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Ruth Ventura Zapf Seated in Garden
Shows Ruth Ventura Zapf as a young girl seated in the garden of a Meta Street home. She is seated on a small wooden chair, and is holding a dark-colored umbrella. She is wearing a short-sleeved, light-colored dress. Palm trees, fence, and other…

Newell Zapf Standing on Automobile
Shows Newell Zapf as a young child standing on the step of an early automobile parked on Meta Street. He has one arm hooked through the open side of the car to hold onto the door. He is wearing a large straw hat and is barefoot. Palm trees in…

Zapf Girls at Foster Park
Shows three young girls, Jeanne, Ruth Ventura, and Celia Zapf sitting on a tree branch in Foster Park. Jeanne and Celia are wearing light-colored dresses. Ruth Ventura is in a dark-colored dress.

Museum records indicate that the ribbons worn in…

Ruth Ventura Zapf at the Beach
Shows Ruth Ventura Zapf posing on Ventura Beach. A dark-colored umbrella is open behind her. Ruth is wearing shorts with sailor-style buttons and a tie-back shirt. Her hair is curled and pinned.

Ruth Ventura Zapf and Celia Zapf Minister
Shows Ruth Ventura Zapf and Celia Zapf Minister standing on the lawn at 57 N. Laurel Street. Ruth is wearing a checked or gingham skirt. Celia is holding a dark-colored purse. Both women have hair styled with curls. A tree and other foliage in…

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Ruth Ventura Zapf and Donald Zapf
Shows Ruth Ventura Zapf and her younger brother Donald standing on a sidewalk. Ruth is holding Donald up by his arms. Donald appears to be toddler-aged. A baby stroller is visible to the left of the image. Palm trees in background.

Delphine's Garden
Ida Mae Zapf, Delphine Ruiz Zapf, and Robert Zapf posing in Delphine's garden. Delphine wearing brimmed hat. Ida and Delphine wearing dresses and coats. Robert wearing suit. Foliage visible in background. Chumash mortars or grinding bowls are…

Jeanne Georgiana Zapf and Celia Zapf
Full portrait of Jeanne Georgiana Zapf and Celia Zapf standing in front of the Ventura County Courthouse. Both girls have their hair styled with waves and are dressed in light-colored dresses.

Sam McVey
Portrait of the African American boxer Sam McVey. He is in a boxer's fighting stance with his front fist extended out & raised shoulder level. His back hand is raised to his chest & his palm is open. His backfoot is slightly raised off the ground as…

Seventh-Day Adventist Church
Exterior view of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church and school, later the Midtown Assembly of God, that was located at the northeast corner of San Clemente Street and Ocean Avenue. Building is adobe-style architecture with a spire above the entryway.…

Seventh-Day Adventist Church
Exterior view of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church, later the Midtown Assembly of God, that was located at the northeast corner of San Clemente Street and Ocean Avenue. Building is adobe-style architecture with a spire above the entryway.

Archaeological Investigation
Shows an archaeological investigation in the site that is now the Museum of Ventura County. Eight archeologists are digging in various spots of a field, checking for artifacts prior to museum construction.

Ventura County Museum of History and Art
Panoramic view of the Ventura County Museum of History and Art exterior, now called the Museum of Ventura County. Shows the museum entrance prior to construction of the Plaza and the Smith Pavilion. Wooden, two-wheeled cart and succulent garden are…

Edwin M. Sheridan and Sol Neill Sheridan in Pioneer Museum
Interior view. Shows Edwin M. Sheridan and Sol N. Sheridan seated in the Pioneer Museum when it was located in the Ventura County Courthouse. Between them is a fireplace decorated with pine branches and stockings. Desks and flat file cabinets in…

R. G. Percy at Ventura County Pioneer Museum
Shows Richard Gird Percy standing by the sign for the Ventura County Pioneer Museum on California Street. Percy is wearing a dark suit, a striped tie, and a light-colored, brimmed hat. Foliage visible behind sign.

VC Pioneer Museum later moved to…

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Ventura County Pioneer Museum
Exterior view of the Ventura County Pioneer Museum at it's location on California Street. Shows wisteria growing on trellis outside entrance. Wooden sign that reads, "Ventura County Pioneer Museum," is in front of building.

VC Pioneer Museum later…

Delee S. Marshall in the Research Library
Interior view. Shows Delee S. Marshall standing behind a counter in the Research Library at the Ventura County History Museum (now called the Museum of Ventura County). She appears to be working with stacks of paper arranged on the counter. Rows of…

Greetings from Santa Paula 1905 postcard
This image shows a beach in Ventura county at nighttime. A full moon over the water and reflecting light off the waves along the shore. There is a pier in the background of the image. A man appears to be standing in the shallow waters in the…

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Hueneme, Cal. 1935 postcard
This image shows the beach of Port Hueneme from the side view pointing inland. The ocean waves coming from the right side of the wash over the beach sands. There are some building in the background of the image.

Verso: Typical postcard backside.…

Santa Paula Hardware Co., Santa Paula, Calif. postcard
View of the corner of the Santa Paula Hardware Co. a two story building. Victorian-style architecture is seen on the second story portion of the building. The street pictured with the building is somewhat busy with men waiting outside of the…

U.S. Post Office, Santa Paula postcard
Postcard of the Santa Paula post office. Shows the front of the building with entrance in view. View from the street shows an unidentified brick building to the left of the post office and trees to the right of the post office.

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Hospital, Santa Paula, Calif. postcard
Side view of the Santa Paula Hospital from the street. Shows the trees planted alongside the hospital as well as a slight view of the entrance of the hospital.

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Little Grand Canyon, South Mountain, Santa Paula, Calif. postcard
View of the "Little Grand Canyon" of South Mountain in Santa Paula. The strata of the of the mountain is clearly visible showing each layer of rock in the foreground. What looks like a guard railing is visible to the left of the image. Larger…

St. John's Hospital, Oxnard, Calif. postcard
View of St. John's Hospital in Oxnard from the street. The foreground shows the street as well as the bushes and trees in front of the hospital. Behind the vegetation lies the hospital with a Christian cross on top of it.

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Street View, Oxnard, California postcard
Views of a busy street in Oxnard. Shows multiple cars driving and parked throughout the street. Shows businesses and storefronts on both sides of the street.

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