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General Vandever Home
Exterior view of Ventura County's first Congressman, General William Vandever's home at 144 S. California St. Shows frontal view of the home. Built in 1892. Building is of Queen Anne Victorian design, with ornamented eaves and stairs around the…
Untitled, (Raising the Cross in Ventura) 1912
Outdoor scene of the Cross on the Hill being raised in 1912 in Ventura. Cross has ropes or wires around horizontal part. The cross is sitting in a much smaller metal barrel, with people inspecting and supporting the structure. Crowd surrounding and…
Rincon Causeway at Punta Gorda
Outdoor scene of an automobile on causeway at Punta Gorda near Rincon, circa 1920, next to the ocean. Two more automobiles in far background. To the right of the causeway there are shrubs and to the left is the ocean. Hills are in the…
Ventura County Courthouse
View of California Street from Main Street in Ventura. Ventura County Courthouse is at top of hill with banners and decorations displayed. American flags visible on stands on sidewalks. People visible walking on sidewalks. Automobiles parked along…
The Ventura Pier
Sepia photograph of man driving a small horse-drawn cart in surf. One dark horse is pulling wagon. Text on side of cart reads "S. Cohn / Ventura Cash Store Groceries / Orders Taken." Pier is visible in the background. One ship at the pier with…
Ventura, California 1991
Bird's-eye view of Ventura, California. 101 Freeway along the Ventura coast from aerial view. Apartments are visible on the left corner with highway partially visible behind row of trees. More buildings on right. Many palm trees in downtown area.…
Ventura County (Point Mugu Rock)
Landscape photograph of Point Mugu Rock on the California coastline. Waves shown breaking and crashing against rocks. Pacific Coast Highway on right of photo. Mugu Rock beside Pacific Coast Highway in the background.
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Verso: Brief description of…
Channel Islands Harbor, Oxnard, California
Three landscapes surrounded by yellow border. Descriptions moving clockwise from upper left. Upper left photograph shows a street with houses and a lighthouse. In foreground, Oxnard sign in the middle of the street on a dividing strip. Right…
Camarillo, California
Aerial photograph of the city of Camarillo, California. 101 Highway is visible going southbound through Camarillo. Foreground shows fields and orchards. Left side shows parts of Somis. Santa Susana Mountains and parts of Santa Rosa Valley visible…
Oxnard, California
Aerial view photograph of Oxnard, California. 101 Highway is visible, with an overpass crossing the highway. Left center shows parking lot with parked cars in Esplanade Shopping Mall. Right corner shows two buildings with parking lots and parked…
Oxnard, California
Aerial view of Channel Islands Harbor and Oxnard Beach in Oxnard, California. Orchards and agricultural fields visible outside of city. Bottom of the view shows Oxnard Beach with waves crashing on shoreline. Residential area and Oxnard Airport are…
Ventura Marina
Outdoor scene of Ventura Marina. Center left of scene shows sidewalk along Ventura Marina. Sidewalk is lined by streetlamps, and a lawn is visible to the left. To right are docks and many ships. In background is a building with terracotta building.…
Mission Bells at Camulos
Outdoor scene showing an unidentified priest ringing bells at Rancho Camulos. There are three bells on a white support. The biggest bell is cracked. The priest wears a black coat and black hat. A white fence runs behind the priest and bells. In…
Presbyterian Church, Ojai, California
Exterior view of Presbyterian Church in Ojai, California. Church is in Spanish Colonial architectural style with terracotta roof and a central tower. Lawn visible in foreground. Telephone poles are outside the church. Location in caption in upper…
"The Poinsettia City," Main Street Showing Elks Building, Ventura, Calif.
Illustrated postcard, showing the Elks Building on Main Street in Ventura. Bottom text reads "The Poinsettia City" in black font. Building is multistoried and in Spanish Colonial architecture style. Outside of building there are palm trees and…
Grammar School, Santa Paula, Cal. 1908
Colorized postcard showing an exterior view of Santa Paula Grammar School. The school is a three storied structure. In front of the school is a large group of people, including children and adults. Green trees and shrubs sit both behind to the left…
Untitled (Horses)
Bust portrait of a white horse with second horse partially visible in background.
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[AZO in stamp area].
Ventura Clocktower Inn & Mission San Buenaventura
Bird's-eye view of downtown Ventura. Shows Santa Clara St. and Palm St., Ventura Avenue area visible is upper left corner. In middle view is San Buenaventura Mission and Clock Tower Inn. Left side shows Mission Park and Albinger Archaeological…
Ojai, California
Lanscape photograph of exterior of Libbey Park with Ojai post office and arcade visible in background. Scene includes three people, water fountain, trees, shrubs, benches, trash cans. Water fountain has blue and white tiles. Above street is hanging…
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…
Mariposa Citrus Label Postcard, Circa 1930
Postcard showing a circa 1930s citrus label design for Mariposa Brand Valencias. Shows a grouping of mariposa poppies on black field, bordered by navy. Poppies are pink, yellow, and white. Mariposa brand name in yellow text with red borders at top…
General and Mrs. Vandever with Family and Friends
Group photo showing General William Vandever and his wife with a large group of friends and family. Group includes seven women, four men, and four children. Individuals are numbered in ink, but no identifications given.
Museum records includes…
Museum records includes…
Zaidee Soule on Horseback
Outdoor scene showing Zaidee Soule sitting horseback. The horse is standing in a small pool or river. Dirt road is intersected by water. Trees and foliage surround the edges of the image. Zaidee is wearing a white shirtwaist, dark skirt, and a…
Soule Family Portrait
A group portrait of four women and two men sitting on the steps of a build. Man on right is seated with a black dog. Woman in front, left has a tabby cat on her lap. The people are dressed nicely with the men wearing suits and the women in ornate or…
Portrait of Zaidee Soule, circa 1900
Bust portrait of Zaidee Soule as a young woman. She looks straight towards the viewer. Her hair is styled in a twisted updo with curled bangs. She wears a light-colored dress.