Lou Bonstell [possibly Bonestel], Eleanor Lagomarsino and Janice Daly. (Left to Right, Seated): Catherine King, Jane Walsh, Pat Hammons, Betty Cousins, Kathleen Traylor, Mary Lagomarsino, Betty De Serpa and Elaine Brown. The names are written on the verso.
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
1934
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Portrait, Group
12.5 x 18 cm
Black and white negative
English
Image
4691
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Somis School
Somis School
School children
Horses
Photo of Somis School from a distance, full building is in view as well as a tall flag pole with a United States flag flying. Children and horses are in view along a fence that appears to surround the school grounds. Writing on photo: "For Artie, first school you attended."
Garden City Photo Co. (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Museum of Ventura County
circa 1900
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1256
22 x 29.5 cm
Sepia photograph
English
Image
1258
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Somis (Calif.)
Somis School
Somis School
Classes (Groups of students)
School children
A group of children and a dog stand in front of Somis School, established 1895, which stands prominently in the background. An adult, possibly the teacher, stands at the steps to the school. A sign on the school reads "Somis School 1895." Writing on photo: "First school Artie attended."
Garden City Photo Co. (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Museum of Ventura County
circa 1900
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1258
Portrait, Group
27 x 23 cm
Sepia photograph
English
Image
1256
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Somis (Calif.)
Santa Paula School
School children
Rural schools
Oval portrait of students in front of Santa Paula School, which appears to be a one-room school building. J. B. Alvord, teacher. All the boys appear to be wearing hats and the girls are in long dresses. A person is standing in the doorway and there is a person on horseback off to the left of camera.
Fell photo
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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Portrait, Group
16.7 x 11 cm
Sepia photograph
English
Image
1521
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Santa Paula (Calif.)
Santa Paula North Grammar School
McKevett School (Santa Paula, Calif.)
Students
Teachers
Classes (Groups of students)
School children
Panorama group photo of the students and staff of the Santa Paula North Grammar School, including Principal Elsie S. Miller and Superintendent Charles D. Jones.
Sources from the city of Santa Paula and the Santa Paula Unified School District indicate that Santa Paula North Grammar School is now known as McKevett School.
Shrout Photo, Long Beach (Calif.)
1992
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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Panorama
Group Portrait
14.5 x 104 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
25450 OS
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Santa Paula (Calif.)
Santa Paula High School Group Photo, 1908-1909
Santa Paula High School
High school students
Classes (Groups of students)
Group photo taken of a large group of students sitting at their desks inside a classroom at Santa Paula High School. Students are facing the viewer. Most of the male students wear jackets and ties. Some teachers can be seen at the back of the class.
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
1908-1909
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Portrait, Group
23.8 x 18.5 cm
Sepia photograph
English
Image
3763
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Santa Paula (Calif.)
Rehearsal for "A Chorus Line", Buena High School
Lee, Greg
High school students
Musicals
Buena High School (Ventura, Calif.)
Buena High School rehearsal of "A Chorus Line" with drama teacher Greg Lee directing. Lee stands in front of a line of students on a stage and appears to be giving direction read from a small piece of paper he holds in one hand. Some students wear dance clothes and shoes. Star-Free Press taken 26 July 1988, published 21 Aug. 1988.
Sayer, Victoria
Ventura County Star-Free Press, 1988
Museum of Ventura County
1988-07-26
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18 x 12.7 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
15446
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Original Timber School in Conejo Valley
Timber School
Classes (Groups of students)
Conejo Valley (Calif.)
Groups of children stand outside of the original Timber School building, built in 1889. The school has a bell tower, a front stoop beneath it. One group of children sit in a horse-drawn wagon with a child sitting on the horse.
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
circa 1890
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25 x 20 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
1527
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Thousand Oaks (Calif.)
Ocean View School Group Photo
Oxnard Ocean View School
School children
Group photo of children and teachers (?) in front of Ocean View School, located at Olds and Hueneme Roads. Girls are dressed in long dresses and boys are wearing suits and hats.
Unknown
Robert Naumann Collection, 1985
Museum of Ventura County
circa 1900
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Portrait, Group
12.8 x 16.3 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
11246
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Oxnard (Calif.)
May Henning School Students and Teachers
May Henning School (Ventura, Calif.)
School children
Teachers
Classes (Groups of students)
Sepia toned panoramic group photo of the students and staff of the May Henning School, built in 1928. Students and teachers sit and stand in front of the school, school building visible behind them. Photograph appears to have been folded at some point.
Shrout Photo (Long Beach, Calif.)
2017
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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Portrait, Group
Sepia photograph
English
Image
41404 OS
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
May Henning Grammar School Class Picture
May Henning School (Ventura, Calif.)
Students
Teachers
Classes (Groups of students)
Group photo of a grammar school class at the May Henning Grammar School with teacher, May Henning.
Unknown
1992
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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25176
25178
25179
25180
25181
25183
25184
25185
25186
25187
25188
25189
25190
Portraits, Group
12.8 x 18 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
25177
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Max Riave and Kristen Witherspoon
Riave, Max, 1894-1982
Flag Day
Witherspoon, Kristen
Snapshot of Max Riave holding a small American flag while interacting with Kristen Witherspoon, a third grader at Pleasant Valley School on Flag Day. Max is an older man wearing black rimmed glasses, a light colored suit and striped tie. Kristen has blond pig-tail braids and is wearing a v-neck t-shirt. Various classroom posters can be seen in the background. The following is printed on the photograph: Pleasant Valley School Flag Day, Charter Monarrh (?) Max Riave April 1980.
