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Ventura County Fair Crowds
Panoramic photograph of the last day of the Ventura County Fair on September 26, 1920. Museum records indicate this was an "extra day on Sunday". Crowds of spectators line either side of a dirt track. Large white tents can be seen in the distance.
Tags: Crowds, Fairgrounds, Flags, Spectators
Ventura Baseball Club
Group portrait of the Ventura Baseball Club. Nine men and a young boy area seated in rows. All of the men are wearing baseball uniforms that say "Ventura" except for the man in the middle.
John Spear, center in the second row is wearing a suit…
John Spear, center in the second row is wearing a suit…
Tags: Baseball Bats, Caps, Sports, Uniforms
Interior of the Free Press Business Office
Four people, three men and one woman are inside of the Free Press Business office. (Left to Right) L.P. Hathaway, Magda Kereker, E.M. Sheridan, & David J. Reese. Hathaway is standing at what appears to be a podium, Kereker is seated at a typewriter…
Tags: Newspapers, Offices
First Concrete Bridge Over Ventura River
Photo of the first concrete bridge over the Ventura River designed by Charles Petit. The bridge features large arches supporting the road. A small group of men are in the lower left hand corner of the image, looking at the bridge. Two more men stand…
Tags: Architecture, Rivers
Southern Pacific Railroad Surveying Camp on Rincon
Group photo of a surveying camp on a Southern Pacific Railroad site. Approximately 20 men and several draft horses or mules are lined up next to a row of white tents. Behind the tents are large hills. Many of the men have some sort of a scope on a…
Tags: Horse Drawn Wagons, Railroads, Tools
VC Power Co. Team and Wagon
Horse team and wagon pointed towards viewer's left stopped in front of Ventura County Power Co. Warehouse no. 1 which is a white building with a window on either side of the door. A man sits on the wagon, holding the horses' reins. He is wearing a…
Tags: Businesses, Horse Drawn Wagons
Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) Encampment
Group photo of the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) Encampment held in a plaza in Ventura. Men and women are standing in a large group. A young boy is in the bottom-center of the image facing the viewer with his hands on his hips. There appear to be…
Tags: Groups of People, Tents
Eleanor Clover, Mrs. N.A.D. Taylor, Mrs. Blanch Comstock & Daughters
Group photo of Eleanor Clover, Mrs. N.A.D. Taylor, Mrs. Blanch Comstock and daughters. Two of the women are seated in a carriage, one is standing on one side of the carriage, while the daughters stand on the other side of the carriage. All are…
Tags: Carriages, Flowered Hats, Girls, Women
Ventura Independent Newspaper Building
The Ventura Independent newspaper building with three men standing in front. (Left to Right): L.F. Eastin, Editor; Grovy, and Eastin. The building has two signs that say Ventura Independent. The men are wearing shirts, ties and hats and are standing…
Tags: Buildings, Newspapers