"Echo Point," W. J. Richardson Ranch
Moorpark (Calif.)--Views
Ranches
Birds-eye view of the W. J. Richardson Ranch in Moorpark. Barn, farmhouse, windmill and other structures visible. Hillside visible in the background.
Unknown
Gwendolyn Greene Collection, 1997
Museum of Ventura County
1901
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Sepia photograph
9 x 11 cm
English
Image
30907
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Moorpark (Calif.)
A Shady Nook, Sulphur Mt. Springs Near Santa Paula
Health Resorts--Sulphur Mountain Springs
Sulphur Mountain Springs
Color view overlooking Sulphur Mountain Springs and health resort situated on the riverbank. Resort is made up of several wooden buildings, with patio area supported by stilts, and a walkway down to the water. View taken from a trail, with trees partially obscuring the view.
Caption :A Shady Nook, Sulphur Mt. Springs Near Santa Paula, Ventura Co., Cal.
Verso:
Addressed to Miss Lottie G. Morehouse
R.F.W. #2 Box 34
Santa Barbara, California
Message describes the writer's trip to Sulphur Mountain Springs with persons Ralph and Mary Ellis.
[Brakey, J.R., Ventura, Cal. (C.T. American Art, Chicago), A-67983]
Brakey, J. R.
Museum of Ventura County
1919
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Color postcard
15 x 10 cm
English
Image
20193 PC
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Santa Paula (Calif.)
Aerial View of Five Points Park Area
Five Points Park (Ventura, Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)--Views
Aerial View of Five Points Park in Ventura, California. Shows Five Points Park Tract, El Camino Ranchos Tracts 1 and 2, the Ventura Mutual Homes Tract, and Jones Tract 1.
Holland- McCarthy Photography, Ventura
Museum of Ventura County
1954-10-09
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Aerial photograph
19.5 x 24 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
7806
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Aerial View of U.S. Route 101 in Downtown Ventura
Ventura (Calif.)--Aerial views
United States Highway 101 (Calif.)--Aerial views
Color aerial view of the downtown Ventura area, looking south. U.S. Route 101 is prominent in the image, running at a diagonal from the upper right corner to the center bottom of the image. Ventura Pier, Thompson Boulevard, Santa Clara Street, Main Street, and the South Pacific Railroad are also visible. Beaches and the Pacific Ocean are visible on the right side of the image.
Library records indicate that this image was displayed at People's Lumber office on Thompson Boulevard. A map of the area was glued to the verso of the photograph.
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
circa 1972
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Color photograph
Aerial photograph
55.3 x 58.2 cm
English
Image
15992
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Bird's Eye View of Oxnard Plain from Camarillo Heights
Oxnard (Calif.)--Views
Agriculture
Scenic view of the Oxnard Plain looking south from Camarillo Heights. Mainly agricultural fields in view along with a few scattered houses. Mountain rain spans across the middle of the image, with clouds making up the top half of image.
Miller, Jack
Jack Miller Collection, 1993
Museum of Ventura County
1938
Museum of Ventura County. All rights reserved.
17.5 x 12.7 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
26738
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Oxnard (Calif.)
Bird's Eye View of Ventura Coastline with Pier
Cityscapes
Ventura (Calif.)--Views
Bird's-eye view of Ventura and the coastline with the Ventura Pier in the background. Library records indicate that the view is from the southeast at Palm Street.
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
1935
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Black and white photograph
21.75 x 19.5 cm
English
Image
874
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Bird's-Eye View of Santa Paula, California
Santa Paula--Buildings--Houses
Photo postcard showing a birds-eye view of Santa Paula, taken from a somewhat elevated distance. Many individual buildings are visible. Mountains are in the background.
Caption: Bird's-eye View of Santa Paula, California.
[Albertype Co., Brookleyn, N.Y. "Postcards of Quality" (published for Cauche's Drug Store, Santa Paula, California)]
Albertype Co.
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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Black and white postcard
15 x 10 cm
English
Image
20225 PC
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Santa Paula (Calif.)
Canet House
Canet family
Two-story houses
Beaches
Coasts
View of houses adjacent to the coastline in Ventura. Canet house is on the right, other houses in the background on left. Coastline and beach in the foreground. Bottom of photo reads "Maison Canet Ventura sur mer."
