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Ventura, California 1991 postcard
Bird's-eye view of Ventura, California. 101 Freeway along the Ventura coast from aerial view. Apartments are visible on the left corner with highway partially visible behind row of trees. More buildings on right. Many palm trees in downtown area.…

Ventura County (Point Mugu Rock) postcard
Landscape photograph of Point Mugu Rock on the California coastline. Waves shown breaking and crashing against rocks. Pacific Coast Highway on right of photo. Mugu Rock beside Pacific Coast Highway in the background.

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Channel Islands Harbor, Oxnard, California postcard
Three landscapes surrounded by yellow border. Descriptions moving clockwise from upper left. Upper left photograph shows a street with houses and a lighthouse. In foreground, Oxnard sign in the middle of the street on a dividing strip. Right…

Camarillo, California postcard
Aerial photograph of the city of Camarillo, California. 101 Highway is visible going southbound through Camarillo. Foreground shows fields and orchards. Left side shows parts of Somis. Santa Susana Mountains and parts of Santa Rosa Valley visible…

Oxnard, California postcard
Aerial view photograph of Oxnard, California. 101 Highway is visible, with an overpass crossing the highway. Left center shows parking lot with parked cars in Esplanade Shopping Mall. Right corner shows two buildings with parking lots and parked…

Oxnard, California postcard
Aerial view of Channel Islands Harbor and Oxnard Beach in Oxnard, California. Orchards and agricultural fields visible outside of city. Bottom of the view shows Oxnard Beach with waves crashing on shoreline. Residential area and Oxnard Airport are…

Ventura Marina postcard
Outdoor scene of Ventura Marina. Center left of scene shows sidewalk along Ventura Marina. Sidewalk is lined by streetlamps, and a lawn is visible to the left. To right are docks and many ships. In background is a building with terracotta building.…

Mission Bells at Camulos postcard
Outdoor scene showing an unidentified priest ringing bells at Rancho Camulos. There are three bells on a white support. The biggest bell is cracked. The priest wears a black coat and black hat. A white fence runs behind the priest and bells. In…

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Presbyterian Church, Ojai, California postcard
Exterior view of Presbyterian Church in Ojai, California. Church is in Spanish Colonial architectural style with terracotta roof and a central tower. Lawn visible in foreground. Telephone poles are outside the church. Location in caption in upper…

"The Poinsettia City," Main Street Showing Elks Building, Ventura, Calif. postcard
Illustrated postcard, showing the Elks Building on Main Street in Ventura. Bottom text reads "The Poinsettia City" in black font. Building is multistoried and in Spanish Colonial architecture style. Outside of building there are palm trees and…

Grammar School, Santa Paula, Cal. 1908 postcard
Colorized postcard showing an exterior view of Santa Paula Grammar School. The school is a three storied structure. In front of the school is a large group of people, including children and adults. Green trees and shrubs sit both behind to the left…

Untitled (Horses) postcard
Bust portrait of a white horse with second horse partially visible in background.

[AZO in stamp area].

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 Ventura Clocktower Inn & Mission San Buenaventura postcard
Bird's-eye view of downtown Ventura. Shows Santa Clara St. and Palm St., Ventura Avenue area visible is upper left corner. In middle view is San Buenaventura Mission and Clock Tower Inn. Left side shows Mission Park and Albinger Archaeological…

Ojai, California postcard
Lanscape photograph of exterior of Libbey Park with Ojai post office and arcade visible in background. Scene includes three people, water fountain, trees, shrubs, benches, trash cans. Water fountain has blue and white tiles. Above street is hanging…

California Missions postcard
Illustrated postcard with California missions, along with dates of when completed. Small portrait of Father Junipero Sierra (1713-1784). Yellow background with a map of California showing locations of missions with major cities marked. Map includes…

Mariposa Citrus Label Postcard, Circa 1930
Postcard showing a circa 1930s citrus label design for Mariposa Brand Valencias. Shows a grouping of mariposa poppies on black field, bordered by navy. Poppies are pink, yellow, and white. Mariposa brand name in yellow text with red borders at top…

General and Mrs. Vandever with Family and Friends
Group photo showing General William Vandever and his wife with a large group of friends and family. Group includes seven women, four men, and four children. Individuals are numbered in ink, but no identifications given.

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Zaidee Soule on Horseback
Outdoor scene showing Zaidee Soule sitting horseback. The horse is standing in a small pool or river. Dirt road is intersected by water. Trees and foliage surround the edges of the image. Zaidee is wearing a white shirtwaist, dark skirt, and a…

Soule Family Portrait
A group portrait of four women and two men sitting on the steps of a build. Man on right is seated with a black dog. Woman in front, left has a tabby cat on her lap. The people are dressed nicely with the men wearing suits and the women in ornate or…

Portrait of Zaidee Soule, circa 1900
Bust portrait of Zaidee Soule as a young woman. She looks straight towards the viewer. Her hair is styled in a twisted updo with curled bangs. She wears a light-colored dress.

Zaidee Soule and Classmates
A class portrait of seven students, four sitting in chairs, three sitting on ground. Five students are girls, two are boys.

Back row L-R: Marcel G., Fred Hudeberg, Violet Pirie, Jennie Spencer.
Front row: Alice Baker, Frank Baker, Zaidee E.…

Paul Varela Oral History
Paul Varela, Executive Director of the Chumash Interpretive Center in Thousand Oaks is interviewed about Chumash culture. He discusses cultural assimilation and erasure, his own heritage as a descendant of basket maker Candelaria, the importance of…

Robert Hinostro Oral History
Robert was a teacher and policeman in Oxnard. He lived in China Alley and the Colonia area of Oxnard. Robert reviews how social attitudes, segregation and prejudice changed over his lifetime.

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Entrance to Steckel Park, Santa Paula, Cal. postcard
View of the entrance to Steckel Park. Shows rough, rock walls bordering the entrance. Trees and hills in background. Sign reading "Steckel Park" on one side of the entrance.

[No publisher stated; EKKP in stamp area, 71136]

Portrait of General William Vandever
Three-quarter bust portrait of General William Vandever. He looks towards the viewer's left. He wears a dark suit and has a long beard.

Museum records includes the following biographical information: Vandever was the first Ventura County…
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