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The exterior of the Hueneme lighthouse. Five people are sitting on the steps or standing outside.

Side view of wagons full of lima beans and a threshing machine being pulled by steam tractor.

Bust portrait of Joseph Sailer, Jr. wearing a three piece suit and tie looking into the camera. He was born February 11, 1895 in Oxnard.

Photograph taken as the signage outside the Ventura County Courthouse was changed to indicate it was now the San Buenaventura City Hall. A group of people in hard hats hold the sign on the steps of the court house.

An early bridge across the Santa Clara River near the ocean.

Group photo; first flowing water well on the Camarillo Ranch. L-R: John Willard, George Willard, Adolfo Camarillo, Ave Camarillo, ? . Rancho Calleguas Lot 41.

Group photo, apricot harvesting crew at A. Everett Ranch, Moorpark. Most are women and children.
[Original panorama (46 x 6 in) also shows bicycles, horses, wagons, and an automobile.]

Elliott Norman "Jack" Strobel, left, & unidentified boy dressed for Armistice Day Parade on bicycles. They are standing in the road, bicycles are decorated. A house is in the background.

Louis Goebel seated on hood of car with a favorite lion standing with paws on hood at Jungleland in Thousand Oaks, animal enclosure in background. Founded in 1926 as Goebel's Lion Farm, the import business became home for movie animals until 1969.

Rancho Casitas foreman's house with snow on ground and on trees.

Group photo of J. C. Penney store personnel dressed up for J. C. Penney's 57th Anniversary in 1954. A row of women in long dresses and bonnets stand behind a row of men sitting in matching plaid blazers and bow ties in what appears to be the store…

J. C. Penney store on north side of Main St. with "back to school" shoe stock. Western Transportation truck parked in front. Bldg. occupied by Stevenson's Restaurant Supplies in 1985. 327 E. Main Street, Ventura.
A larger, oversized (19.8 x 25.3 cm)…

J. C. Penney interior view of store. J. C. Penney store opening on south side of Main St. Dec. 1939. Bldg. occupied by Beverly Fabrics 1985.
A larger, oversized (20.5 x 25.3 cm) print may be available.

John Page carries Xmas tree cut at Watt's Ojai Xmas Tree Farm, 12211 0jai & Santa Paula Rd. Upper Ojai. Ventura County Star Free Press photo taken 30 Nov 1985; published 2 Dec 1985.

View of train crossing Santa Clara River railroad bridge. Entire train is visible, river visible at bottom of photo.

Jason Lanning, driving a horse-drawn wagon or carriage in Camarillo Xmas parade. A woman and a young child ride with him. They are all wearing cowboy hats and a US flag is visible behind them. Two horses in foreground. Ventura County Star Free Press…

Dan Gray in cockpit of stunt plane at Santa Paula Airport, smiling into the camera. Ventura County Star Free Press photo taken 15 Aug 1985; published 22 Aug 1985.

Traffic jam on Central Avenue in Fillmore. About six open cars with passengers and one bike look into the camera. All are parked in front of a building that reads "Garage."

Bird's eye view of Ventura from above Ann Street, facing westward, taken prior to World War I.

Thomas A. Rice, portrait bust, oval picture taken out of frame. Caption at bottom of photo reads: "Thomas Alexander Rice, 1876."
Museum exhibit card information: "At the age of ten years, Mr. Rice crossed the plains in a covered wagon from…

Portrait of Fritz Huntsinger, seated, turned slightly left looking to the left of camera, wearing a suit and tie. He was born 8 June 1899 in Eimeldingen, Germany; died 1 May 1986, Ventura, California.

A group portrait of D. McGrath, sitting, with two younger daughters sharing a chair next to him and three other daughters standing.

Group photo, L-R: Edna Phillips, George Stuart, Barbara Smith and Helen Smith. Taken at opening of Fred W. Smith Gallery, Ventura County Historical Museum, now Museum of Ventura County, Sept. 16, 1982.

Group photo: L-R: Katherine Haley, Elizabeth Blanchard, Helen Smith, Barbara Smith, George Stuart, Edna Phillips, Clifford Hey at opening of Smith Gallery, Ventura County Historical Museum, now Museum of Ventura County, Sept. 16, 1982.

Exterior view of Moore House. Present occupants (Nov. 1986), R. Amerian family. 512 N. Foothill Rd. Ojai Valley 2nd annual home tour. Architect Richard Neutra. Constructed 1952.