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Matilija Poppies
Botanical illustration of Matilija Poppies, a native Californian flower. Four blooms are depicted in front of a neutral background. Each has white petals, which have a crepe paper like appearance, loosely surrounding large, round clusters of stamens,…
Ventura Bath House, Ventura, California
Crowded scene of the interior of the Ventura Bathhouse. To the left of the image is the pool, with an upper deck providing seating and access to a slide; many figures are swimming in the pool or seated on the decks. To the right is a hallway leading…
Section of The Plaza, Ventura, Cal.
Lawn view of Plaza Park. A gazebo sits to the left of the foreground, built in a Craftsman bungalow style with ornate architectural details. On the street just behind it is are houses and the Congregational Church's pointed steeple. The park is…
Bird's Eye View of Ventura, Cal. from the Hill, 1911
Caption: "Bird's eye view of Ventura, Cal. from the Hill."
View of Ventura from the hill, focusing on a road stretching from the foreground through the city to the shore. Trees and buildings are nestled along the street in the foreground. The ocean…
View of Ventura from the hill, focusing on a road stretching from the foreground through the city to the shore. Trees and buildings are nestled along the street in the foreground. The ocean…
Entrance to Eugene C. Foster Memorial Park Near Ventura, Cal.
Caption: "Entrance to Eugene C. Foster Memorial Park, near Ventura, Cal."
Landscape image of entrance to Eugene C. Foster Memorial Park. The unpaved driveway is framed by two stone pillars, each with a ledge adorned by a reclining lion, each set…
Landscape image of entrance to Eugene C. Foster Memorial Park. The unpaved driveway is framed by two stone pillars, each with a ledge adorned by a reclining lion, each set…
California State School for Girls, Ventura, Cal.
Landscape image of the California State School for Girls from a distance. Several buildings are visible along the base of rolling hillsides. A Model T vehicle drives along a winding road in the foreground, cutting through a field of…
Untitled, (Group photo of Adolfo Camarillo, Isabel Camarillo, Laura Donlon and Charles Donlon)
Posed photograph of four middle-aged figures sitting in a Model T car, dressed in early 20th century Western attire. All are wearing hats. Two women sit in the back, while two men sit in the front. Adolfo Camarillo sits in the passenger seat, with…
The Camarillo Ranch Home
Front view of Don Adolfo's home, a multi story Victorian style clapboard house. The largest part of the house is two stories, but there is attic turret in the middle of the roof, and a large turret on the right that is three stories. The home is…
Camarillo House, Camarillo, Cal.
Front view of Don Adolfo's home, a multi story Victorian style clapboard house. The largest part of the house is two stories, but there is attic turret in the middle of the roof, and a large turret on the right that is three stories. The house is…
Don Adolfo Camarillo Home
Front view of Don Adolfo's home, a multi story Victorian style clapboard house. The largest part of the house is two stories, but there is attic turret in the middle of the roof, and a large turret on the right that is three stories. The house is…
"The Rincon" California Coast Highway Between Ventura and Santa Barbara
Street view image of the Rincon Highway between Ventura and Santa Barbara. A Model T vehicle drives toward the foreground, along a paved bridge cutting through lush hillsides framed by large trees.
Caption: "'THE RINCON' CALIFORNIA COAST HIGHWAY…
Caption: "'THE RINCON' CALIFORNIA COAST HIGHWAY…
Beach Scene, Ventura, Cal.
Image of busy stretch of shoreline, being enjoyed by many people. An oil silo sits on a hill in the background, just behind a series of small buildings. Umbrellas with reclining figures dot the sand, facing a scene of bustling activity closer to the…
Public Library, Ventura, Calif.
Caption: "V9 - PUBLIC LIBRARY, VENTURA, CALIF."
Landscape image of the Ventura Public Library, a stately brick and stone building with abundant windows. It is decorated with sparse Neoclassical features, with Doric columns framing the dual stairwell…
Landscape image of the Ventura Public Library, a stately brick and stone building with abundant windows. It is decorated with sparse Neoclassical features, with Doric columns framing the dual stairwell…
Birdseye View, Ventura, Cal.
Caption: "Birdseye View Ventura, Cal."
