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Portrait of Edith Hoffman, seated, holding her daughter baby Katherine Louise Hoffman in her lap. Camera is looking down on mother and baby, Edith is smiling into the camera.

Portrait bust of Edith May Hobson, later Edith Hobson Hoffman, as a young woman. She is wearing her hair up or short and is looking to the right of the camera.

Group photo of men on horseback forming a straight line, looking toward the camera. Location is the Hobson Brothers feed lot in El Rio near present day (2021) Highway 101 and Rose Avenue. There are numerous cows and a couple of buildings in the…

Group photo of 5 men on horseback, looking toward the camera. Location is the Hobson Brothers feed lot in El Rio near present day (2021) Highway 101 and Rose Avenue. There are numerous cows and more men on horseback and other men working in the…

Image taken from afar, ocean in foreground, of the USS South Dakota, in Ventura for a celebration in 1914. Bottom right of photo reads "Compliments of Dingman Studio Ventura."
'Photographer - Dingnan Studio.

Group photograph in front of the residence of Adolfo Camarillo. Approximately 15 men are standing in front of home and one woman in standing on the porch. There are also two cars draped in American flags. The house is a large, two-story, Victorian…

May Davison (Mrs. Jack Neville) rides in a float along with a man in what appears to be a sailor suit and cap. May Davison holds an umbrella. The float is a car decorated with flowers and shrubbery that is made out to look like a boat. A US flag…

San Buenaventura Mission interior, showing the altar decorated with lilies and a large ceiling light fixture at top of image. Church is possibly decorated for Easter; a large cross spells out "He is Risen" in flowers.

Group photo of men, women, and children under the cross at Grant Park in Ventura, Calif. The caption at the bottom of the photo reads "Chief Actors Junípero Serra Day 11\24 '13."

The actors are named but not identified as follows:
J. E.…

Panoramic shot of Ventura Bridge and surrounding landscape.

View of Serra Cross at sunset, facing westward, ocean in background. Several people are gathered around the cross. Caption states: "Under the Cross" Sunset. Junipero Serra Day Ventura, Cal. 11/24/13. Dingman Photo.

Portrait of Ventura Arnaz Wagner seated on a bench to the right of a window. Her toddler-aged granddaughter is seated on her lap. Wagner holds her granddaughter with one hand and a flower in the other. She is looking out the window, to the viewer's…

Group photo of Betty Brazil, Dorothy Nicholson, Delee Staunton on a Ventura-Hueneme bike ride in June 1939. They are looking at the camera, sitting on their bikes. Taken by Otis Draper in front of his home in Ventura.

Panoramic view of Ventura Oil Fields. Oversized, rolled and tinted photograph.

View of a large tree (left), service station (middle), and buildings (right) in Port Hueneme after a snowfall. Street in foreground with tire tracks in snow.

Scene showing a helicopter flying towards a fire burning through Bear and Stewart Canyons. Flames visible on hillside with large smoke clouds filling the air. Helicopter pilot scouting the fire. Equipment and men working the fire line in Stewart…

View of three Forest Service workers using shovels to clear an unpaved road in Gridley Canyon during the 1948 Wheeler Springs fire. Debris and flames can be seen to the left of the road.

View of a large plume of smoke rising from behind mountains. Taken from the Meiners Oak Camp during the Bear Canyon fire.

Scene showing a bulldozer cutting a fire break near Arbolada in Meiners Oaks. Dark smoke fills the air. A scouting helicopter is visible overhead. Museum records include note: "Fire too close--bulldozer leaving."

Group photo of the third grade class at Plaza School. There are four rows are children standing on steps in front of the school and one row sitting. The teacher is on the left and two other adults on the right.

Exterior view of the driveway leading up to the Piru Mansion and of the front and side of the mansion. Mansion appears to be in disrepair, as it has overgrown landscaping, a cracked driveway, and overgrown climbing shrubbery on the mansion itself.…

Snapshot of the front of the San Buenaventura Mission

Snapshot of the main alter, including crucifix and saints, at the San Buenaventura Mission. Library records indicate this is the original altar.

Snapshot of the interior of the San Buenaventura Mission from the back of the chapel

Group photo of men, women and a small group of children labeled "Southeast Missouri State Teachers College 1921". The group is gathered in front of a large building around the front steps. There are red ink arrows point out (L) Arvella Vorbeck and…