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Coast Guard Rescue Team
View of a group of emergency responders transferring Fred Rochler from a Coast Guard helicopter to ambulance at the Oxnard Airport. Three responders are steering Rochler in a stretcher. Rochler is wrapped in blankets. Taken 2 January 1981, published…
Airplane Crash at Abex Plant on West 5th St. in Oxnard
Airplane crash at Abex plant on West 5th St. in Oxnard. Shows firefighters around wreckage of small civilian aircraft on top of a damaged car. The left wing and tail of the aircraft are the only discernible components. An additional car and a…
Ryan PT-22 Plane on its Back at Basolo Field
Ryan PT-22 plane on its back at Basolo Field. Shows a PT-22 aircraft upside-down in field with mangled wings, propeller, and landing gear. Other aircraft and mountains are visible in the background. On note included with picture: "after its…
Ryan PT-22 Airplane on its Back at Basolo Field
Ryan PT-22 airplane on its back at Basolo Field. Shows a PT-22 aircraft upside-down in field with mangled wings, propeller, and landing gear. Trees and mountains are visible in the background. On note included with picture: "after its out-of-town…
A.R. Pidduck Home After Navy Jet Crash
A.R. Pidduck home after Navy jet crash. Shows a house with a large burnt-out and collapsed portion. A smoldering crater, people, and a truck are visible in the foreground. A field and trees are visible in the background.
A.R. Pidduck Home After Navy Jet Crash
A.R. Pidduck home after Navy jet crash. Shows debris, rubble, and smoke.
A.R. Pidduck Home After Navy Jet Crash
A.R. Pidduck home after Navy jet crash. Shows debris, rubble, and smoke. Components of a house visible through smoke in the background.
Arthur R. Pidduck Home on Hueneme Road After Navy Jet Crash
Arthur R. Pidduck home on Hueneme Road after Navy jet crash. Shows a house with a large burnt-out and collapsed portion. A smoldering crater, people, and a truck are visible in the foreground. A field and trees are visible in the background.
Firefighters Giving CPR
Man lying on a blanket on asphalt. Two firefighters kneel next to him, performing CPR (cardio-pulmonary resuscitation). Firefighter on left holding oxygen mask to man's face. Firefighter on right performing chest compressions. Medical kits on ground…
Derailed Train, Fillmore
Derailed train engine and tender west of Fillmore following a flood in 1911. Engine car is lying on the ground sideways, and tender is still upright and partially on the train tracks. A man is seated on top of the wreckage and looking towards the…
Untitled, (Coos Bay Breaking through Ventura Wharf During Storm)
A real photo postcard depicting the Ventura Pier after the ship Coos Bay collided with it. A man is visible in the foreground surveying the damaged pier. The pier appears to be cut in half. Three men are visible on the other side of the cut looking…
Oil Well Blowout
Closeup view of oil pouring out of the ground in a blow out. Library records indicate: "General Petroleum Co. Barnard Well No. 5. Gas explosion which wrecked derrick. This well practically proved Ventura Ave. field, but it was several years until a…
Train Wreck West of Ventura, 1901
Scene of a train wreck occurring west of Ventura. Rail cars are seen laying across the tracks. Many men and women stand around the wrecked train cars along the tracks and along the fencing along the coastline. Mountains or hills on the right side of…