Limoneira Ranch Packing House
Agriculture
Citrus Fruit
Ranches--Limoneira
View of the packing house on the Limoneira Ranch in Santa Paula. Shows the packing house with unpaved road outside. Several palm trees are visible, growing on one side of the building. An early automobile is parked next to the building.
Caption: Limoneira Packing House. Santa Paula, California.
[Albertype Co, Postcards of Quality, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Published for Cauche's Drug Store,Santa Paula, Calif.)]
Albertype Co.
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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Black and white postcard
15 x 10 cm
English
Image
20229 PC
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Santa Paula (Calif.)
Oxnard Sugar Factory
American Beet Sugar Company
Beet sugar industry
Exterior view of the buildings at the Oxnard Sugar Factory, showing a railroad track at the bottom right of the image. Smoke is coming out of some of the many smokestacks on the buildings.
Bain Studio
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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Black and white photograph
15 x 10 cm
English
Image
461
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Oxnard (Calif.)
Apricot Harvest at Elliot Hendry Ranch
Fruit--Drying
Dried fruit
Boys--Portraits
Apricot
View of two boys scraping dried apricots from a wood frame into fruit crates. Boy on left has face obscured by a shadow. A stack of empty frames is behind the boys. More frames containing drying apricots are visible on the ground around the boys.
Birkenshaw, Veda
1988
Museum of Ventura County
1947
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Black and white photograph
12.8 x 17.7 cm
Portrait, Group
English
Image
14865
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Moorpark (Calif.)
Fifty Tons of Apricots Drying, N.B. Smith Ranch
Agriculture--Circa 1915
Apricots--Circa 1915
Closeup view of trays upon trays of apricots drying on the ground at N.B. Smith Ranch in Ventura, Calif. Buildings and an orchard in the background. In the far distance are mountains.
[Brakey, J.R., Ventura, Cal. (C.T. American Art), A-67989]
Brakey, J. R.
Museum of Ventura County
circa 1915
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15 x 10 cm
Color postcard
English
Image
20744 PC
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Ojai (Calif.)
Fruit Drying on Robinson Ranch
Agriculture
Robinson Ranch (Upper Ojai, Calif.)
Seven men are seen working around an agricultural structure on Robinson Ranch. They are engaged in the process of fruit drying. Two men stand on either side of a table. Others are working in the distance.
Brewster, John Calvin
1984 [10415]
Museum of Ventura County
1890
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11 x 17.7 cm [7153]
10.5 x 18 cm [10415]
Black and white photograph
English
Image
7153
10415
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ojai (Calif.)
Picking Oranges at Limoneira
Agricultural laborers
Oranges
Orchards
Limoneira Ranch (Santa Paula, Calif.)
Several men climb ladders to harvest oranges in an orchard at Limoneira. Oranges are slid down tubes into crates on the ground. A man on a horse drawn wagon is in the middle of the scene. To the left of the image there is a load of filled crates on a wagon.
Brewster, John Calvin
Brakey Fourt Collection
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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gp089
25.5 x 21 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
5914
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Santa Paula (Calif.)
Lima Bean Threshing Group Photo
Lima bean
Panoramic view of lima bean fields, field workers, mountains in background. "James F. Fulkerson's Lima Bean Threshing outfit, operating near Camarillo, Ventura County, CA. Largest lima bean fields in the world."
Bunnell, S. J.
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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Panorama
21.5 x 121.5 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
2332 OS
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Camarillo (Calif.)
Beet Sheds at American Beet Sugar Company
American Beet Sugar Company
Agricultural laborers
Sugar beet
Sugar beet industry
Beets being loaded into beet sheds at the American Beet Sugar Factory in Oxnard. A child looks on at the group of men working There are several sheds and pulleys on overhead rafters over the sheds.
Harding
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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21 x 15.5 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
372
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Oxnard (Calif.)
Off-Loading Beets at the Oxnard Sugar Factory
American Beet Sugar Company
Sugar beet industry
Sugar beet
Employees
Image shows beets being off-loaded from a large truck onto a storage area using a large net. There are three men helping move the beets with one man on the far left looking at the camera while the other two look towards the beets with their backs to the camera. The Oxnard Sugar Factory can be seen in the background.
