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Chautauqua Grounds Postcard
A scene of the coast in Ventura, California (as listed). A green field has a path cut through it, leading to a large brown house (?) is slightly to the right of center, surrounded by small white tents. Smaller brown buildings are at either edge of…

Bird's Eye View of Buena Ventura Postcard
An angled aerial view of downtown Ventura, with the Mission visible to the left of center. Most of the area is still green, but there are some large buildings scattered along the same road as the Mission. The ocean is visible off in the distance.…

Ventura By the Sea Postcard
View of Ventura from atop a hill. Many buildings/houses pictured, but most are indistinct aside from Elizabeth Bard Memorial Hospital. The image includes the ocean and a clear view of Santa Cruz island and the edge of Anacapa.
[Detroit Publishing…

Panorama of Ventura Postcard
A panoramic view of Ventura, looking over houses and towards the mountains. A red train cuts across the left of the image, just past a railroad intersection with a large street.
[Brakey, J.R., Ventura, Cal (Panama/California Exposition, San Diego,…

Ventura Bath House Postcard
A large, 3-story rectangular grey building with an American flag on top and many cars lined up in front and along the side. A few people, appearing to be men and women alike, are seen coming out and going towards the entrance. The parking lot is…

Coast Highway Showing Rincon Sea Wall and Oil Fields Postcard
A scene of green mountains next to the ocean. A road divides the mountains from the water, and in the center of the image, the stacks of the oil fields are on either side of the road.
[Kashower, M. Co., Los Angeles, Calif., 1200 & 31724]

Ventura Beachfront & Wharf(Historic View; Untitled, on card) undated PC
A black-and-white panoramic shot of the beach by the Ventura wharf, taken from on the pier. Many people and animals dot the beach. Various houses are behind them on a slight hill. (Historic View; Untitled, on card) undated
[VELOX in stamp area]

Souvenir, Ventura, Cal., 1913 Postcard
A black-and-white collage of prominent sites in Ventura: the plaza, San Buenaventura Mission, the courthouse, a new bridge (Ventura River Bridge), an aerial shot of a residential area, and a "surf scene" of a beach.
[Photos by Dingman]

Thousand Oaks, California postcard
A shot of an oak tree standing by itself in a field on the right. In the background are many more trees, possibly all oaks. A blue metal building is partially visible through the shrubbery in the bottom left of the shot.
[Columbia Publishing, 11401…

Administration Building, Camarillo State Hospital postcard
View of the hospital administration building and bell tower from across the street. One car is parked in front of the building, and another is approaching.
[Kolor View Press, Los Angeles, CA 90064 (Pub. & Dist. by Woody Gillette, 1204 W.Nectarine,…

Methodist Church, Oxnard postcard
A drawing of the Church, a large, grey building on a street corner. The entrance is rounded with steps and columns, but the sides of the building are straight with yellow stained-glass windows.
[Brakey, J.R., Ventura, Cal. (C.T. American Art),…

Entrance to Sulphur Mt. Springs postcard
A square wooden arch with Sulphur Mt. Springs in white on a black background. Above it is a smaller sign that says 'automobiles slow down'. The left-hand leg of the arch as two US flags, one above the other, and the right-hand leg has one, with a…

Santa Susana Pass postcard
Green mountains stretch off into the distance, a highway cutting through them. An orange car has pulled to the side of the road, with a group of people standing next to it at an overlook.
[Brakey, J.R., Ventura, CAl. (C.T. American Art), R-83325]

Grammar School, Oxnard Postcard
A cream-colored building with a red roof and columns around the front entrance on a street corner. A flagpole with an American flag stands in the lawn surrounding the schoolhouse.
[Brakey, J.R., Ventura, Cal. (C.T. American Art), A-80123]

Ventura Bath House, Ventura, California undated postcard
The inside of a bathhouse. The majority of the picture is a swimming pool, with dark blue-green water. Roughly a dozen people (gender unclear) are in the water, and a long yellow slide leads down from an upper level, packed with people behind a…

In Foster Memorial Park, Near Ventura, Cal. undated Postcard
An oak tree with a curved trunk frames the right side of the image. Behind it is a wide dirt path, and on the other side is a forest with mountains in the background. Two men, one if a grey suit and one in orange, lean against a triangular wooden…

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Bathing at Hueneme postcard
The Port Hueneme wharf is in the background of a crowded beach. A large wooden ship is docked at the end of the pier. Several dozen people are in the water and on the beach, men and women alike. Two men stand together, looking towards the camera. A…

Arcade, Ojai Avenue postcard
The arcade is a long, white, structure with tall arches all the way down its length. Between the arches you can see wooden doors and windows that make up the shops of the arcade. A couple of horse-drawn buggies are parked along the stoop of the…

Bathing at Lyon Springs, Matilija Canyon postcard
A river or pond with a rocky beach made up of large white stones and boulders backing up to a forest. A man in a suit and yellow hat sits near the top of the beach. A woman in pink sits closer to the shore. In the water are two children on a yellow…

The Limoneira, Near Santa Paula Postcard
A lemon orchard with trees in perfect rows stretches off into the distance where it backs up into mountains. A dirt road in the far left cuts the orchard in two and is dotted with electric poles. A pair of brown houses sit in front of the left…

St. Joseph's Institute, Oxnard Postcard
A two-story grey building lined with windows. Two small spires rise from different points on the roof, each with a cross on top. The main entrance to the building has standard roofing in dark green, and the rest of the building's roof is in a flat…

Plaza-Oxnard, Ventura Co Postcard
An aerial view of a grassy square plaza, cut perfectly into 4 pieces by walkways leading to a gazebo at the center of the park. Each walkway starts as a half-circle on the sidewalk. Various palm trees and shrubbery dot the edges of the plaza and the…

Oxnard High School postcard
A two-story grey building sits seemingly by itself on a dirt road. An American flag on a tall flapole sits out front.
[Brakey, J.R., Ventura, Cal. (Logo: San Diego, Panama, California Exposition; Slogan:"On the Road of a Thousand Wonders"), 3094 &…

Threshing Beans postcard
Men threshing lima beans on a field. Agricultural equipment and horses (?) are visible, as are men both working and facing the camera.
[Detroit Publishing Co. ("Phostint" card), 13174]

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The Creek Road, Camp Comfort Postcard
A dirt trail, surrounded on either side by tall green grass and oak trees. The oaks' branches hang over the path, shading it from the sun.
[Detroit Publishing Co. ("Phostint" card), 13567]

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