Maria Rafaela Francisca Romona Cota de Ruiz
de Ruiz, Maria Rafaela Francisca Romona Cota, 1838-1905
Oval portrait bust of Maria Rafaela Francisca Romona Cota de Ruiz in a black Artistic Portraits frame. Born October 25 1838 in Santa Barbara; married 1859; died June 14, 1905.
A. H. Slade
Alice Ruiz Collection, 1997
Museum of Ventura County
circa 1870s
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30373 NP
Portrait, Bust
Black and white negative
English
Image
30375 NP
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Santa Barbara (Calif.)
Marion Berry, Arvella Vorbeck Temple, Bonita Vorbeck Group Photo
Festivals
Costume
Group photo of (l-r) Marion Berry, Arvella Vorbeck Temple, Bonita Vorbeck, posed in fiesta dress in Santa Barbara. They wear Spanish style dresses and accessories. They appear to be standing on a sidewalk next to a building. Name on bottom left corner is Jessie Tarbox Beals, possibly the photographer.
Beals, Jessie Tarbox
Temple-McFarland Collection, 1995
Museum of Ventura County
1931 August
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Group Portrait
19 x 23.8 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
28451
California
Santa Barbara County (Calif.)
Santa Barbara (Calif.)
Basketmakers and Little Girl on Mission Steps
Chumash women
Chumash Indians
Indian basket makers
Two Chumash women basket makers pose in the sun on the San Buenaventura Mission steps. Between them sits a little girl. Left to right: Apolonia Guzman, Soraida Garcia, Petra. The women are smiling at the camera. Bottom of photo reads "In the Sun."
Brewster, John Calvin
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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301
25 x 17 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
1014
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Chumash Basketmakers and Little Girl on Mission Steps
Chumash women
Chumash Indians
Indian basket makers
Two Chumash women basket makers and a little girl on the San Buenaventura Mission steps. One woman is visible from the side only and the other is smiling at the camera. Photograph identifies them on a caption at the bottom of photo reading: "Standing--Petra; Sitting Apolonia Guzman; Little Girl--Soraida Garcia."
Brewster, John Calvin
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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1014
16 x 11.9 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
301
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Maria Martina Cota Ruiz and Rafaela Francisca Romona Cota Ruiz
Ruiz, Rafaela Francisca Romona Cota, 1838-1905
Ruiz, Maria Martina Cota
Sisters
Full portrait of Maria Martina Cota Ruiz seated to the left of her standing sister Rafaela Francisca Romona [Ramona ?] Cota Ruiz. They are both wearing dresses and Maria is resting her right arm on a wooden table. Maria Ruiz was the wife of Gabriel Ruiz.
Brewster, John Calvin
Alice Ruiz Collection, 1997
Museum of Ventura County
circa 1880s
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Portrait, Group
Black and white negative
English
Image
30437 NP
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Mary Brewster
Brewster, Mary O'beria Sinclair
Sepia toned bust portrait of Mary Brewster, wife of J. C. Brewster. Mrs. Brewster faces the camera but turns head and gazes to the viewer's left. She wears here hair in a bun and has a lace trimmed bow on the bodice of her blouse or dress.
Brewster, John Calvin
Dana Teague Collection, 2008
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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Portrait, Bust
10.2 x 15.7 cm
Sepia photograph
English
Image
38382
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Casper Borchard Family Portrait
Borchard family
Borchard, Casper
This photograph depicts Mr. and Mrs. Casper Borchard, a baby and five other children of varying ages. Mr. Borchard and sons are shown in suits, Mrs. Borchard and daughters wear dark dresses. The daughters wear lace collars and necklaces. The baby is wearing a white gown.
Brewster, John Calvin
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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Sepia photograph
17.4 x 14.7
Portrait, Family
English
Image
967
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Thousand Oaks (Calif.)
J. F. Roth and Juanita
Couples--California--Portraits
Roth, J. F.
