Clipping from Ventura Star-Free Press, Sept. 1948 re: Seaside Park and Ventura County Fair. Illustration on clipping is from John Brakey collection and is from 1911, possibly.
Portrait of Edith Hobson Hoffman, seated, looking to the left of camera. She is dressed formally, wearing earrings, a cross necklace, bracelets, glasses, and holds a clutch in her lap.
Walter Hoffman & Andrea Haley. Andrea, a child sits on a pony while Walter stands next to the pony looking down at Andrea and the pony. Automobiles in background. Rancho Santa Ana.
Full portrait of Katherine Hoffman Haley, standing in the grass holding a rope attached to a toy bull. She is wearing fuzzy chaps and a cowboy shirt and hat. Rancho Santa Ana.
Katherine Hoffman Haley sits on "Billy Boy" a pony looking toward the camera, while Walter Hoffman looks on (he is on the right hand side of photo). Katherine wears fuzzy chaps and a cowboy hat.
A. L. Hobson sits on a horse dressed up for the Ventura County Fair. Hobson holds an instrument? in his hand and is wearing a suit. Spectators are in the background.
Group photo of eight men standing in front of a tractor. Man driving tractor is Bill Sowers. Men in front of tractor, left to right: 1. Tecoma Maguire 2. Anselmo Canet 3. Nicola Peirano 4. (Bill Saviers) 5. William Wadleigh. 6. Bernard (?) Isensee 7.…
The Sheridan family having a picnic at the beach by the pier. Several women and girls sit on the sand, and three men and a boy stand in the background.
Early day train in Ventura, showing the engine and some cars. Two men pose with the train, looking at the viewer. Engine labeled with "1315" in many areas. Some houses visible in the background. Museum records indicate "The railroad first came…
View of a house near Ventura Avenue from the road with power line and palm trees in the foreground. The house was built in 1892 or 1893 above Mill School. The photograph was donated by Mrs. Florence Gavin.