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Crude Oil Storage Tanks
Bird's eye view of several crude oil storage tanks.
Library records indicate this is part of "The Petroleum Industry - transportation & refining. Marguerite Brown Study Prints."
Library records indicate this is part of "The Petroleum Industry - transportation & refining. Marguerite Brown Study Prints."
Ships Loading Oil
Bird's eye view of ships loading oil in a harbor. Ships, buildings, and oil storage tanks visible, as well as water surrounding harbor and tracks running through the harbor.
Library records indicate this is part of "The Petroleum Industry -…
Library records indicate this is part of "The Petroleum Industry -…
Ship Loading Oil
Closeup view of a ship loading oil. A Union 76 storage tank is in left foreground of the image.
Library records indicate this is part of "The Petroleum Industry - transportation & refining. Marguerite Brown Study Prints."
Library records indicate this is part of "The Petroleum Industry - transportation & refining. Marguerite Brown Study Prints."
Oil Tanker
Bird's eye view of oil tanker in the ocean.
Library records indicate this is part of "The Petroleum Industry - transportation & refining. Marguerite Brown Study Prints."
Library records indicate this is part of "The Petroleum Industry - transportation & refining. Marguerite Brown Study Prints."
Loading Oil on Railroad Tank Cars
Closeup view of tank cars being loaded with oil.
Library records indicate this is part of "The Petroleum Industry - transportation & refining. Marguerite Brown Study Prints."
Library records indicate this is part of "The Petroleum Industry - transportation & refining. Marguerite Brown Study Prints."
Loading Oil Tank Trucks
Closeup view of Union Oil tank truck. A man stands on top of it, filling it with a hose.
Library records indicate this is part of "The Petroleum Industry - transportation & refining. Marguerite Brown Study Prints."
Library records indicate this is part of "The Petroleum Industry - transportation & refining. Marguerite Brown Study Prints."
Service Station
View of a gas station with three cars parked at the pumps. One man fills his car with gas. Buildings in the background.
Library records indicate this is part of "The Petroleum Industry - transportation & refining. Marguerite Brown Study Prints."
Library records indicate this is part of "The Petroleum Industry - transportation & refining. Marguerite Brown Study Prints."
Ku Klux Klan Initiation
Santa Paula, Ku Klux Klan initiation on hills behind town, 10 June 1924. Numerous figures dressed in hooded Ku Klux Klan robes stand or kneel in a circle. A large cross and a US flag are in the middle.
James Crothers Sits in Horse and Buggy
James Crothers looks at the camera from inside his horse drawn buggy in front of Seaside Oil Company gas station at the corner of California and Santa Clara Streets in Ventura. White Garage is behind him on the right.
Pioneers of 1873 Annual Meeting
Pioneers of 1873 annual meeting in Foster Park, Ventura. Men and women are seated on or standing around picnic benches. Cars are in the background.
Herman Keene Carrying Dead Mountain Lion
Herman Keene, district trapper with dead mountain lion caught in Santa Paula. Keene carries mountain lion shot with arrows on his back. Keene has a bow in one hand.
[Identified with (Ojai #73-62.5)]
[Identified with (Ojai #73-62.5)]
Santa Paula Residents
Group portrait of Santa Paula residents who have lived there for 50 years or more. Taken on the occasion of 63rd Anniversary of Santa Paula. Men and women are seated in rows on what appears to be risers. There are in a building that looks like it…
Lima Bean Threshing Group Photo
Panoramic view of lima bean fields, field workers, mountains in background. "James F. Fulkerson's Lima Bean Threshing outfit, operating near Camarillo, Ventura County, CA. Largest lima bean fields in the world."
Limoneira Ranch Agricultural Worker Panorama
Panorama of agricultural workers, mules, and lemon crates at Limoneira. Captions read: "Noon time scene, World's greatest Lemon Ranch owned by the Limoneira Company of Santa Paula, California, USA." and "Photograph #694 S.U. Bunnell, 45 Stevenson…
Workers in Lima Bean Fields, Santa Paula
Sepia toned outdoor farming scene with men, threshing machinery, horses and wagons. Photograph is "rippled" from being glued to a backing. "Thermal Belt Thrashing Company operating in the Lima Bean fields near SantaPaula,Cal." "Photo#676 S.U.…
American Sugar Beet Company Panorama
Sepia toned panorama of "American Sugar Beet Company,
Oxnard, California" "Photo # 685 SU Bunnell, 45 Stevenson Ave., Pasadena, California." Panorama includes buildings, landscaping, railroad tracks. Photograph taken from beet dump platform looking…
Oxnard, California" "Photo # 685 SU Bunnell, 45 Stevenson Ave., Pasadena, California." Panorama includes buildings, landscaping, railroad tracks. Photograph taken from beet dump platform looking…
Limoneira in Santa Paula
Limoneira Company in Santa Paula, California. A panorama of a lemon orchard and a large pool of water. A man stands by the water's edge.
Text in the bottom left corner reads, "One of the California Wonders / Limoneira - Santa Paula / A six…
Text in the bottom left corner reads, "One of the California Wonders / Limoneira - Santa Paula / A six…
John Madison Company Hardware
Front view of John Madison Company Hardware in Saticoy, California.
Union National Bank of Ventura
Exterior, frontal view of Union National Bank of Ventura at 507 E. Main Street. Building is block-shaped with molded stone façade.
Main Street Scene, Ventura
Street scene showing the 500 block of Main Street in Ventura. Cars parked along sidewalk in foreground, partially obscuring street. Opposite storefronts visible including McCauley's Cafe and Montgomery Ward (at 529 and 535 E. Main Street…
Young Women in Costume
Outdoor group portrait of young women dressed in costumes (various ethnicities, nationalities, and time periods seem represented) with a few men in the group. The women are atop a brick retaining wall and there are chairs and a lawn in the…
Northside of Santa Clara Street
looking west from Ash street. Tall building is the Ventura Grammar and Highschool (Combined) next to the school is the Rectory and Congregational church. Site now occupied by the Post Office
Group Photo at Pacific Gasoline Company
Group photograph of the Pacific Gasoline Company's Ventura plant. Their main office was in Los Angeles (700 Calif. Bank Bldg. Los Angeles, Cal.). Men are in front of some pipes out in a field near some buildings and equipment behind a sign.
Group Photograph, Shell Oil Company California Ventura Division
Sepia toned outdoor scene of men sitting on top of a pile of sacks as well as machinery and cars. Some men are standing. They are surrounded by machinery, early automobiles and oil wells, a citrus orchard is visible. "Cementing Gosnell No. 23-90 in…
AB 218 The Bill that Created Ventura County
First page of handwritten copy of Assembly Bill Number 218, approved March 22, 1872, by the California State Legislature. Also contains original certification document, signed April 2, 1872 by H.H. Russell, deputy, for Drury Malone, Secretary of…