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Oil Rig On Little Sespe-Fillmore, California
View looking up at a wooden oil derrick on a hillside. A man is standing on a narrow road below the rig. Some oil drilling equipment is visible on the road.
[Sourvenir Publishing Co., San Francisco and Los Angeles, Cal., S234]
[Sourvenir Publishing Co., San Francisco and Los Angeles, Cal., S234]
Mission Corridor, Church of St. Mary Magdalen, Camarillo
View from a covered walkway at the Church of St. Mary Magdalen in Camarillo. An arch-covered outdoor corridor with a bench is depicted. Trees and brick structures are visible through the arches. There are mountains in the distance.
[Brakey, J.R.,…
[Brakey, J.R.,…
California Oil Museum
A view of the front and side facades of the California Oil Museum in Santa Paula. The museum is in the same building where the Union Oil Company was organized in 1890. Building is made of brick or stone facing, with large glass windows on its ground…
Ojai Valley
A view looking down at a portion of the Ojai Valley showing citrus orchards with mountains in the background.
[Truepicture Post Card, Fidelity Reproduction Co., Los Angeles 36, Calif., 113]
[Truepicture Post Card, Fidelity Reproduction Co., Los Angeles 36, Calif., 113]
Drive, Near Ventura, Cal.
View of an unpaved road with brush and large trees on either side.
[MacGregor Bros., Ventura Cal. (Postcards of Quality, Albertype Co., Brooklyn, N.Y.)]
[MacGregor Bros., Ventura Cal. (Postcards of Quality, Albertype Co., Brooklyn, N.Y.)]
Obtossaway, an Ojibwa Chief
A hand-colored real photo postcard. Shows a bust portrait of Obtossaway, an Ojibwa Chief, looking to his left. There is a bend in the upper left corner of postcard.
[Detroit Publishing Co. ("Phostint" card), 6878]
[Detroit Publishing Co. ("Phostint" card), 6878]
Beet Sugar Factory At Oxnard
An exterior view of the American Sugar Beet Co. building in Oxnard. It is a large brick, multi-story building. Two tall brick smokestacks are visible. Other factory equipment and buildings visible nearby.
Caption: Beet Sugar Factory at Oxnard,…
Caption: Beet Sugar Factory at Oxnard,…
Beet Sheds, American Beet Sugar Co., Oxnard
A view of the beet sheds at the sugar beet factory in Oxnard. The brick factory building is visible in the background.
Caption: Beet Sheds, American Beet Sugar Co., Oxnard, Ventura Co., Cal.
Verso: Message written to Miss Steele in Ohio, from…
Caption: Beet Sheds, American Beet Sugar Co., Oxnard, Ventura Co., Cal.
Verso: Message written to Miss Steele in Ohio, from…
Interior of Sugar Factory, Showing Carbonation Tanks, Diffusion Battery and Filter Presses
An equipment room at the Oxnard sugar beet factory containing carbonation tanks, diffusion battery and filter presses. A worker is overseeing some of the tanks.
Caption: Interior of Sugar Factory, Oxnard, Ventura Co., Calif. Showing Carbonation…
Caption: Interior of Sugar Factory, Oxnard, Ventura Co., Calif. Showing Carbonation…
Evaporators, Interior of Sugar Factory, Oxnard
A view of a room containing evaporators used in processing sugar beets at the American Beet Sugar Factory in Oxnard.
Caption: Evaporators, Interior of Sugar Factory, Oxnard, Ventura Co., Calif.
[Brakey, J.R., Ventura, Cal. (C.T. American Art),…
Caption: Evaporators, Interior of Sugar Factory, Oxnard, Ventura Co., Calif.
[Brakey, J.R., Ventura, Cal. (C.T. American Art),…
Boiler Room, American Beet Sugar Co's Factory, Oxnard
A view of the boiler room at the American Beet Sugar Company factory in Oxnard. Five men dressed in work clothes stand next to a table in the center of the room, looking towards the viewer. They are surrounded by large pieces of equipment and…
Sugar Factory, Oxnard
A view of the American Sugar Beet Company factory in Oxnard, California. It is a very large multi-story brick building. Additional smaller buildings on the site are visible along with tanks, two tall smokestacks, railroad tracks and various…
Arnaz School Near Ventura, Ventura Co., Cal.