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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Sepia photograph
14 x 8 cm
French
Image
441
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Channel Islands and Hueneme Harbors Aerial
Port Hueneme Harbor (Calif.)--Aerial views
Channel Islands Harbor (Calif.)--Aerial views
Aerial view of the Channel Islands and Hueneme Harbors and surrounding areas. Channel Islands Harbor on left, Hueneme Harbor on right.
Unknown
From <span style="text-decoration:underline;">Star Spangled Story of the Channel Islands Harbor</span> by J. Smalley, 1978.
Museum of Ventura County
1962-02-01
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Black and white photograph
12.5 x 18 cm
Aerial photograph
English
Image
11518
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Oxnard (Calif.)
Port Hueneme (Calif.)
Clouds After a Storm
Clouds
Sky
View of clouds after a storm. There is a break in the clouds in the upper center. Hills are visible in the distance.
Unknown
Gwendolyn Greene Collection, 1997
Museum of Ventura County
1901
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Sepia photograph
9.5 x 11.3 cm
English
Image
30913
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Cueva Valdez, Santa Cruz Island
Caves
Landforms
Santa Cruz Island (Calif.)--Views
View of a sailboat in the ocean as seen through a natural archway at Cueva Valdez on Santa Cruz Island. Image is framed by the arch.
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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Black and white photograph
9.6 x 7.7 cm
English
Image
649
California
Santa Barbara County (Calif.)
Santa Cruz Island (Calif.)
Easter Sunrise Service at Cross on the Hill
Crosses
Religious gatherings
Exterior group photo facing southwest. A group of people attending the Easter sunrise church service at the Cross on the Hill. A small group of clergy members can be seen standing closest to the cross, while the rest of the congregation is circled around. The Ventura landscape can be seen in the distance.
Unknown
1992
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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Black and white negative
English
Image
25356 NP
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Enterprise on Cochran & Stowe Streets, Simi
Cochran Street (Simi Valley, Calif.)
Stowe Street (Simi Valley, Calif.)
Simi Valley (Calif.)--Views
Aerial view of structures on Cochran and Stowe Streets in Simi. Parking lot, bridge, freeway with exit, and additional structures visible around development.
Unknown
Simi Valley Historical Society
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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Black and white photograph
20.5 x 25.5 cm
Aerial photograph
English
Image
11143
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Simi Valley (Calif.)
Flooded Landscape Panorama
Rancho Guadalasca (Calif.)--Views
Floods
Panoramic view of a flooded landscape. Telephone lines and a small building are partially submerged in the water. Hills and mountains are visible in the distance.
Pfeiler, Robert
Robert Pfeiler Collection, 2003
Museum of Ventura County
1943 October
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Black and white negative
Panorama
English
Image
34816 NP
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Greetings From Ventura, Cal.
Trees--Palm
Ventura--Views--Circa 1900
The card is titled "Greetings From Ventura, Cal." There is a montage of small overlapping images of Ventura with captions: "Bean Industry," "San Buena Ventura Mission Founded A.D. 1782," "Town of Ventura," "Beach Scene Ventura" and "Date Palms Planted A.D. 1782." The card has an area in the lower right for the sender to write a message to the recipient. One of the card images shown here has no handwriting on it. The other card has a message written to "My dear daughter Dora" and is signed "Papa."
[Mitchell, Edward H., San Francisco (Private Mailing Card Authorized by Act of Congress, May 19, 1898)]
Mitchell, Edward H.
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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Black and white postcard
15 x 10 cm
English
Image
20120 PC
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Irrigation Pipe - Zone Mutual Water Co.'s Well #5
Water-pipes
Wells
Bard, Richard, 1892-1969
Men--California--Portraits
Irrigation pipe - Zone Mutual Water Co.'s Well #5. Drilled by S. F. Catey. Group photo of four men sitting on the pipe while water comes pouring out. Richard Bard is the man on the left.
The Arnolds
Museum of Ventura County
1925-08-31
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Portrait, Group
24 x 19.5 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
2347
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Somis (Calif.)
Lane of Trees at Camarillo Ranch
Camarillo Ranch (Camarillo, Calif.)
