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Fir Street, Ventura
View of Fir Street intersection. There is a large house on both corners. The street is lined with trees, and there is a car driving on the street. Caption at bottom reads: "Fir Street, Ventura, Cal.'
[Brakey, J.R., Ventura, Cal. (C.T. American Art),…
[Brakey, J.R., Ventura, Cal. (C.T. American Art),…
Chautauqua Grounds
A scene of the coast in Ventura, California (as listed). A green field has a path cut through it, leading to a large brown house (?) is slightly to the right of center, surrounded by small white tents. Smaller brown buildings are at either edge of…
Panorama (4 card series, uncut) of Ventura
A panoramic view of Ventura, looking over houses and towards the mountains. A red train cuts across the left of the image, just past a railroad intersection with a large street.
[Brakey, J.R., Ventura, Cal (Panama/California Exposition, San Diego,…
[Brakey, J.R., Ventura, Cal (Panama/California Exposition, San Diego,…
Ventura Bath House
A large, 3-story rectangular grey building with an American flag on top and many cars lined up in front and along the side. A few people, appearing to be men and women alike, are seen coming out and going towards the entrance. The parking lot is…
Methodist Church, Oxnard
A drawing of the Church, a large, grey building on a street corner. The entrance is rounded with steps and columns, but the sides of the building are straight with yellow stained-glass windows.
[Brakey, J.R., Ventura, Cal. (C.T. American Art),…
[Brakey, J.R., Ventura, Cal. (C.T. American Art),…
Entrance to Sulphur Mt. Springs Near Santa Paula
A square wooden arch with Sulphur Mt. Springs in white on a black background. Above it is a smaller sign that says 'automobiles slow down'. The left-hand leg of the arch as two US flags, one above the other, and the right-hand leg has one, with a…
Santa Susana Pass
Green mountains stretch off into the distance, a highway cutting through them. An orange car has pulled to the side of the road, with a group of people standing next to it at an overlook.
[Brakey, J.R., Ventura, CAl. (C.T. American Art), R-83325]
[Brakey, J.R., Ventura, CAl. (C.T. American Art), R-83325]
Grammar School, Oxnard
A cream-colored building with a red roof and columns around the front entrance on a street corner. A flagpole with an American flag stands in the lawn surrounding the schoolhouse.
[Brakey, J.R., Ventura, Cal. (C.T. American Art), A-80123]
[Brakey, J.R., Ventura, Cal. (C.T. American Art), A-80123]
Ventura Bath House, Ventura
The inside of a bathhouse. The majority of the picture is a swimming pool, with dark blue-green water. Roughly a dozen people (gender unclear) are in the water, and a long yellow slide leads down from an upper level, packed with people behind a…
In Foster Memorial Park, Near Ventura
An oak tree with a curved trunk frames the right side of the image. Behind it is a wide dirt path, and on the other side is a forest with mountains in the background. Two men, one if a grey suit and one in orange, lean against a triangular wooden…
Bathing at Hueneme
The Port Hueneme wharf is in the background of a crowded beach. A large wooden ship is docked at the end of the pier. Several dozen people are in the water and on the beach, men and women alike. Two men stand together, looking towards the camera. A…
Bathing at Lyon Springs, Matilija Canyon, Near Nordhoff
A river or pond with a rocky beach made up of large white stones and boulders backing up to a forest. A man in a suit and yellow hat sits near the top of the beach. A woman in pink sits closer to the shore. In the water are two children on a yellow…
The Limoneira, Near Santa Paula
A lemon orchard with trees in perfect rows stretches off into the distance where it backs up into mountains. A dirt road in the far left cuts the orchard in two and is dotted with electric poles. A pair of brown houses sit in front of the left…
St. Joseph's Institute, Oxnard
A two-story grey building lined with windows. Two small spires rise from different points on the roof, each with a cross on top. The main entrance to the building has standard roofing in dark green, and the rest of the building's roof is in a flat…
Plaza-Oxnard
An aerial view of a grassy square plaza, cut perfectly into 4 pieces by walkways leading to a gazebo at the center of the park. Each walkway starts as a half-circle on the sidewalk. Various palm trees and shrubbery dot the edges of the plaza and the…
Oxnard High School
A two-story grey building sits seemingly by itself on a dirt road. An American flag on a tall flapole sits out front.
[Brakey, J.R., Ventura, Cal. (Logo: San Diego, Panama, California Exposition; Slogan:"On the Road of a Thousand Wonders"), 3094 &…
[Brakey, J.R., Ventura, Cal. (Logo: San Diego, Panama, California Exposition; Slogan:"On the Road of a Thousand Wonders"), 3094 &…
El Roblar Hotel
A side view of a white, two-story Spanish-style hotel. The front and side have covered patios suspended by rounded columns. A rounded stone archway is above the main entrance and attached to the stone walls that surround the entire hotel property.…
First National Bank Postcard
A three-story yellow building on a street corner. The entrance is rounded and directly at the corner. A sculpted sign above the door says 'BANK', and on that corner of the third floor is a plaque declaring '1899'. On the left side of the building,…
Caterpillar Engine Hauling Beets to Sugar Factory
On a field is a caterpillar engine tractor with two young men sitting on the back of the engine, one at the steering wheel and one smiling. The vehicle is attached to four white carts with red wheels, filled above the brim with beets.
[Brakey,…
[Brakey,…
Ventura Wharf
Postcard with the caption "Bathing on the Beach near the Wharf, Ventura, Cal." showing the wharf in Ventura. The masts of ships are visible at the end of the wharf. In the foreground, people, including many children, gather and wade in the shallow…
Ventura Fire House
Photograph captioned "Fire House, Ventura, Cal." Two people stand at the entrance of the fire house, as someone rides toward the entrance on a horse. Mountains are visible in the background. There are houses and buildings on both sides of the fire…
Beach Scene at Ventura Wharf
Postcard titled "Beach Scene, Ventura, California" showing the Ventura Wharf in the background and a beach full of people, horses, a bicycle, carriages, a picnic bench, and a small lagoon. A handwritten note reads: "See inside the circle Pilie,…
Veranda, Pierpont Cottages, Ojai Valley, Near Nordhoff, Ventura Co.
Veranda of the Pierpont Cottages showing a series of rocking chairs, a floor rug and benches. Various types of plants, including palm trees, are shown in the view off of the veranda.
[John R. Brakey, Ventura, Cal. (C.T. Photochrom), A-57611]
[John R. Brakey, Ventura, Cal. (C.T. Photochrom), A-57611]
Catholic Church, Oxnard
Three quarter view of the Catholic Church of Oxnard.
[Brakey, J.R., Ventura, Cal. (Logo: Panama, California Exposition, San Diego, 1915; Slogan: "On the Road of a Thousand Wonders"), 3093 & 16525]
[Brakey, J.R., Ventura, Cal. (Logo: Panama, California Exposition, San Diego, 1915; Slogan: "On the Road of a Thousand Wonders"), 3093 & 16525]
Methodist Episcopal Church, Santa Paula
Three quarter view of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Santa Paula.
[Brakey, J.R., Ventura Cal. (Logo: Panama/California Exposition, San Diego; Slogan: "On The Road of a Thousand Wonders"), 3089 & A-16521]
[Brakey, J.R., Ventura Cal. (Logo: Panama/California Exposition, San Diego; Slogan: "On The Road of a Thousand Wonders"), 3089 & A-16521]