Hand-colored photographic postcard. Students of various ages and teachers are posing for a picture in front of the Arnaz School. The girls and women are wearing dresses. Most of the boys appear to be wearing bib-style overalls. The white clapboard…
Untitled, (Mule or Horse Team with 2 Men and Farm Implements)
A team of mules or horses appears to be pulling a farm implement upon which a man is sitting. Another man is visible within the group of animals. Hills, buildings, utility poles and wires are visible in the distance.
[AZO in stamp area]
[AZO in stamp area]
Untitled, (Coos Bay Breaking through Ventura Wharf During Storm)
A real photo postcard depicting the Ventura Pier after the ship Coos Bay collided with it. A man is visible in the foreground surveying the damaged pier. The pier appears to be cut in half. Three men are visible on the other side of the cut looking…
Santa Paula, Calif.
A street view of the two-story Citizens State Bank building, located on Main Street in Santa Paula. The building has an arched entry and ornate ironwork over two windows facing Main Street. American flags mounted on poles line the sidewalks on Main…
Santa Paula, Calif., Bank of America
A view of the Bank of America building on Main Street in Santa Paula, Calif. The bank is a square building with neo-classical design features on its facade, including molded columns and a diamond pattern below flat roof. There is a brick building…
Ramona's Home
Rancho Camulos near Piru. An adobe structure with tile roofing is depicted. The windows have wooden shutters. There is a covered porch with a bench. Shrubs grow along the walls of the building.
A visit to Rancho Camulos is thought to have been the…
A visit to Rancho Camulos is thought to have been the…
Camp Comfort, Near Ventura, Cal.
A wagon drawn by two horses being driven under oak trees at Camp Comfort. One oak tree is in the foreground, to the viewer's left.
Caption: Camp Comfort, near Ventura, Cal.
[Rieder, M., Los Angeles, Cal., made in Germany, A75204]
Caption: Camp Comfort, near Ventura, Cal.
[Rieder, M., Los Angeles, Cal., made in Germany, A75204]
Wheeler's Hot Springs
Dozens of fish, apparently caught by a fisherman in Matilija Creek, are displayed on a rock. A hand net and water in the creek are visible.
Caption: Wheelers Hot Springs
[CK (Insignia in Stamp Area)]
Caption: Wheelers Hot Springs
[CK (Insignia in Stamp Area)]
Wheelers Hot Springs
A bird's-eye view of Wheeler's Hot Springs resort showing several buildings, a pool, tennis courts and water flowing in Matilija Creek.
Caption: Wheelers Hot Springs Lamson Photo
[NOKO, Lamson Photo]
Caption: Wheelers Hot Springs Lamson Photo
[NOKO, Lamson Photo]
A Shady Walk at Wheelers Hot Springs
A dirt path lined with trees near Wheeler Hot Springs.
Caption: "- A Shady Walk - At Wheelers Hot Mineral Springs - Ventura Co., Cal."
[Western Card Company, Reedley, Fresno Co., Calif., 4069]
Caption: "- A Shady Walk - At Wheelers Hot Mineral Springs - Ventura Co., Cal."
[Western Card Company, Reedley, Fresno Co., Calif., 4069]
Genoveva Spring At Wheeler's
This view depicts four women and a man seated on rocks near a creek. Another man is standing next to them. An advertising message for "Genoveva Cold Mineral Water" appears to have been painted on a flat rock located between the women. Other rocks to…
Main Street, Ventura
A view looking east on Main Street. The street is lined with commercial brick buildings, some of which have canvas awnings. People are visible on the sidewalk as well as seated in their horse-drawn buggies. A bicycle is propped up against a curb. …
The Largest Rubber Tree In California, Ventura
View of a rubber tree growing near a street. There is a wood frame structure to the left of the tree and other buildings are visible in the background. Tree's branches spread wide, past the two buildings on either side of it. Uppermost branches not…