Roth, Juanita
Portrait of J. F. Roth seated, with his wife Juanita standing behind him on the right of the photo. Roth wears a dark pinstriped suit, a thick mustache, and curly hair parted on his left. Juanita wears a dark dress with a lace collar, several tiers and bustle. Her hair is done up with some curls at the front. She also wears a black ribbon chocker with cameo charm, and earrings.
Library records indicate that Juanita was known as Juanita Foxen at the time of their marriage in January 1873.
Cobb, Edouart J.
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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914
Sepia photograph
15.75 x 10.5 cm
Portrait, Group
Portrait, Full
English
Image
913
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Julia Sandoval Protesting "English Only" Ordinance
Civil rights demonstrations
Protest movements
Sandoval, Julie
Julia Sandoval carrying a sign and child at protest of the "English only" ordinance in Fillmore. Child is holding small American flag and is drinking from bottle. Sandoval's sign reads "Down with Insensitivity." Other protesters visible on sides and in background. Photo taken for the Ventura County Star Free Press 5 May 1985, published 6 May 1985.
Dawson, Bob
Ventura County Star Free Press, 1988
Museum of Ventura County
1985-05-05
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15347, 15348, 15349, 15350, 15351
Black and white photograph
17.8 x 12.6 cm
English
Image
15346
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Fillmore (Calif.)
Tico Residence, Ventura
Adobes--Circa 1908
Tico Adobe (Ventura, Calif.)
View of the Tico Residence with two men and two women standing on the front porch. The main structure is adobe with a tile roof. The front porch is wood with shingle roofing. Visible on the right side of the image is an addition to the house with board and batten siding. Some windows have shutters over them.
MacGregor Bros., Ventura, Cal. (Albertype Co., Brooklyn, N.Y.)
MacGregor Bros.
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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20118 PC
Black and white postcard
15 x 10 cm
English
Image
20117 PC
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Genoveva Spring At Wheeler's
Health Resorts--Wheeler's Hot Springs
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 the left of the group have words painted on them. There is a small wooden foot bridge spanning the creek, between the viewer and the group.
Caption: "Genoveva Spring At Wheeler's. Ventura, Cal."
[MacGregor, J. J. (Albertype Co., Brooklyn, N.Y.)]
MacGregor, J. J.
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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Black and white postcard
15 x 10 cm
English
Image
20127 PC
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Wheeler Springs (Calif.)
Tico Residence, Ventura
Adobes--Circa 1908
Tico Adobe (Ventura, Calif.)
View of the Tico Residence with two men and two women standing on the front porch. The main structure is adobe with a tile roof. The front porch is wood with shingle roofing. Visible on the right side of the image is an addition to the house with board and batten siding. Some windows have shutters over them. The card is postmarked 3-8-08.
[MacGregor, J.J., Ventura, Cal. (Albertype Co., Brooklyn, N.Y.)]
MacGregor, J.J.
Museum of Ventura County
circa 1908
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20117 PC
Color postcard
15 x 10 cm
English
Image
20118 PC
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Portrait of Two Livingston Women
Livingston family
Porches
Portrait of two women from the Livingston family, taken at their cabin in Oregon. Mrs. Lee Ruth sits on a chair, wearing sunglasses. Behind her stands an unidentified younger woman. The young woman's eyes appear closed or pointed downward. In the background is a dense forest.
Miller, Jack
Jack Miller Collection, 2002
Museum of Ventura County
circa 1940
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34207
Black and white photograph
10.1 x 7.8 cm
English
Image
34208
Ruth & Perky Kneel in Front of Wooden Building
Hotels--Washington (State)
View from the roadside. Ruth and her dog Perky kneel in front of a Hotel on Whidbey Island in Washington. To the left of the building there is a much smaller wooden structure with two canoes inside of it and one on top of it. In front of the building is a wooden cross planted in the ground. Forest in the background.
Miller, Jack
Jack Miller Collection, 2002
Museum of Ventura County
circa 1940
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Black and white photograph
10.1 x 7.8 cm
English
Image
34211
Ruth Standing Among Plum Trees
Plum
Orchards
Image depicts Ruth standing among plum trees in Rancho Ladera with her dog, Perky. The surrounding environment is heavily vegetated. The plum trees planted in a row with a walking path beside the orchard. In the background there is taller grove of trees densely planted together.
