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San Buenaventura Mission and Adjacent House
Mounted early photograph of the San Buenaventura Mission and the house adjacent to it to the east. A man next to a horse drawn carriage are on the street next to the sidewalk. Mounted photograph.
San Buenaventura Mission Exterior Rear View, 1874
View of back of San Buenaventura Mission, founded 1782, showing the grounds around the mission as well as some buildings in the city of Ventura. In the foreground is a wooden fence. Scene reaches out to the Pacific Ocean, visible in the top quarter…
San Buenaventura Mission Reservoir and Hill School
Sepia-toned photograph of Hill School looking toward the Ventura
River. Prominent in the image is the San Buenaventura Mission Reservoir in the foreground, left. City of Ventura houses, buildings, and farmland visible in the top half of image.
River. Prominent in the image is the San Buenaventura Mission Reservoir in the foreground, left. City of Ventura houses, buildings, and farmland visible in the top half of image.
Santa Barbara Mission
Exterior view of the Santa Barbara Mission, taken from southwestern side.
Santa Clara House Hotel
Exterior view of Santa Clara House, a two story hotel, with people standing and sitting on its front covered porch and on the second floor balcony. Two signs reading "Santa Clara House" are visible and two windows on the first floor read "Bakery."
Santa Paula Hardware Company
Exterior view of Santa Paula Hardware Company Building. The two story building is located on a corner and the post office is visible on the right side of the image. There are several men standing around the building as well as horse drawn buggies.…
Scene of Pacific Ocean
View of the Pacific Ocean. It depicts surf at the edge of the beach with waves rolling. "Brewster Ventura, Cal." is embossed on the brown cardstock to which the photo is mounted. There is a handwritten caption in white ink below the photo: "Old…
School Class Picture, Lompoc, California
School class standing on front steps of school with some school administrators and/or teachers on top step. Back of photo reads:
"Harvey Rudolph"
"A. Rudolph-2nd from right, top row"
"Frank?"
"Holton Webb principal"
"Harvey Rudolph"
"A. Rudolph-2nd from right, top row"
"Frank?"
"Holton Webb principal"
Schooner Tied Up at Wharf
Schooner tied up at Ventura wharf
Seated Portrait of Jose De La Rosa
Seated portrait of Jose de La Rosa, posing with a cane and guitar. He was the first printer in California and died in Ventura at the age of nearly 102.
Shaw's Soda Works
A man dressed in a suit, tie and hat is sitting in the driver's seat of the Shaw's Soda Works delivery wagon. Two horses pull the wagon. "Acme Soda Works" is painted on the side of the driver's seat and "Mineral Waters" is painted on the side of the…
Ship Under Repair
Ship under repair on beach East of Ventura Pier. Pier or wharf is in background. Men are in the ship and standing around the ship.
Small Adobe Building
Exterior view of a small adobe building with clay shingles. Succulents and other plants are growing around the building.
Museum records indicate that this building may have belonged to Dr. Cephas L. Bard or to Dr. Stephen Bowers and was used to…
Museum records indicate that this building may have belonged to Dr. Cephas L. Bard or to Dr. Stephen Bowers and was used to…
Small Boy Sitting on Squash at Street Fair
Image shows a boy sitting on of two huge squash. Squash are on Oak Street during the Ventura Street Fair of 1900. In the background are tall bleachers and a two story building.
Snapshot of Main Street, Ventura
Snapshot of Main Street before it was paved. Photograph was taken from the direction of Ventura Avenue. The mission bell tower can be seen in the distance.
Sol N. Sheridan Jr.
Full portrait of Sol Sheridan, standing with a walking stick in one hand and leaning/resting an arm on an upholstered, fringed chair. Sol is wearing a suit and looking to the left of the viewer. The image has the number "2200" written on it, as well…
Sol Sheridan
Bust portrait of Sol N. Sheridan, Jr. as a young man, looking to the left of the camera
Steam Powered Ship in Ventura
Image shows the steamboat from the side angle. There smoke stack in the middle of the boat emitting black smoke. The boat also has two masts, for supplemental sails, one to the front and one to the rear of the boat. Passengers on the vessel are…
Student at Thacher School
Snapshot of Snell's room at the Thacher School
Students at the Thacher School
Pupils and teachers sitting in a circle at the Thacher School in Ojai
Superior Court Interior, Ventura
Interior view of the Superior Court in the Ventura County courthouse. View of the judge's bench and plaintiff and defendant desks.
T. H. Warring
Full, seated portrait of Mr. T. H. Warring. He wears a suit and tie and sits facing the camera but gazing to the right of the viewer. He sits on an upholstered chair with his hat in hand.
The Elopement Ramona Series
Two people, one woman on a white horse and a man standing next to her with a brown horse that is saddled; in front of two white barns.
The racehorse Ormonde in a stable
Depiction of black racehorse Ormonde in a stable.