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Ventura Avenue, 1880
Bird's eye view of Ventura Avenue, looking north from Main Street. Tico Adobe is pictured on viewer's left foreground. A horse drawn cart are on a dirt road. Fields, trees and houses line the road.

Ventura Oil Field and Ventura Ave. Panorama
Panoramic bird's eye view of Ventura Oil Field and Ventura Avenue.

Adobe on site of Hill School
The "House of the Angel," an adobe on the site of the Hill School, distant view. The first Republican Club also met in the adobe according to the caption attached to photo. Image also shows a dirt road running in front of the adobe along the hill and…

Avenue Oil Field
Bird's eye view of Avenue Oil Field, writing on photograph states: Petroleum Securities Lease Avenue Oil Field. Photo taken from hill at Gosnell Bend on Ventura Avenue.

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View of Ventura Avenue in 1914
A view of Ventura Avenue in 1914 prior to the boom.

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Aerial View of Ventura, 1947
Vertical aerial view of Ventura downtown and the Avenue area.

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Apricot Pickers on the Staire Ranch
Group photo of apricot pickers, men, women, and children, on the Staire Ranch standing in front of a pitting shed. Staire Ranch was on Ventura Avenue. On the right, the woman with dirty apron, hand to head, is Muriel C. Eells. Man in dark coveralls…

Ventura Avenue, 1905
Bird's eye view of Ventura Avenue in Ventura, CA. View is looking north from Park Row according to library records. Several houses and small neighborhoods visible, as well as mountains in the background. Ventura Avenue runs along the middle of the…

Cañada Larga Bridge
View of Cañada Larga Bridge, a small wooden bridge, Ventura Avenue, prior to 1899. Ventura Avenue is a winding dirt road.

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…

George Gilbert Home on Ventura Avenue
Exterior view of the George Gilbert home, a two-story home with a porch and balcony above the porch. View is from outside the front fence. People, presumably the Gilbert family stand on the balcony. On the porch, a girl is seated at a melodeon next…

Canet Apricot Drying Camp
Group photo of eight men at work drying apricots on Canet Ranch on "The Avenue" in Ventura. The Avenue refers to Ventura Ave. Five men sit in front of a shed, while stand near apricot drying trays. Some trays are stacked and others are laid out for…

Ventura Avenue, Circa 1900
Bird's eye view of Ventura Avenue, running along the center of the image. The Avenue has one or two buildings visible. Mountains visible in the background. According to library records: "Above Gosnell house where oil
wells are. Old Notten house -…

Ventura Oil Fields postcard
A view of a wooden derrick in the Ventura Avenue oil field. Smoke or dust cloud by building in front of the derrick. Other buildings, an automobile, tanks and two other wooden derricks in the background.

[MacGregor Bros., Ventura, Cal. (Postcards…

Ventura Avenue Ice Plant
One large building with smaller sized buildings attached. Men standing in front of the building. One man is on a horse. Powerline in view. Vegetation in the foreground.

Ventura Avenue, looking North
A view of Ventura Avenue as a dirt road, looking north. On the left side of the street is a tree-lined fence. A woman and young child are standing on the edge of the road. The site of Avenue School is on the left, out of view. In the background of…

Survey of Lots 1 and 2, Valley Center Tract
Map of Lots 1 and 2 Valley Center Tract as recorded in Book 20 Miscellaneous page 46 showing Survey for C. E. Nunemaker. Shows portions of Ventura Avenue and Ranch Road.

Survey of Subdivision A, Rancho Santa Ana
Map of part of Subdivision A, Rancho Santa Ana, Ventura County, Calif. Showing Survey made for Ray G. Barnard and Clifford L. Smith. Shows portions of Ventura Avenue, Spring Street, County Road, Creek Road, the Robinson, Fawcett & Dean Subdivision,…

Ventura County Coastal Area Aerial Photo
Vertical aerial photograph showing the downtown Ventura area. The Pacific Ocean is on the left side of the photograph. The Ventura Pier, a sports field, Main Street, and Ventura Avenue are all visible. 1 photo of a group of 36 photos.

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Ventura County Coastal Area Aerial Photo
Vertical aerial photograph showing the downtown Ventura area. The Pacific Ocean is on the left side of the photograph. The Ventura Pier, a sports field, Main Street, and Ventura Avenue are all visible. Photo 2 of a group of 36 photos.

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Survey of Part of Rancho Ex Mission Tract 1
Map of survey of part of Rancho Ex-Mission Tract No. 1 made for Mrs. Augusta Rodriquez. Shows Park Row Tract, Dubbers Tract and Fix Tract. Shows portions of Ventura Avenue, Park Row Avenue, Olive Street, and Garden Place. Shows properties belonging…

Ventura County Coastal Area Aerial Photo
Vertical aerial photograph showing the downtown Ventura area. The Pacific Ocean is in the lower left corner of the photograph. The Ventura Pier, a sports field, Main Street, and Ventura Avenue are all visible. Photo 5 of a group of 36…

Ventura County Coastal Area Aerial Photo
Aerial photograph showing downtown and central Ventura. The Pacific Ocean is on the lower left of the photograph. The Ventura Pier, a sports field, Main Street, and Ventura Avenue are all visible. Photo 6 of a group of 36 photos.

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Canet Company Survey, Rancho Canada Larga
Map showing survey of a part of the Southerly boundary line of lands of the Canet Company as per Book 148 of Deeds at page 63. Part of Lot 11, Tract C, Rancho Canada Larga. Shows portions of Ventura Avenue and Canada Larga Road. Shows lands belonging…

Survey of Lots 7, 8, 9 Simpson Tract, City of San Buenaventura
Map showing survey of Lots 7, 8, and 9 of Simpson Tract, City of San Buenaventura. Made for Emilio Lagomarsino. Shows portions of Prospect Street, Center Street, Simpson Street, the west line of Ventura Avenue, and the east line of Olive Street. Also…
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