Trees
Dirt roads
An view of a lane of trees on Camarillo Ranch. Portions of buildings can be seen behind the trees.
Quote associated with this negative explains, "Often the dining room would not accommodate its many guests. A string of tables would be set up down this lane of trees and they would dine outside here."
Unknown
1994
Museum of Ventura County
1980
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9 x 13 cm
Black and white negative
English
Image
27136 NP
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Camarillo (Calif.)
Limoneira in Santa Paula
Orchards
Lemon trees
Views
Limoneira Company in Santa Paula, California. A panorama of a lemon orchard and a large pool of water. A man stands by the water's edge.
Text in the bottom left corner reads, "One of the California Wonders / Limoneira - Santa Paula / A six hundred acre lemon orchard."
Text in bottom right corner reads, "Photograph #697 / S. U. Bunnell / (illegible) / Pasadena."
Bunnell, Schuyler U.
1992
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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Panorama
20.3 x 122 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
25445 OS
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Santa Paula (Calif.)
Oil Fields in Upper Ojai, Morey Farm
Ojai (Calif.)--Views
Oil fields
View of the oil region of Upper Ojai, with oil wells visible throughout the view. Shows Morey Farm Grove and the home of Captain W. H. H. Hall in center background. Wooden structure visible in the foreground. This region is one of the first oil fields discovered by Thomas Bard.
Unknown
2016
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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26 x 21.5 cm
Sepia photograph
English
Image
40926
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ojai (Calif.)
Overlooking Castaic Creek, "Ridge Route", Los Angeles to Bakersfield, California
Los Angeles County--Roads--Ridge Route
Bird's eye view of a winding road along a hill or mountainside, a car driving away from the viewer partially obscured by a bend in the road. Mountains in the background, left. Top left of image reads "Overlooking Castaic Creek, "Ridge Route", Los Angeles to Bakersfield, California."
[Western Pub. & Novelty Co., Pub., Los Angeles, California, Photo by Theo Sohmer, R-5]
Sohmer, Theo
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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15 x 10 cm
Color postcard
English
Image
23400 PC
California
Los Angeles County (Calif.)
Ojai (Calif.)
Panorama of Port Hueneme Harbor
Harbors
Port Hueneme Harbor (Calif.)
A panoramic view of Port Hueneme Harbor showing a portion of the beach and boats on the water.
Bernie's Photo Shop
Isensee Family Collection, 1992
Museum of Ventura County
1940-07-06
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Panorama
25 x 129 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
25433 OS
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Port Hueneme (Calif.)
Pier and Coastline view, San Buenaventura
Waterfronts
Panorama
Ventura (Calif.)--Views
Piers
A panoramic view of the Ventura pier and coastline, boardwalk, rail line, wooden buildings, a ship is in the ocean. There is a handwritten note in the top right corner "Photo made before --- fill --- of -- beach before --- of 1914"
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
1880 or 1910
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Black and white photograph
35.3 x 13.25 cm
English
Image
872
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Railroad Trestle Bridge across Devil's Gulch
Trestles
Railroads
Oak View (Calif.)--Views
Distant view of railroad trestle bridge across Devil's Gulch on Ojai branch line. This was highest trestle in southern California from Grade Road, Ventura to Ojai.
Unknown
C. L. Hardison album, 1988
Museum of Ventura County
1899
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15.3 x 12.5 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
14341
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Oak View (Calif.)
Rancho Guadalasca
Agriculture
Rancho Guadalasca (Calif.)
View from a hilltop of planted fields at Rancho Guadalasca. Image combines with PN 34784 NP to create one continuous view.
Pfeiler, Robert
Robert Pfeiler Collection, 2003
Museum of Ventura County
1943 October
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34784 NP
Black and white negative
English
Image
34785 NP
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Rancho Guadalasca Panorama
Rancho Guadalasca (Calif.)--Views
An aerial or long distance view of Rancho Guadalasca. Shows agricultural fields and hills. A directional sign is attached to the image in the lower left side.
Pfeiler, Robert
Robert Pfeiler Collection, 2003
Museum of Ventura County
1943 October
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Black and white negative
Panorama
English
Image
34804 NP
California
Ventura County (Calif.)