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Abex Corp., Aerospace Division Building
Exterior view of the American Brake Shoe Co., Aerospace Division (later Abex Corp.) in Oxnard. Two or three-story commercial building with ground to roof windows. Cars parked in front. Building faces 5th St. Airport tower in background.

Aerial View of Oxnard Airport
Aerial view of Oxnard Airport. Number "27" appears on ground.

Writing on verso: "Naval Missile Center, Photographic Laboratory Pacific Missile Range Headquarters Point Mugu, California, RELEASED if published credit line should read: 'Official…

Aerial View of Oxnard Airport
Aerial view of Oxnard Airport showing parked planes, hangars, and cars.

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Aerial view of Oxnard Airport showing parked planes including biplanes. Hangars visible on left. "Ventura County" on pavement.

Aerial View of Oxnard Airport
Aerial view of Oxnard Airport looking west. Runways in center of view, surrounded by agricultural fields. Mira Loma housing to bottom left. Coast and beach visible at top of the view. Photograph used in 28 June 1983 Anniversary Edition of the Oxnard…

Barge Transporting Airstrip Matting
View of Military personnel on a pontoon barge transporting trucks, airstrip matting, and other equipment to the U.S. Naval Missile Center Pt. Mugu. Barge is beached in the surf at Point Mugu.

Includes note: "U.S. Naval Missile Center Pt. Mugu,…

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Agricultural Fields Surrounding Camarillo Airport
View of a portion of the agricultural land surrounding Camarillo Airport, then known as Oxnard Flight Strip.

Part of a series of images documenting the agricultural land surrounding the airport and taken to accompany letters sent by Gladys Daily…

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Aerial View of Mira Loma Housing at Oxnard Airport
Aerial view of the Mira Loma housing adjacent to Oxnard Airport. Housing is arranged in a circular fashion. Landed planes visible to left.

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Aerial View of Oxnard Airport Looking Southeast
Oblique aerial view looking southeast. Central view of runways and planes. Mira Loma and wartime housing in background.

Aerial View of Oxnard Airport Looking North
Aerial view of Oxnard Airport looking north. Surrounding city and agriculture fields also visible.

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Scouting Helicopter
Scene of a scouting helicopter that appears to be taking off. Part of the response to a fire in Bear Canyon and Wheeler Springs.

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Bulldozer Cutting Fire Break
Scene showing a bulldozer cutting a fire break near Arbolada in Meiners Oaks. Dark smoke fills the air. A scouting helicopter is visible overhead. Museum records include note: "Fire too close--bulldozer leaving."

Bear Canyon Fire from Meiners Oaks Camp
View of a large plume of smoke rising from behind mountains. Taken from the Meiners Oak Camp during the Bear Canyon fire.

Helicopter in Field
View of two men standing next to a helicopter in a field. Doors of helicopter are open.

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Helicopter Scouting Bear Canyon Fire
Scene showing a helicopter flying towards a fire burning through Bear and Stewart Canyons. Flames visible on hillside with large smoke clouds filling the air. Helicopter pilot scouting the fire. Equipment and men working the fire line in Stewart…

Plane Down at La Brea and Melrose
View of a crowd of people surrounding a biplane in a field at La Brea and Melrose Avenues. Wheel of a bicycle of motorcycle in left bottom corner. Three children stand in center facing towards viewer. Girl is identified as Mary Jane Frank Dullam.

Mister C's Produce Market
View of Mister C's Produce Market at 2nd Street and Victoria Avenue. Signs advertising fresh produce and honey along building and awnings. Cars parked outside. Oxnard Airport visible in background.

Aerial View of Ventura Harbor Site
Aerial view of the site of Ventura Harbor before excavation and construction began. Farmland and river mouth visible.

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Elkins Siblings Portrait
Group portrait of the children of C. C. Elkins, Jr. and Amy Elkins. L-R: Caswell Carl Elkins III, Herbert M. Elkins, Elizabeth Elkins Lund Carey. They are shown as young children, wearing light-colored clothing.

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Crowd Watching Missile Launch
Scene showing a crowd of men and women gathered to watch a missile launch at Naval Air Missile Test Center, Pt. Mugu. Most of the people in the crowd are looking towards the sky.

Quonset Hut Construction, Santa Paula Airport
View of a corrugated metal Quonset hut being constructed at Santa Paula Airport. View taken from inside the structure. Framing of the building is visible, only partially covered with metal sheeting.

Quonset Hut Construction, Santa Paula Airport
View of a Quonset hut being constructed at Santa Paula Airport. Only foundation and metal framing of the structure is built.

Quonset Hut Construction, Santa Paula Airport
View of a corrugated metal Quonset hut being constructed at Santa Paula Airport. Framing of the building is visible.

Taylorcraft at Oxnard Airport
View of a Taylorcraft airplane at Oxnard Airport. Two unidentified people stand alongside airplane. On tail, "NC 48916."

Dick Lunsford and Jack Strobel in Boat
View of Dick Lunsford and Elliott "Jack" Strobel sitting in Chris-Craft boat "Bennie Boo" on McGrath Lake. Boat's prow is angled towards viewer's right. Both men smile towards viewer.
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