View of a street intersection, with an oil silo in the left foreground,in front of train tracks. The city sprawls behind it, a mix of businesses and houses. Rolling hillsides are in the background.
[Brakey,…
View of a street intersection, with an oil silo in the left foreground,in front of train tracks. The city sprawls behind it, a mix of businesses and houses. Rolling hillsides are in the background.
[Brakey,…
Birdseye View, Ventura, Cal.
Caption: "Birdseye view, Ventura, Cal."
Landscape image of of People's Lumber Company work yard. A two story brick building, center right, is painted with the company's name. To the left is a long storehouse with a slanted roof. Several round silos…
Landscape image of of People's Lumber Company work yard. A two story brick building, center right, is painted with the company's name. To the left is a long storehouse with a slanted roof. Several round silos…
Ventura County Court House
Caption: "V6 - VENTURA COUNTY COURTHOUSE. VENTURA, CALIF."
Aerial front view of the Ventura County Courthouse face. A Beaux-Arts style two story building with Neoclassical features and a Spanish tile roof. The campus is lushly landscaped with many…
Aerial front view of the Ventura County Courthouse face. A Beaux-Arts style two story building with Neoclassical features and a Spanish tile roof. The campus is lushly landscaped with many…
San Buenaventura Mission (Founded 1783) Ventura, California
Caption: "SAN BUENAVENTURA MISSION (FOUNDED 1783) VENTURA, CALIFORNIA."
Color image of San Buenaventura Mission. The bell tower of the Spanish style adobe building is to the right of the image. Just below, several figures in are at the steps to the…
Color image of San Buenaventura Mission. The bell tower of the Spanish style adobe building is to the right of the image. Just below, several figures in are at the steps to the…
Poinsettia Flower
Color illustration of the blooming head of a poinsettia flower. In the center are its small flowers, framed by its voluminous red bracts.
Caption: "Poinsettia Flower."
Script: "Miss Arneill."
[Rieder, M., Publ., Los Angeles, Cal., 703]
Caption: "Poinsettia Flower."
Script: "Miss Arneill."
[Rieder, M., Publ., Los Angeles, Cal., 703]
Untitled, (View of Wharf)
Landscape image of a seaside wharf. The wooden pier is in the background to the left, with a schooner ship docked at its head. The shoreline, dotted with dark pebbles is in the foreground, a foamy wave about to break.
[No publisher Stated (Logo:…
[No publisher Stated (Logo:…
Casitas County Bridge Showing Entrance to Eugene C. Foster's Memorial Park, Ventura,Cal.
Landscape image of entrance to Eugene C. Foster Memorial Park. The unpaved driveway is framed by two stone pillars, each with a ledge adorned by a reclining lion, each set in front of its own castle-eque tower topped with a spire. A white picket…
Stone Ditch, Built by the Indians Over 130 Years Ago, Ventura, Cal
Landscape image of a heavily weathered cobblestone retaining wall for an aqueduct. A figure stands atop some of the stones, in front of a horse dressed in a work harness for pulling. There is a path cut through the wall, as if for a road. A large oak…
Fire House, Ventura, Cal.
Street view of Venture Fire Department. A rectangular, two story adobe building sits on the corner of the street, with its entrance to the left. Spanish tile awnings hang over the windows on the second floor, squares turret on each corner, and a…
J. M. Montgomery 16 Mule Plow Team, Ventura, Cal.
Side view of an sixteen mule drive team on an unpaved street in front of a corner block of stoneface buildings. A three story bank sits prominantly in the background. Several figures tend to the mules on the right side.
Caption: "J.P. Montgomery…
Caption: "J.P. Montgomery…
A View On Oak Street, Ventura, Cal.
A view of Oak Street. Several Victorian style homes lined with pine and palm trees sit on the left side of the asphalt road, facing businesses with simpler architecture and telephone poles. A figure in a dress stands outside the telegram office on…
Avenue Oil Fields, Ventura, Calif.
Landscape view of a petroleum refinery. Twenty or more oil wells stand in a field to the right of a paved road and a residential area with telephone poles and houses. A mountain range is in the background.
Caption: "Avenue Oil Field - Ventura Calif…
Caption: "Avenue Oil Field - Ventura Calif…