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President Roosevelt stands with other men on the back of a train. Roosevelt, on the right, waves at a crowd gathered below.

A very large crowd gathers to see Theodore Roosevelt come by in a horse drawn carriage.

Photo of a crowd of people and a Chinese dragon, possibly a parade. Bottom of photo reads "Chinese Dragon." It is unclear whether President Theodore Roosevelt is in photo, library records indicate this is a photo of his visit to Los Angeles.

President Ronald Reagan at his office in Century City with a group of musicians. L-R: Marvin Johnson, violin, Frank Umbro, accordion, President Reagan, Hershey Bell, trumpet, Buck Page, guitar.

Glossy photograph: "Official photograph, The White House, Washington". Image depicts Congressman Charles Teague, center, with President Richard Nixon, left, and Senator George Murphy, right, discussing the oil pollution problem, circa 17 July 1970.…

"Saticoy Walnut Growers' Association House; First car of walnuts to J. Biderreiden & Co. via Santa Fe Route-Chicago." Image shows a large warehouse with several men lined up for the photograph outside of it. There is a train track with a large…

Closeup view of sugar beets piled into two freight cars on a track outside of the beet sugar factory in Oxnard. Factory buildings are in the background, and American flag flies above the buildings.

Exterior view of Santa Paula Train Depot with several men, women, and children standing in front. Some people are standing with bicycles. People are numbered 1-13, only 3 are identified as:
1. Corp. Cole
6. Mr. McCulluch
7. Mrs. McCulluch

Exterior view of a railroad grading camp when Southern Pacific Railroad came through Ventura in 1887. There are tents set up and teams of horses hitched to wagons in the scene. In the foreground, a woman leads a horse and another woman stands next to…

A row of loaded sugar beet train cars are lined up on a raised rail at the Oxnard Sugar Factory. One man appears to be dumping sugar beets into a bin.

Exterior view of the Nordhoff Railroad Station showing a stopped train, the depot building, three men and an automobile. Train reads "Southern Pacific Lines" along the top.

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…

Very busy scene at Oxnard Train Depot, showing two trains, buildings, crowds of people, and horse drawn carriages.

Postcard of the Piru Railroad Bridge, taken up close from the banks of Piru Creek, in foreground. Mountains in background. Writing across the bridge: "R.R. Bridge Piru, CAL." Postcard postmarked 1909.

Several people, numbered 1-15, stand in front of the Saticoy Train Depot. There are some children, not numbered. Most of the people are looking off to the right of camera. Train tracks are visible, as are some buildings in the background. Numbered…

A broken part of a track, possibly a train track is shown broken and partially submerged in a river in a wooded area. Library records indicate: "S. P. Ojai Branch 1914 Flood."

Snapshot of about five naval ships in the water in Santa Barbara. Library records indicate: "World Cruise, Admiral R. D. Evans commanding."

Side view of two boys and a man between them, all seated on a donkey. Names given in library records are Walter and Dudley Davis and Frank Beard.

View from the outer end of the Ventura Wharf, looking toward the shore. Photo taken close to the ground of the wharf, tracks visible in the foreground. Warehouses and buildings at beginning of wharf visible, and mountains in the background.

Side view of Dixie W. Thompson on horseback. He appears to be dressed for a parade or show. He is in a suit with a sash.

Exterior view of San Buenaventura Mission in the 1870s from across the street, which is a dirt road. Steps and a picket fence prominent in front of the mission, and a man leans against a pillar at the top of the steps. A plank sidewalk visible at…

View of a section of the Ventura River with many visible boulder and mountains in the background.

Bust portrait of Carl E. Grunsky, wearing a three piece suit and tie, looking into the camera.

Dr. Cephas L. Bard sits in a horse drawn wagon in the dirt road in front of the San Buenaventura Mission. He and horse and wagon are facing away from camera. Mission has a low brick wall built around it.

View of Matilija Canyon, a stream runs through the bottom foreground of shot with many boulders visible. Shrubbery and trees on both sides of the shot.