This image shows graduates Nao Takasugi and Joe Kawada posing with their mothers, Yasuye Takasugi and Mrs. Kawada as they celebrate on their graduation day. The boys are wearing their caps and gowns. Nao gave the Valedictorian Address for the Oxnard…
This image is a portrait of the Moriwaki family.
Back row (l-r): Takanori, Masako, Masami, Noriyoshi.
Front row (l-r): Rick, Tokutaro, Masano, Mutsumi.
This is a full portrait of Tokutaro and Masano Moriwaki standing outside in a backyard or garden. He is wearing a suit and she is wearing a skirt suit.
Group photo of apricot pickers, men, women, and children, on the Staire Ranch standing in front of a pitting shed. Staire Ranch was on Ventura Avenue. On the right, the woman with dirty apron, hand to head, is Muriel C. Eells. Man in dark coveralls…
Panorama of the student body at the Ventura Street School in Santa Paula. Students are in front of the school in several rows; school and other buildings in the background. Photo states: "Luceal E. Root, Principal, Charles D. Jones, Superintendent."
Panorama, composite photograph of a very large group of men, women, and children at the Dierdorff Family Reunion, 1914. They are standing or sitting in rows in the outdoors. Some family members are identified with their names written on them.
Bird's eye view of the Ventura County Courthouse (in 2021, Ventura City Hall) circa 1965 looking eastward at hills behind the building. Image shows the entire length of the building including a partial view of Brakey Road on the left and a parking…
Exterior view of the Peirano house located at the Southwest corner of Figueroa and Santa Clara Streets. Sidewalk in front of home is in the foreground. A woman stands on the porch and a man stands on the front steps. Four other people stand in the…
Bust portrait of Erlinda Arellanes, age 27, and her daughter,
Aldegunda Delphina Ruiz, age 7. Erlinda sang at the Lobrero Theater in Santa Barbara. Erlinda's father, Luis Arellanes, was said to be a wonderful musician. He played guitar--Erlinda…
Robert M. Bard portrait, photo of lithograph on foam board backing. Taken from lithograph frontispiece of: The Bard Family by George Seilhamer, esq., published by Kittochtinny Press, 1908. Engraver F.S. Williams & Bro NY.
Mounted photo of a group of men in front of a silver colored trailer with sign on it that reads "Petroleum Barbeque Associates of Ventura." The men all wear long white aprons and blue caps. The men's signatures are on the bottom portion of…
Brown toned flat finish outdoor photograph mounted on 35.5 x 30 cm brown cardboard. Photograph depicts photograph reproduced on page 134 of the book Of California's First Citrus Empire: A Rainbow Arches From Maine to Ventura County. Writing under…
Outdoor image of family gathering on porch, mounted on 35.3 x 30.5 cm light grey cardboard. This photograph corresponds to page 28 of the book Of California's First Citrus Empire: A Rainbow Arches From Maine to Ventura County. Writing concerning…
View down the middle of the store toward the back. There are four unidentified people standing in the store, three adults behind the counters on either side of the image, and a child resting his arm on a counter. Mr. Conaway was the store's…
Street view of residential homes, businesses, sidewalks on either side of the street, utility poles, and Meta Street in foreground. Street appears to be unpaved.
Mounted photograph of First National Bank, a three-story building at the corner of Main and California Streets in Ventura. The entrance is rounded and directly at the corner. A sculpted sign above the door says 'BANK', and on that corner of the third…
Student body portrait taken in front of the Pleasant Valley School--first built in Camarillo on the Hughes Ranch. Photo is faded, but several rows of students can be seen on the front steps and porch. The school is in a Victorian style and has a…
A man poses outdoors next to a large planter with a sign reading: County of Ventura Mental Health Department, Ventura Area Center on Hillmont Street. Behind the man and sign is a two story midcentury style building, and in the foreground is a raised…
A group of men outdoors on horseback in a line. Photo is mounted. Back of photo states: The "Happy Family" at Matilija CA on horseback (L-R): E. O. Jones, Nick Hearne, Jr., Lester Gandalfo, Ben Fazio, H. McGonigle and Charles P. Daly, July 27, 1906."
Outdoor photo of Lewis Pfeiler and Caroline (Kaufman) Pfeiler standing by their home. Mrs. Pfeiler is wearing a long dress and Mr. Pfeiler is in a three piece suit and tie. Steps to their home are to the left. Photo is mounted.
Full circular portrait of Charlie Ruiz, standing outdoors with a rifle and his dog Shep. Charlie has a cigarette hanging from his mouth and he wears a gun in a holster with an ammunition belt around his waist. Charlie and Shep are looking into the…
Image of Charlie Ruiz wearing chaps, cowboy style hat and bandana, leads a mule with what appears to be a deer on the mule's back. View of Charlie is in profile, mule is facing the camera.