Unknown
Kandy Riave Hutman Collection, 1994
Museum of Ventura County
1980 April
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16.3 x 19.1 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
28133
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Camarillo (Calif.)
Kennard's Business College Graduating Class, 1893
Portraits, Group--California--Ventura County
Kennard Business College (Ventura, Calif.)
Group portrait of Kennard's Business College Graduating Class of 1893. The back row is composed of two young women, one older man and a young man (all standing); the front row shows two young men and two young women all seated. Four of the young women are wearing white dress with lace around the neck lines, one is in a darker plaid dress. The young men are all wearing three piece suits as is the older gentleman. The young men and women all appear to be holding rolled up papers which are presumably diplomas.
Museum records indicate the following, although it is not clear who each name belongs to: "Professor Kennard second from left. Leila Joy; K; Bill C___; Frank Meyers, Della Hoppin, sitting, Robinson, Ella Bell, Obiols, Geo. Dal."
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
1893
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Portrait, Group
Black and white photograph
English
Image
5352
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Japanese Club of Oxnard Union High School, 1941
Japanese Americans
Oxnard Union High School
High school students
Clubs
This image is a group photo of the members of the 1941 Japanese Club of Oxnard Union High School as it appears on page 41 of the Cardinal and Gold Yearbook.
Fourth row (l-r): Helen Sakada, Simi Yanaginuma, Midori Otsuki, Yoshiko Inouye, Fukiko Tokuyama, Fusako Toyohara, Masae Yoshida, Frances Yanaginuma.
Third row (l-r): Takeshi Yamada, Yoshiye Fujita, Kidue Tagami, Hideko Inouye, Hamako Mayeda, Miki Matsumiya, Masami Moriwaki, Fumiko Oka, Yoshiko Obana, Miyoko Otsuki.
Second row (l-r): Kimiko Kodani, Suzuko Nakai, Kiyoko Sakoi, Katsumi Mano.
First row (l-r): Miss Jeanette Armstrong, Tsuruko Sakoi, Denko Yanaginuma, Shika Takasugi, Masako Moriwaki, Kameno Kunitake.
Unknown
Moriwaki Family Collection, 1994
Museum of Ventura County
1941
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Portrait, Group
20.3 x 25.4 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
27429
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Oxnard (Calif.)
High School, Ventura, Cal.
Schools--Ventura--Ventura High School
One of Ventura's early high school buildings is depicted. Three-quarter view of the three-story structure. There are two-story high arched entries on both visible sides with covered porches over them at the third level. Two chimneys are visible. Several people are sitting on the steps of one entrance with two people standing nearby. Two bicycles are parked next to the building. A building, a small tank and a utility pole are visible in the right hand section of the image. A hillside is in the background.
Verso: Message addressed to Merrill C. Allyn from someone called Harry. Harry provides instructions for "Mama" to reach him by mail and announces his role as President of the senior class at Ventura Union High School. Postmarked February 6, 1911.
[Pacific Novelty Co. of San Francisco, Calif., 713 and 234639Pacific Novelty Co. of San Francisco, Calif., 713 and 234639]
Pacific Novelty Co.
Museum of Ventura County
1911
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Black and white postcard
15 x 10 cm
English
Image
20173 PC
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Group Photo, Buena High School Honors Awards Ceremony
Buena High School (Ventura, Calif.)
High school students
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 top of the sign, and the rest of the sign is obscured by Jimmy. Star-Free Press taken 15 June 1987, published 16 June 1987.
Phelps, Gary
Ventura County Star-Free Press, 1987
Museum of Ventura County
1987-06-16
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18 x 13.8 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
13902
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Gila River Internees, 1944
Japanese Americans
Gila River Relocation Center
Arizona
This image shows young male and female internees preparing to depart from the Gila River Relocation Center in Arizona to work or to study in the Eastern part of the U.S.
Unknown
Helen Yamamoto Collection, 1995
Museum of Ventura County
1944
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Black and white negative
English
Image
28235 NP
Face Painting on Freshman Day
High school students--Photographs
Ventura High School
View of a male upperclassman at Ventura High School applying markings to the face of younger male student for Freshman Day. Younger student wearing glasses and headband. Upperclassman wearing a class ring.
Unknown
2006
Museum of Ventura County
1940 October
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Black and white photograph
11.6 x 8.3 cm
English
Image
37295
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
ESL Class at the Gila River Relocation Center
English language
Gila River Relocation Center
Internment of Japanese Americans, 1942-1945
Arizona
This image shows an interior group portrait of adult learners attending an ESL (English as a second language) class at the Gila River Relocation Center.
Unknown
Helen Yamamoto Collection, 1995
Museum of Ventura County
1944
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20.3 x 25.4 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
28233
Edith Barnes Graduation Photo
High school graduates
Edith Barnes, Ventura High School graduation full portrait.
Edwards and Brownell Photo
Museum of Ventura County
1898-07-07
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Portrait, Full
8 x 11 in
Black and white photograph
English
Image
104
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)