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Oval portrait bust of Maria Rafaela Francisca Romona Cota de Ruiz in a black Artistic Portraits frame. Born October 25 1838 in Santa Barbara; married 1859; died June 14, 1905.

Beach scene crowded with cars, people walking and standing around, and motorcycles. Ocean is in the background. Meeting of the Santa Barbara Motorcycle Club in 1925.

Scene of a hill climb at a meeting of the Santa Barbara Motorcycle Club. Cars appear to be parked facing the camera in a field or beach. Beach is in the far background. A hill appears to be in foreground. A track appears to be drawn with two men…

Scene of the bottom run of a hill climb at a meeting of the Santa Barbara Motorcycle Club. Many cars are parked facing the bottom of a hill. Motorcyclists are at the bottom of the hill with many spectators standing around. Beach is in the far…

Scene at meeting of the Santa Barbara Motorcycle Club at La Conchita del Mar showing men standing and sitting around vehicles and motorcycles at the base of a hill, preparing for a hill climb on their motorcycles.

Rider on his motorcycle headed up a hill during a hill run at meeting of the Santa Barbara Motorcycle Club.

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Family of Elba Reed, Santa Paula, circa 1910.…

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Bust portrait of J. H. Bradley, wearing a suit looking to the left of camera. He established the Ventura Signal newspaper in 1871.

Full portrait view of Samuel Miller Woodsen Easley standing with his hands in his pockets between rows of beehives. Easley is facing the viewer and appears middle aged with a shaggy beard. He is wearing a hat and dark waistcoat. Rocks have been…

A view of the Plaza School's Santa Clara Street facade. The school was located at Santa Clara and Fir Streets. It is a large wood frame structure with a tower on the southeast corner. There is an arched entry to a covered porch at the top of several…

Snapshot of two frame houses that are still standing but are almost completely destroyed. Taken after the St. Francis Dam disaster. The home on the left appears to have the doors and windows blown out. Muddy ground around the houses and in the image…

A snapshot of a clamshell bucket attached to a crane being used to remove and pile debris caused by the flooding after the St. Francis Dam disaster. A man is walking from the clamshell and a very tall pile of debris.

Snapshot of "a load of debris being pulled up to clam shell, by tractor." St. Francis Dam disaster aftermath.

Snapshot of "Loader traveling along windrow of silt." Several men stand around it. St. Francis Dam disaster aftermath.

Captain Arnold Miller on horseback. Miller is carrying a rifle in one hand and holding horse's reins in the other and is looking into the camera. Photo caption reads: Aug. 31st 1935. Capt. Arnold Miller. 101 yrs. old. Starts on a lion hunt Hartman's…

Group portrait of the jurors that tried and acquitted John Churchill. Churchill was charged with the murder of T. Wallace More in 1877.

Standing (l-r): C. C. Bornune, Mr. Reitte, Alex Grey, John Hund, Ed Arnold, Alpha Buker, Charles Burke
Sitting…

Snapshot of a man in a suit, hat, and glasses standing with a measuring stick in ditch in a field. He appears to be taking a measurement. Library records state: "A close-up of erosion."

Snapshot of a man kneeling next to a plant examining it with one hand and possibly a measuring device in his other hand. His hat lays on the floor. Library records state: "Showing 18" erosion in alfalfa field."

Portrait of Harry Waud, son of G.B. Waud in a uniform. He is wearing a hat with a chin strap and is posed with his arms crossed looking at the viewer.

Marguerite Welton, portrait full, with large black fish caught from boat at Pt. Mugu in the 1930s. Fish is possibly a Goliath Grouper. The fish is hanging by its mouth and appears longer/taller than Welton. Welton wears nautical or sailor style…

Bird's eye view of the construction of the harbor at Port Hueneme. Shows a large warehouse building and train tracks running alongside it on a platform over the water. People are working in various locations.

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Bird's eye view of Camarillo State Hospital. Library records state: "Camarillo State Mental Hospital, portion of $7,000,000,00 (sic) 3 miles from Camarillo, 9 miles from Oxnard. Bain Photo Service, ND."

This snapshot shows Yas Yamada and Nao Takasugi posing for a friendly picture. The boys are dressed in bathing suits and they are standing in the center of four tire innertubes. The photo appears to be taken in a residential backyard. A wooden fence…