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Work Crew with Cement Mixer, Casitas Dam
A work crew with a cement mixer at Casitas Dam. One of the workers is looking directly at the camera and smiling while working. Horses are harnessed to a wagon. Bags (of sand?) are piled high next to the cement mixer. One of the workers is wearing a…
Work Crew at Casitas Dam, Group Photo
A work crew of about 35 men seated on a hill of boulders. Looking in various directions, mostly looking at the camera. Most men are clean shaven, but a few have mustaches and one man in the front center has a full beard. Library records indicate that…
Cañada Larga, Mission Aqueduct
View of the San Buenaventura Mission Aqueduct, Cañada Larga, bisected by a dirt road with wheel tracks. A hill rises up in the background.
Emanuel Franz General Merchandise
Exterior view of a General Merchandise store with a woman and a young boy standing in front. Counters and shelving and products can be viewed inside the store through windows and doorways. The sign hanging above the shop indicates "E. Franz General…
Hill School and Santa Clara House, Bird's Eye View
Birds Eye view of Hill School and Santa Clara House in the lower left of the image. The ocean is visible in the background.
Library records indicate that Santa Clara House is "now Poinsettia Hotel."
Library records indicate that Santa Clara House is "now Poinsettia Hotel."
Pioneer Picnic, Foster Park
Panoramic view of men and women sitting at wooden picnic tables under oak trees on a sunny day at Foster Park. An estimate of 100 people in the image, some are facing the camera, some are facing with their backs towards the camera, some have turned…
Pioneer Picnic, Foster Park
Panoramic view of men and women sitting at wooden picnic tables under oak trees on a sunny day at Foster Park. An estimate of 100 people in the image, some are facing the camera, some are facing with their backs towards the camera, some have turned…
Rose Flour Mill
Exterior view of the Rose Flour Mill on Ventura Avenue. Three story clapboard building with a covered wagon in the street in front and four men sitting or standing on a deck in front of the building, F. A. Orton, J. W. Orr, W. Summers, S. Lennon.
Ventura Avenue School, Group Photo
Class photo for Ventura Avenue School in 1912 taken outdoors.
Mrs. L. Ward Mailley, principal, Miss M. Ready, assistance (?)
Pupils of 1911 and 1912 are Beulah Bunton, Clarence Pefley, Helen Short, Albert Bianchi, Ruth Ayers, Edwin Carty, William…
Mrs. L. Ward Mailley, principal, Miss M. Ready, assistance (?)
Pupils of 1911 and 1912 are Beulah Bunton, Clarence Pefley, Helen Short, Albert Bianchi, Ruth Ayers, Edwin Carty, William…
W. M. Zeller Threshing Outfit
Agricultural laborers that are part of W. M. Zeller threshing crew, with their wagons, machinery, and horses. Smoke is billowing out of machinery in the middle of the photograph. American flag flying. Hills in the background. Library records also…
Hotel Rose
Exterior view of Hotel Rose at Main and Chestnut Streets. The view of the road with additional buildings extends into the background. The caption at the bottom of the photograph reads "Hotel Rose, 1890, later Hotel De Leon, Main and Chestnut Streets,…
R. G. Percy and Ed Wenig
R. G. Percy and Ed Wenig, dressed in suit and tie, are seated at a table together at the Ventura County Historical Society dinner meeting. Other attendees are visible, seated in the background.
Ventura Avenue Ice Plant
One large building with smaller sized buildings attached. Men standing in front of the building. One man is on a horse. Powerline in view. Vegetation in the foreground.
Tiburcio Vasquez
Portrait of Tiburcio Vasquez. His name is handwritten on the bottom of the photo. There is a small hole worn out of the middle of the photo.
Portrait of Tiburcio Vasquez
Tiburcio Vasquez, the Notorious Bandit.
Rancho Sespe Packing House
Exterior view of the Rancho Sespe Packing House, showing railroad tracks alongside the building.
Rancho Sespe Packing House
View of an elevated open building at the Rancho Sespe Packing House. Another small building is in the background.
Rancho Sespe Packing House
Exterior view of the Rancho Sespe Packing House, showing a loading dock for trucks and railroad tracks running alongside the building on the left of the image.
Rancho Sespe Packing House
Exterior view of the Rancho Sespe Packing House, showing tracks running alongside the building a car parked in front of it.
Rancho Sespe Packing House
Interior view of the Rancho Sespe Packing House, showing a close view of machinery used in the packing processes.
Rancho Sespe Packing House
Interior view of the Rancho Sespe Packing House, showing what looks like a conveyor belt. View from above.
Entrance to Thacher School, Nordhoff, Cal.
A dirt road lined by trees and small plants, leading to Thacher School, Nordhoff, California. Caption at bottom reads "Enterance Thacher School Nordhoff Cal."
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Bird's Eye View of San Buenaventura, Cal. 1877
Mounted photograph of map. Photo is black and white, original map is in color. Map is number M0230, available to view here. Shows view of Ventura in 1877, with a view "From the Bay, Looking North" as written along the bottom of the map. Ships, wharf,…
Olivas Adobe
Semi distant, exterior view of the Olivas Adobe (Old Adobe at Montalvo) in Ventura, California. A line of cedar trees and dirt yard in the foreground.
Additional information attached to photo.
Additional information attached to photo.
Plaza School
Front exterior view of the Plaza School in Ventura, California, located on Santa Clara Street.