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Palm Street Kindergarten
Kindergarten Class group photo with teachers standing on both the left (wearing a white top and dark pants) and right (wearing all white) of the class. Photo was taken in front of Palm Street Kindergarten. One of the kids is pictured on a bicycle…
Colonial House Motel
Dual image postcard of the Colonial House Motel. The top image shows the two-story motel with a swimming pool in the foreground. The bottom image shows the front of the hotel including the hotel signage. Bottom caption state: 747 No. Oxnard Blvd.,…
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…
Main Street, Ventura Postcard
View of Main Street in Ventura, looking westward from California Street. Main Street is not paved, trolley tracks are visible on the ground, and there are many horse and carriages in the street and stopped in front of businesses. City Hall with…
Breakers on Ventura Coast
Waves breaking on a rock-covered beach, titled "Breakers, Ventura, Cal." A two-story house with a large lawn, tree, and fence is visible, along with other smaller buildings in the distance.
[Woods, Inc., L.A., 163]
[Woods, Inc., L.A., 163]
Beach Scene, Ventura, 1908
Beach Scene, Ventura, Cal. 1908. Wharf is in the background, lots of men, women and children are on the beach, as well as horse and carriages.
[Woods, Inc., L.A. Made in Germany. Published for Ventura Drug Co., Ventura, Cal., 164]
[Woods, Inc., L.A. Made in Germany. Published for Ventura Drug Co., Ventura, Cal., 164]
Camarillo White Horse
Postcard with a closeup photo of the face one of Adolfo Camarillo's white horses. "Return to A. Camarillo, Camarillo, Calif."
Bird's Eye View of Ojai Valley
Bird's eye view of Ojai Valley, Ojai. Agricultural fields are visible in the foreground. A blue sky and mountains with a light covering of snow are visible in the background.
[Western Publishing and Novelty Co., Los Angeles, Calif., 91729]
[Western Publishing and Novelty Co., Los Angeles, Calif., 91729]
California Missions
Illustrated postcard with California missions, along with dates of when completed. Small portrait of Father Junipero Sierra (1713-1784). Yellow background with a map of California showing locations of missions with major cities marked. Map includes…
Conejo Grade, Coast Highway, Los Angeles to Ventura & Santa Barbara, California
Bird's eye view of the Conejo Grade. Postcard reads "Conejo Grade, Coast Highway, Los Angeles to Ventura & Santa Barbara, California."
[Western Publishing & Novelty Co., Los Angeles, Calif., 847 & 104181]
[Western Publishing & Novelty Co., Los Angeles, Calif., 847 & 104181]
Greetings from Ventura, California
Bird's eye view of Downtown Ventura buildings and homes, Pierpont Bay, Ventura Pier, and beaches. Flowering succulent shrubbery in foreground.
[Western Publishing & Novelty Co., 259 So. Los Angeles St., L.A. Calif. (Curteich color), 700 & 8CK561]
[Western Publishing & Novelty Co., 259 So. Los Angeles St., L.A. Calif. (Curteich color), 700 & 8CK561]
Overlooking Castaic Creek, "Ridge Route", Los Angeles to Bakersfield
View of the Ridge Route at Castaic Creek with the back of a car going around a curve on the road.
[Western Publishing & Novelty Co., Los Angeles, Cal., R-5; 84431]
[Western Publishing & Novelty Co., Los Angeles, Cal., R-5; 84431]
Looking Towards Piru Canyon, "Ridge Route", Los Angeles to Bakersfield
Bird's eye view of the Ridge Route at Piru Canyon with two cars visible on the road.
[Western Publishing & Novelty Co., Los Angeles, Cal.; Sohmer, Theo., Los Angeles, A-84436]
[Western Publishing & Novelty Co., Los Angeles, Cal.; Sohmer, Theo., Los Angeles, A-84436]
Main Street in Camarillo, 1927
View of "Main Street, Carmarillo" [misspelled], with telephone poles and businesses lining the street.
[Western Publishing & Novelty Co., Los Angeles, Cal.; Sohmer, Theo., Los Angeles, 903]
[Western Publishing & Novelty Co., Los Angeles, Cal.; Sohmer, Theo., Los Angeles, 903]
Highway 101 and Causeway
Photograph of Highway 101 and the parallel causeway titled "S.B. 101 Causeway, Coast Highway, Between Ventura and Santa Barbara, California" with the handwritten note: "Part of this Blvd. washed out last week - with high tides." A few cars are…
Downtown Oxnard Street View
Street view of downtown Oxnard on a clear, sunny day with cars parked along both sides of the street and business signs visible: ". Penney Co." (perhaps J.C. Penney Co.), "Henney's," "Kit's," "Shoe," "Dieners," and "Real Estate." The street sign says…
Santa Paula Flower Fields
Photograph of bright yellow, pink, orange, and green flower fields in Santa Paula. Utility lines, a few small buildings, and mountains are in the background.
[Western Publ., Los Angeles, Calif., Curteicholor, J-28; 7CK-2754]
[Western Publ., Los Angeles, Calif., Curteicholor, J-28; 7CK-2754]
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]
On Road To Tent City, Ventura, Co., Cal., Matilija Hot Springs
View of a dirt road lined with trees and rocks. Road is heavily shaded by the trees.
Caption: On Road to Tent City, Ventura Co., Cal, Matilija Hot Springs
[Western Card Company, Reedley, Fresno Co., Calif., 4091]
Caption: On Road to Tent City, Ventura Co., Cal, Matilija Hot Springs
[Western Card Company, Reedley, Fresno Co., Calif., 4091]
A Scene From The Wharf-Ventura, Cal.
View of the coastline from the wharf. Small waves lap the beach in the foreground. Several houses sit just behind the sand, framed by a variety of trees. A mountain is in the distance.
Caption: "A SCENE FROM THE WHARF - VENTURA, CAL."
[Western…
Caption: "A SCENE FROM THE WHARF - VENTURA, CAL."
[Western…
Main St. East, Ventura, Cal.
Caption: "Main St. East - Ventura Cal."
Street view of Main Street, from the middle of the middle of the street. Mission San Buenaventura and its bell tower are in the foreground on the left. Businesses line the right side of the street, with an…
Street view of Main Street, from the middle of the middle of the street. Mission San Buenaventura and its bell tower are in the foreground on the left. Businesses line the right side of the street, with an…
View of the Interior of the Library, Santa Paula
View of the Interior of the Santa Paula Library, showing a man looking through a book, the stacks, columns toward the middle of the building, and pendant lighting.
[Western Card Company, Reedley, Fresno Co., Calif., 2573]
[Western Card Company, Reedley, Fresno Co., Calif., 2573]
Meta Street Looking West, Ventura
View of Meta Street in Ventura, looking west. Prominently features a multi-story home on the corner followed by two one-story homes, and then a church. A horse and carriage can be seen in front of the church.
[Western Card Company, Reedley, Fresno…
[Western Card Company, Reedley, Fresno…
Christian Church-Ventura
Front face of the Christian Church in Ventura on Santa Clara Street. Two men in hats stand by the front steps of the church building.
[Western Card Co., Reedley, Fresno Co., Calif]
[Western Card Co., Reedley, Fresno Co., Calif]
Evaporator, American Beet Sugar Company
Interior view of the American Beet Sugar Company labeled "Evaporator", a large room with a walkway or platform and stairs between large pieces of equipment.
[Virden, Ben S., Oxnard, Cal.]
[Virden, Ben S., Oxnard, Cal.]