Miller, Jack
Jack Miller Collection, 2002
Museum of Ventura County
circa 1940
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Black and white photograph
10.1 x 7.8 cm
English
Image
34212
Matilija Springs, Ventura Co., Cal.
Health Resorts--Matilija Hot Springs
Matilija Hot Springs
View of water flowing around rocks in Matilija Creek. Two women are sitting on the rocks and a man is standing on a rock in the middle of the stream. Two pipes are carried on supports along one side of the creek.
Caption: Matilija Springs, Ventura Co. Cal.
[Mitchell, Edward H., San Francisco, Cal., 744]
Mitchell, Edward H.
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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Sepia postcard
15 x 10 cm
English
Image
20102 PC
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ojai (Calif.)
Bertha Tumamait Blanco Teaching Yucca Cordage
Blanco, Bertha Tumamait
Chumash Indians--Material culture
Museums--Activity programs
Bertha Tumamait Blanco (left) seated and instructing Courtney Marie Wallace on yucca cordage. Taken in the Museum of Ventura County courtyard during the Chumash Youth Program.
Note: Museum records indicate that Bertha Tumamait Blanco was born 20 August 1909 and died 18 January 1999 at the age of 89. She was a Chumash elder and member of BarbareƱo /VentureƱo Band of Mission Indians. She served as a consultant and docent at the Museum of Ventura County, where she represented her Chumash heritage and taught at the Chumash Youth Program.
Museum of Ventura County
2010
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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Black and white photograph
9 x 12.1 cm
English
Image
39348
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
The Spanish Fandango At Camulos, The Old Home of Ramona
Camulos Adobe
Rancho Camulos
Exterior view of courtyard, with seated woman playing guitar. Woman is wearing a patterned dress and dark shawl. Her hair is dark and curly. Ivy-covered columns are visible to the left side of the postcard. Two stools holding a pot and a barrel, are against a wall opposite the viewer. There is one doorway on the wall opposite the viewer, and a second doorway and window on the wall to the right side of the image.
Postmarked 10-30-11.
[Rieder, M., Los Angeles, Cal. (Made in Germany; Copyrighted picture of C.C. Pierce &Co., 1902), 4195]
Rieder, M.
Museum of Ventura County
1911
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Color postcard
15 x 10 cm
English
Image
20175 PC
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Two Women Having Fun Early 1900s
Leisure
Beachgoers
Women
Beaches
"Eloquent pleading on the beach on a Sunday afternoon in Ventura." Two women at the beach--one is on her right knee looking up and the other is holding an umbrella and a book. Both of them are smiling at each other. Photo has a crease diagonally across the middle as if it had been folded.
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
1905
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360
7.75 x 10 cm
Sepia photograph
English
Image
359
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Eleanor Clover, Mrs. N.A.D. Taylor, Mrs. Blanch Comstock & Daughters
Portraits, Group
Comstock family
Group photo of Eleanor Clover, Mrs. N.A.D. Taylor, Mrs. Blanch Comstock and daughters. Two of the women are seated in a carriage, one is standing on one side of the carriage, while the daughters stand on the other side of the carriage. All are looking into the camera.
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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11.4 x 9 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
5348
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura Pier Scene
Piers
Scene shows groups of men, women and children walking or standing on the Ventura Pier.
Unknown
Charles Outland Collection, 1983
Museum of Ventura County
circa 1890s
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17.5 x 11 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
9088
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
House with Women in the Front Yard
Architecture, domestic
Women
House with women in the front yard.
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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gp041
Glass plate negative
English
Image
gp026
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
House with Women in Front Yard
Architecture, domestic
Women
House with women in the front yard.
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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gp026
Glass plate negative
English
Image
gp041
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Mountain Landscape with Woman
Mountains
Trees
Women
Mountain Landscape with woman.
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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Glass plate negative
English
Image
gp064
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Stream Crossing
Rivers
Rocks
Trees
Women
Stream crossing with trees and woman.
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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Glass plate negative
English
Image
gp065
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)