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Exterior of Cook Mansion
Exterior view of Cook Mansion taken from the back yard, looking upward. Image shows a long room attached to the back of the home with many windows on the left of the image, main home of the right. Also known as the Piru or Newhall Mansion.

Collins-Taylor Building, Ventura
Exterior front and side views of the Collins-Taylor building at the southwest corner of California and Main Streets in downtown Ventura, CA. Bank appears to be three stories and has a rounded corner where the entrance door is. There are some bicycles…

County Hospital-Ventura postcard
Exterior view of the Ventura County Hospital building showing the front entrance, circular drive in front of it, and landscaping around building. The building is two stories, Spanish style, with many windows (some arched), and a tile roof.
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Public Library, Ventura, California, "Foster Library" postcard
Exterior view of the Foster Library in Ventura, a three story brick building with what appear to be two entrances--one on the ground floor, and one on the second floor that has steps leading up to it on both sides of the building. It shows a vast…

Schiappa Pietra Home, Exterior
Exterior view of the Schiappa Pietra house as seen through the front gate. Fountain in front of the home visible. Top of image is bordered by trees. Image taken in 1958 before the home was demolished that same year.

Schiappa Pietra Home, Exterior From Street
Exterior view of the Schiappa Pietra house as seen from across a street in foreground of image. House is partially obscured by bushes and trees. Image taken in 1958 before the home was demolished that same year.

Ventura Theatre Opening
View of crowds of men and women gathered in front of Ventura Theatre on Chestnut Street for its opening in August 1928. Side view of theatre from across the street just south of the theater. It appears to be evening. Marquee reads: New Ventura…

Ventura County Courthouse
Exterior view of the Ventura County courthouse building (which is now Ventura City Hall, 2022). Photo taken diagonally from across Poli Street. Image also shows a man in a car and a man just outside of the car in front of the building.

Ventura County Courthouse from a Distance
Exterior view of the Ventura County Courthouse building (now Ventura City Hall, 2022) from a distance, showing a house, an empty lot, and part of another house in foreground. Part of Poli Street visible as well running in front of the courthouse. In…

Oxnard Public Library
Exterior bird's eye view of the Carnegie Library in Oxnard. It is a large, white, classical-style building with columns and triangular ends completed in 1906. It sits on a corner lot and the houses and buildings behind and next to it are visible.…

Ventura County Hospital Exterior
Exterior view of the Ventura County Hospital, showing front landscaping and parking lot. Street in foreground.

Nordhoff High School postcard verso
Sepia photograph postcard depicting a front view of the Nordhoff High School in Ojai, Calif. The building uses wood and cobblestones, and has a Craftsman-esque architecture.
Caption: High School Nordhoff, Cal.

Verso: Addressed to Grace Hobson,…

Santa Paula, Calif., Bank of America postcard
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…

Santa Paula, Calif. postcard
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…

Court House, Ventura, Calif. postcard
The front facade of the Ventura County Court House is depicted. It is a neoclassical building with a circular pathway surrounded by lawn. A statue of Father Serra is in the center of the walkway. Statue head is turned, looking to right of the image.…

Plaza School postcard
An image showing two sides of Plaza School. It is a three-story wood structure with covered porches on the front side at the first and second levels. There is a tower section on one corner of the building. A handrail surrounding a roofwalk is visible…

Ojai Avenue Nordhoff postcard
Street view of Ojai Avenue. There is a big building to the left of the viewer with tall columns at the front of the building. To the right of the viewer there is a grocery store. There are several carriages parked along the dirt road. Two trees stand…

Plaza School
Front exterior view of the Plaza School in Ventura, California, located on Santa Clara Street.

F. G. Sifford House
The Sifford house located on South Ash Street. A view taken from the street of a two-story wood frame house with stone chimney and two balconies. The street is unpaved.

Colony House
Front exterior view of a two-story, wooden colony house, with awning-covered front porch. A wire and wood fence is visible in front of the house. An unidentified figure and horse stand to the right of the house.

Library records indicate Simi…

Epworth M. E. Church Exterior
An exterior view of the Epworth Methodist Episcopal Church in Moorpark. Church is single story with a tower built over the entrance. Three unidentified men are standing on the church steps.

Moorpark Union High School
Exterior front and side view of Moorpark Union High School. School is in the Mission Revival style of architecture. A flagpole is in the center of the steps leading to the school. Photo taken for "Green and Gold" the Moorpark Union High School 1923…

American Oil Service Station 11226 Highway 101 Frontage Road, City of Ventura
Topographic map showing floorplan of a service station on a temporary frontage road by Highway 101 in the City of Ventura. Made for the American Oil Company. Also shows drawing of typical cross section of Highway 101 Frontage Road.

Seventh-Day Adventist Church
Exterior view of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church, later the Midtown Assembly of God, that was located at the northeast corner of San Clemente Street and Ocean Avenue. Building is adobe-style architecture with a spire above the entryway.

Seventh-Day Adventist Church
Exterior view of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church and school, later the Midtown Assembly of God, that was located at the northeast corner of San Clemente Street and Ocean Avenue. Building is adobe-style architecture with a spire above the entryway.…
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