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Oxnard BPOE Elks Band Lodge 1443
Group portrait, Oxnard BPOE Elks Band Lodge 1443, in uniform with instruments. 12th annual reunion California Elks Assn. Catalina, 17-20 Sept 1924.

Group Photo, Class of 1906
Group photo of female students. Photo says "Class of '06 [1906]" and the students' names are printed on the bottom of the photo. Museum records indicate this is possibly a first grade class.

Left to right:
Viola Petty, rear, Stella Milligan,…

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Richard Pidduck's home, a single story light colored home with many windows and some decorative columns. Photo from book: "I, Richard, Weaving a Thread Through Time."

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Crash Landing, SNJ Type Aircraft
SNJ type aircraft crash landed in the middle of what looks like a desert, 1943. Aircraft does not appear damaged. Photo from book: "I, Richard, Weaving a Thread Through Time."

Patterson Ranch Scene
Bird's eye view of numerous teams of horses pulling wagons or agricultural equipment surrounded by many barns. Men and teams are leaving the various barns for a day of work. In the foreground, in the buggy, are C. J. Daily and his son T. C. Daily.

Ventura Railroad Station with Horse Car
Mounted image of the Ventura Railroad Station with a horse car. The horse car is a single train car being pulled along the tracks by a horse. Also visible in this scene are a horse and cart, and a crowd of people in front of the station. Museum…

Portrait of Aunt Bessie
Portrait of Aunt Bressie (Ray?). Not clear what her full name is.

Lazaro Ruiz
Staged nature portrait of Lazaro Ruiz standing in full view in a dark colored suit buttoned only at the top button revealing a pocket watch. He is holding a cane in his right hand and a Boater Straw Hat in his left hand. Lazaro Ruiz was the third…

American Beet Sugar Works
American Beet Sugar Works building side exterior view, with train cars in foreground. Smoke pouring out of the smoke stacks visible.

Women Playing Catch on Beach
Three unidentified women play with a ball on an Oxnard beach. They are in swimsuits and there is a towel, beach chairs, and a small tent set up near them. Ocean is in the background as well as other beachgoers. Library records indicate the word…

Women and Girls Stretch on Beach
A group of six women and girls appear to be stretching out before a ball game (a ball is on the ground near them) on an Oxnard beach. They are in swimsuits and are all in a row performing the same stretch. They stand near the shoreline.

First Train, Official Director's Car
Steam locomotive decorated with American flags. Library records state "first train-official Director's car-Santa Barbara." Sticker attached to photo border reads: "The Southern Pacific built a spur from its "Valley Route" at Saugus through Ventura to…

Adolfo Camarillo, Portrait at 16
Portrait (3/4) of Adolfo Camarillo at age 16, standing next to a column with one hand resting on it. His other hand is behind his back and he is turned to the viewer's left and looking off to the left of the camera. He is in a dark suit with a long…

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Santa Ynez Mission Ruins
View of the ruins of the Santa Ynez Mission. Old mill and reservoir in scene. Beyond the ruins is a house on a hill with a road leading up to it.

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Santa Barbara Mission, Distant View
View of the Santa Barbara Mission at right of image through "the olives"--olive trees in the foreground.

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Child with Dolls
Outdoor portrait of a child with four dolls. Child wears a knee-length white dress, short hair, and a wide-brimmed hat. They hold a small ragdoll in one arm, and hold hands with the largest doll. Large doll is seated in a chair and wears a dress and…

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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.

Juan Camarillo and Julian Wolfson
Mounted, full portrait of Juan Camarillo and Julian Wolfson. Both men are wearing suits and have cigars in their mouths. They are standing in front of a painted backdrop.

Harrington Family portrait
Portrait of the Harrington family, seated and standing,
6 women and 3 men. Verso of photo reads "taken in 1912 CZ? Harrington."

Harrington Family portrait
Family portrait of the Harrington family, posed in seated and standing positions. Pictured are 4 men, 6 women, and 4 children. Photo is very faded and has dark spots on it.

Grace Relyia, Oval Portrait
Oval bust portrait of Grace Relyia (?) [Relyea], a woman in glasses, a high collared blouse, and a bow in her hair. Signed "Mrs. Ruiz and family, Compliments of Grace Relyia."

Sketch of the town of Ventura
A sketch of the town of Ventura mission as seen from the south in 1863 by Alfred Robinson.

Ortega Adobe, 1977
Exterior side view of Ortega Adobe showing a covered front porch area and the tiled roof.

Olivas Adobe, 1977
Front exterior view of Olivas Adobe, a two story building, showing hanging baskets hung along the roofs of the two porches on the first and second floors.
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