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Prince Barranca on Thompson Ave. in Ventura, looking north.

Prince Barranca on Thompson Ave. in Ventura, looking west. Verso of photo has typed writing that reads:

Prince Barranca
On Thompson Avenue, makes an angle of 38 degrees with road line, length of deck 56 feet, width of roadway 30 feet, walls…

San Juan Barranca on Ventura Avenue facing north. A two-story house is in the background where the road forks. Library records state: "1900. Cost $1868. Details of construction on back of photo. (J. B, WAUD 1904)

Road petitioned for by M. L. Wolff.
[Notes: Sect 25 of T2N - R21W, n side of Camarillo, Calif; Copy one of two; L - 6, Automobile Club of Southern California, Map of Ventura County, ©2003]

Bridge over Wheeler Canyon at Foothill Road facing south.

Snapshot of Wheeler Canyon Bridge facing south. Details on the construction of the bridge are on the back of the photo.

Alternative view of the Wheeler Canyon Bridge facing east.

Snapshot of the Wheeler Canyon Bridge facing east on the road. Details on the construction of the bridge are on the back of the photo.

Snapshot of bridge at Arroyo Los Pitos facing north. Details on the construction of the bridge on the back of the photo.

Bridge at Arroyo Los Pitos facing south. Details on the construction of the bridge on the back of the photo.

Snapshot of the Los Pitos Barranca facing west.

Snapshot of the Los Pitos Barranca facing east.

The Prince Barranca on Thompson Avenue facing west on the road.

Finished bridge at the San Juan Barranca facing the east. Details concerning the construction of the bridge are on the back of the photo.

Workers constructing a bridge over the San Juan Barranca at Ventura Avenue. The view is looking west.

San Juan Barranca on Ventura Avenue facing north. A man is standing to the left of the road tending to foliage and a house is in the background where the road forks.

Fillmore Municipal Reservoir addition and part of Lot 14 of Rancho Santa Paula y Saticoy.
[Notes: Reference map coordinates for Rancho Santa Paula portion not defined; J - 8, Automobile Club of Southern California, Map of Ventura County, ©2003]

Topographic map of a portion of the Community Memorial Hospital site north of Cabrillo Drive in Ventura. Indicates elevation data at various points as well as the location of buildings, utilities, walls, fences, sidewalks, trees and parking lots. …

A topographic map of Parcel 1 of Parcel Map LD 169. Property is located at the intersection of Santa Rosa and Oak Canyon Roads, Camarillo. Map shows elevations and locations of drains and trees. Sheet 1 of 1.

A.L.T.A. survey, being a division of a portion of Lot 5, Rancho Calleguas, City of Camarillo. Area of interest, located north of Mission Oaks Boulevard and east of Lewis Road, shows a large existing building and adjacent parking areas. There is a…

Weapons made by inmates Colson (16935) and Sampsell (15922) and used in an escape attempt at Folsom Prison on February 27, 1933.

Bust portrait of Henry Lewis, wearing a suit, looking left of the viewer. He has a mustache and beard. Library records indicate he planted the first lima beans in Ventura County. "Henry Lewis of Carpinteria, first grower of lima beans, 1865."

Miss Ventura County 1928 (Virginia Bagley) poses on the beach covered only by a diamond shaped sign reading: "Straight ahead Ventura County Fair Sept. 12-16." 1926 written in pen at bottom of sign, but is likely 1928.

Lima bean harvesting crew in the field. Men, horses, wagons and agricultural equipment in a panoramic view with mountains in the background.

View looking south along the east side of San Buenaventura Mission from behind the bell tower; there is a brick building on left, just south of east entrance to Mission.