Miller, Jack
Jack Miller Collection, 1993
Museum of Ventura County
circa 1930s
Museum of Ventura County. All rights reserved.
26526, 26527, 26528, 26529, 26530, 26531, 26532, 26533
9.6 x 12.6 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
26525
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Oxnard (Calif.)
Off-Loading Beets at the Oxnard Sugar Factory
American Beet Sugar Company
Sugar beet industry
Sugar beet
Image shows a large wooden structure that looks like a storage area full of beets while three men off-load beets from a truck using a large net. The Oxnard Sugar Factory can be seen in the background.
Miller, Jack
Jack Miller Collection, 1993
Museum of Ventura County
circa 1930s
Museum of Ventura County. All rights reserved.
26525, 26526, 26528, 26529, 26530, 26531, 26532, 26533
9.6 x 12.6 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
26527
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Oxnard (Calif.)
Freight Cars Off-Load Beets at Oxnard Sugar Factory
American Beet Sugar Company
Sugar beet industry
Freight cars
Freight cars full of beets are being off-loaded into a large container, with the first car emptying its load. They look to be dropping out of the bottom of the car into the container with a cloud of dirt rising up. Trees and utility poles can be seen in the background of the image.
Miller, Jack
Jack Miller Collection, 1993
Museum of Ventura County
circa 1930s
Museum of Ventura County. All rights reserved.
26525, 26526, 26527, 26529, 26530, 26531, 26532, 26533
9.6 x 12.6 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
26528
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Oxnard (Calif.)
Freight Cars Off-Load Beets at Oxnard Sugar Factory
American Beet Sugar Company
Sugar beet industry
Freight cars
Image shows freight cars at the Oxnard Sugar Factory. The first car seems to be empty while the second car is off-loading beets into a large container. There is a person standing to the right of the tracks on top of or near the container that looks to be pulling a line to the freight car. Beets can be seen falling into the container with a cloud of dirt rising up. Trees and utility poles can be seen in the background.
Miller, Jack
Jack Miller Collection, 1993
Museum of Ventura County
circa 1930s
Museum of Ventura County. All rights reserved.
26525, 26526, 26527, 26528, 26530, 26531, 26532, 26533
9.6 x 12.6 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
26529
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Oxnard (Calif.)
Beet Storage and Freight Cars at Oxnard Sugar Factory
American Beet Sugar Company
Sugar beet industry
Freight cars
Large wooden structure that looks like a storage area for beets is next to a railway track with freight cars. Three men can be seen working at the storage area. The first freight car looks to not be full but the second car is full to the top with beets. Trees can be seen in the background along with a small building possibly a shed.
Miller, Jack
Jack Miller Collection, 1993
Museum of Ventura County
circa 1930s
Museum of Ventura County. All rights reserved.
26525, 26526, 26527, 26528, 26539, 26531, 26532, 26533
9.6 x 12.6 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
26530
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Oxnard (Calif.)
Freight Cars Full of Beets at Oxnard Sugar Factory
American Beet Sugar Company
Sugar beet industry
Freight cars
Image shows a freight train full of beets possibly arriving to the Oxnard Sugar Beet Factory. A large plume of smoke can be seen from the engine. Rails seem to be on a short, lifted track. Another freight train can be seen to the right. In the background there are large tanks in what looks like a field. Trees can also be seen in the distance.
Miller, Jack
Jack Miller Collection, 1993
Museum of Ventura County
circa 1930s
Museum of Ventura County. All rights reserved.
26525, 26526, 26527, 26528, 26539, 26530, 26532, 26533
9.6 x 12.6 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
26531
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Oxnard (Calif.)
Freight Car At Oxnard Sugar Factory
American Beet Sugar Company
Sugar beet industry
Freight cars
Image of a freight car tilted to its right side over what looks like a container. There are two men leaning over the left side of the car looking at the camera. At the back of the car there looks to be a spading fork or other agricultural tool. Trees can be seen lining the background.
Miller, Jack
Jack Miller Collection, 1993
Museum of Ventura County
circa 1930s
Museum of Ventura County. All rights reserved.
