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A large group of people gather in the Mission courtyard and on the sidewalk for the Mission's 150th Anniversary celebration and tree planting ceremony on April 3, 1932. Cars are parked along Main Street in the foreground. The photo seems to have been…

Southwest view of the Mission grounds taken from Palm Street, circa 1870-1875. A small cluster of Chinese houses can be seen opposite the Mission. Wine and olive presses and vats can be seen in the foreground.

A crowd gathers under a cloudy sky around the Cross on the Hill in Ventura. View faces city of Ventura and the Pacific Ocean. Photo caption reads: Easter Sunrise Services Ventura, Calif. 1929."

View of Ventura Plaza (Plaza Park) from the southeast corner, Thompson and Fir. Construction equipment in street near center bottom of photo.

Closeup of rows of calla lilies growing in rows in a field, identified as Sam Cole's farm in the Mound area of Ventura. Mountains in background.

Agricultural equipment with men and horses in a field. Photo is taken from a distance, large expanse of field in foreground. A US flag flies above one of the pieces of equipment. Library records contain contradictory information as to where this…

View of a large tree (left), service station (middle), and buildings (right) in Port Hueneme after a snowfall. Street in foreground with tire tracks in snow.

View of Ventura from the hill behind the San Buenaventura Mission circa 1877. Principally between Palm and Oak Streets, lumber yard is about 150 feet east of the Mission.

Aerial view of Ventura, looking west from over Pierpont Bay near Kingston Lane.

Panoramic view of Rincon oil field taken from a hilltop, looking toward the Pacific Ocean. Two images, one is a portion of the larger panorama.

Panoramic bird's eye view of a Ventura oil field and Ventura Avenue.

San Buenaventura Mission exterior showing front and west
side.

Panoramic view of hilly, mountainous wilderness with trails visible through the trees and brush. Caption on bottom right of photo: "Soper's Ranch", Ojai. Jack Dempsey's Training Camp. June 18, 1927."

Panoramic bird's eye view of Casitas Springs as seen from Park View Terrace.

Group photo of ten men in hard hats and work clothes. Some are sitting and some are standing and they appear to be at a work site.

Side view of George Thacher Memorial Library in Ojai. It looks like a cabin with a wide porch, with vines growing up the sides of the porch. A sign reading "Library" is visible. "Built in 1893 on site of Art Center."

Panoramic photo of a large group of men, women, and children in front of an apricot drying shed. A few people stand in the fields at a distance to the right of the photo.

View looking at mountains and a valley, described in Library records as: "Looking north from Sulphur Mountain Road at a point west of Vance and nearly due south of west line of Robinson property turning to east including McKnight and Vance Building…

Group photo - Barbeque given by Clarence Chrisman at Hollingsworth Ranch. Men are in suits. Top Row: Tom Newby, Tom Lark, Charlie Donlon, Charlie Rowes, Bill High, Jimmie Donlon, Steve Percy, Walter Sexton, -?-, Tom Spier, Bruce Leach, -?-, Walter…

View of mostly men and a handful of women sitting in an ornate auditorium. Photograph faces stage at front of room, and seated men and women are looking backward toward the camera. Stage has a sign that reads "CCA" (Community Choice Aggregation) as…

Exterior view of first house on Darling Ranch on Telegraph Road, Saticoy. Three people are in front of the house. Left to right: Eliza Darling, daugter of Eliza Darling (Ruggles), son David Darling Jr. There is a windmill to the left of the house,…

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

Interior view of the Superior Court in Ventura County's new Courthouse, Judge Clark presiding. Most people present are watching the proceedings, facing the bench. Some are facing the camera. One man in bottom left of photo is turned back facing…

Running "Cyclone" on Goodyear Ranch. A team of horses, partially visible on right of photo, pull a man on agricultural equipment in a field. The man is looking into the camera.

"Sack hole" at lima bean thresher on Goodyear Ranch. A man is seen carrying a sack, presumably filled with lima beans, from a covered storage area. Sacks are piled on the left of the photo. Agricultural equipment in background.