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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.
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.
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.
Helicopter Dropping Water on Fire
View of a helicopter making a water drop on a fire. Flames of fire visible along ground, with smoke filling air around helicopter. Person in silhouette visible running from fire.
Note: "pk 74"
Note: "pk 74"
Firefighters Filling Helicopter with Water
View of firefighters filling the water tanks of a fire response helicopter. Seven firefighters wearing yellow jackets holding two hoses. Taken on what appears to be a paved airfield. Ground in foreground is wet.
Note: "pk 74"
Note: "pk 74"
Dan Gray Flying Stunt Plane
View of stunt pilot Dan Gray flying an airplane. Plane appears to be banking with wings parallel to the ground. Plane is decorated with stars and bursts. Taken 15 August 1985, published 22 August 1985.
Coast Guard Rescue Team
View of a group of emergency responders transferring Fred Rochler from a Coast Guard helicopter to ambulance at the Oxnard Airport. Three responders are steering Rochler in a stretcher. Rochler is wrapped in blankets. Taken 2 January 1981, published…
Helicopter Dropping Water Over Home
View of a helicopter dropping water over a home at 1492 Foothill Road in Ojai. Taken from a distance, with foliage framing view. Taken 2 July 1985 and published 3 July 1985.
Aerial View of Ventura County Airport
Aerial view of the Ventura County Airport in Oxnard. Imposed on runways are illustrations of planes landing and taking off with directional arrows. Locations of nearby communities, the Santa Clara River, and the Port Hueneme Navy Base are indicated.…
Lt. Edwin Pinkerton Flying P-51 Mustang
Side view of P-51 Mustang aircraft in flight. Pilot is Lt. Edwin Pinkerton. Pinkerton has his head turned towards the viewer. On side of plane are numbers "214264" and "X-654."
Museum records include note: "With El Solano 1936 Mrs. W. J. Pinkerton…
Museum records include note: "With El Solano 1936 Mrs. W. J. Pinkerton…
Lt. Edwin Pinkerton and Pilots at Mabey Field, Florida
Snapshot of Edwin Pinkerton Dale with two unidentified pilots at Mabey Field, Tallahassee, Fla. The men wear what appear to be safety vests over their clothes. They smile towards the viewer. Airplane behind them.
Truck Loaded with Surfboards
View of a light green pickup truck parked behind a van alongside beach. Several surfboards loaded into bed of truck.Museum records include note: "Sesquit." Printed on back page of "In the Curl, Evolution of Surfing in Ventura County" Ventura County…
Surfer on the Rincon
View of a surfer riding a wave at Rincon. Surfer is crouched on his surfboard, facing away from viewer.
Museum records include note: "Rincon Myata"
Museum records include note: "Rincon Myata"
View of Great Wave
A closeup view of a wave mid-curl. Shoreline visible in background. The Pipeline, Oahu, Hawaii.Used as the cover of "In the Curl, Evolution of Surfing in Ventura County" Ventura County Historical Society Quarterly, Vol. 44, No. 3.
Ruiz Cemetery
View of the Ruiz Cemetery across from the swollen Santa Clara River after the St. Francis Dam disaster. Tractor on water bank. Makeshift bridge laid across water.
Ruiz Cemetery
View of the Ruiz Cemetery across from the swollen Santa Clara River after the St. Francis Dam disaster. A tractor and wooden planks in foreground.
Springville Cemetery
View of the Springville Cemetery. Trees in foreground, gravestones visible in background.