26525, 26526, 26527, 26528, 26539, 26530, 26531, 26533
9.6 x 12.6 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
26532
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Oxnard (Calif.)
Harvesting Scene, Combined Header and Thresher
Agricultural machinery
Agriculture--Wheat
Horses--Circa 1910
A harvesting scene reading "Harvesting Scene, Combined Header and Thresher" across the top of postcard shows several men on the equipment being pulled by a team of horses and/or mules that number approximately 30.
[Mitchell, Edward H., San Francisco, California, 532]
Mitchell, Edward H.
Museum of Ventura County
circa 1910
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15 x 10 cm
Color postcard
English
Image
21247 PC
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ojai (Calif.)
Apricot Processing Faciliites
Agricultural Laborers
Agricultural processing
Apricot
Apricot processing facilities.
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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Glass plate negative
English
Image
gp361
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Agricultural Production of Dried Apricots
Agricultural Laborers
Agricultural processing
Agriculture
Agriculture--Ventura County (Calif.)
Apricot
Men
Agricultural production of dried apricots.
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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Glass plate negative
English
Image
gp447
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Agricultural Production of Dried Apricots
Agricultural Laboreres
Agricultural processing
Agriculture
Agriculture--Ventura County (Calif.)
Children
Horses
Men
Mountains
Wagons
Women
Agricultural production of dried apricots.
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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Glass plate negative
English
Image
gp448
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Transporting Lima Beans
Lima bean
Wagons
Lima beans being transported to lima bean house for shipment. They are in large sacks loaded on horse drawn wagons. Several horse drawn wagons are shown standing in a line leading up to the lima bean house. Men stand next to the line of wagons looking at the camera.
Unknown
Hueneme Historical Society
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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Black and white photograph
10.4 x 16.5 cm
English
Image
10637
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Port Hueneme (Calif.)
Packing Lemons, Santa Paula
Agriculture
Citrus Fruit
Santa Paula--Buildings--Industrial
View inside a lemon packing house. The room has conveyor belts with crates on top, and there are tubs full of lemons. People are standing near one of the conveyor belts, and some are holding crates. Caption at bottom reads: "Packing Lemons, Santa Paula."
[No Publisher Stated]
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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15 x 10 cm
Black and white postcard
English
Image
20239 PC
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Santa Paula (Calif.)
Ojai (Calif.)
Apricot Pitting Crew, A. Everett Ranch
Agricultural laborers
Apricot industry
Everett Ranch (Moorpark, Calif.)
Group photo, apricot harvesting crew at A. Everett Ranch, Moorpark. Most are women and children.
[Original panorama (46 x 6 in) also shows bicycles, horses, wagons, and an automobile.]
Unknown
Jim Birkenshaw Collection
Museum of Ventura County
1911
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12.3 x 18 cm
Panorama
46 x 6 in
Black and white photograph
English
Image
14938
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Moorpark (Calif.)
Sacks of Lima Beans
Lima bean
Agricultural machinery
Sacks of lima beans are shown piled into stacks with men sitting on top of them and some men stacking the sacks. Bean thresher shown to the right of the sacks.
Unknown
Camarillo Family Collection, 1990
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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10.5 x 17.8 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
17922
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Bean Threshing on Deidrick Ranch
Threshing machines
Farming
Farmers
Lima bean
Panorama of a bean threshing outfit on Deidrick Ranch. A group of workers stand in the center of the shot and face the camera. The bean threshing machine is behind them.
Unknown
Donated by: Charles Kuhlman, 1927
Collection accession 27-6.1
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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Panorama
15 x 86.5 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
25456 OS
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Gill Brothers Lima Bean Threshing Outfit
Threshing machines
Farming
Farmers
Lima bean
Panorama shot of the Gill Brothers lima bean threshing outfit in Camarillo, California. Several farm workers stand in the forefront looking at the camera. Threshing equipment and horse-drawn carts are in the background.
Unknown
Donated by: Andrew Lorenzana, 1961-04
Collection accession 61-4.1
Museum of Ventura County
circa 1915
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Panorama
15 x 90 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
25457 OS
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Camarillo (Calif.)