Workers at Saticoy Lima Bean Packing House
Lima bean
Warehouses
Ortiz family
Reyes family
Group photo of workers at Saticoy Bean House. It is an interior shot taken midwork. L-R: Pantaleon "Pompi" Garcia, Adan "Chicano" Macias (obscured by hat), Angel Reyes, unidentified, Pedro "Pete" Reyes, unidentified. Sacks of lima beans being filled read: "California Choice recleaned Lima Beans Grown by W.W. Cummings Santa Paula, Calif."
Note: Pedro "Pete" Reyes is father to Minnie Ortiz and Angel Reyes is her uncle.
Unknown
Minnie Ortiz-Reyes Family Collection, 1999
Museum of Ventura County
1933
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Black and white negative
English
Image
31794 NP
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Saticoy (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.)
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.)
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.)
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.)
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.)
Orange Picking at Limoneira
Teague, Charles Collins
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. Crates are stacked up in neat rows ready to be carried off. Charles Collins Teague sits in a horse drawn carriage at the bottom right of image.
Unknown
Brakey Fourt Collection
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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25.5 x 21 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
5915
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Santa Paula (Calif.)
Old Fashioned Bean Threshing
Threshing
Threshing machines
Agricultural implements
Agricultural laborers
Lima bean
"Old fashioned bean threshing" agricultural scene. A group of men, women, and children stand among threshing equipment. Mountain in the background identified as South Mountain.
Identified individuals include:
(front row): Frank Moore; George W. Faulkner; F. P. McDivitt; Paul McDivitt; Louie (a boy); Gladys Henderson; Ted Henderson; William Webber; Sam Henderson; Frank Robbins
(back row): C. J. McDivitt; Mr. Thompson; Nettie Bay; Edith McDivitt; Bernice McDivitt (baby)
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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Portrait, Group
17.5 x 11.5 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
7201
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Santa Paula (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.)
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.)
Mupu Packinghouse, Santa Paula
Warehouses
Citrus fruit industry
Interior bird's eye view of working at Mupu packinghouse. A number of men and women are shown in the middle of packing and moving boxes. Leon Preciado, Sr. is on the far right wearing a dark apron and hat.
Unknown
Angela Dominguez Collection, 1999
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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Black and white negative
English
Image
31802 NP
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Santa Paula (Calif.)
Men Topping Sugar Beets
Agricultural laborers
Sugar beet
Group photo of several men standing side by side, topping sugar beets. They stop mid-work to pose for the photo, most of them holding sugar beets and or tools in hand. The men are in the middle of a vast field of sugar beets, a wind row in the far background. The men wear long sleeve shirts, pants, and hats. Location is near Oxnard.
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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Portrait, Group
17.7 x 10.7 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
4055
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Oxnard (Calif.)
Marion Topper Machine
Agricultural machinery
Sugar beet
Closeup of the rear of Marion topper machine at work in the middle of a field. It is helping with harvest of sugar beets. A wagon alongside the machine appears to be filled with sugar beets.
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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17.5 x 12.5 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
1200
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Marion Topper and Loader
Agricultural machinery
Sugar beet
View of a Marion topper and loader used in sugar beet harvesting. Machine is in the middle of a field.
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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17.5 x 12.5 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
1201
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Man Turning Drying Apricots
Canet Ranch (Ventura, Calif.)
Apricot industry
Garcia, James
Agricultural laborers
A man flips over apricots drying on trays at Canet's Apricot Ranch in Ventura, Calif. A man can be seen holding the corner of a tray with one hand and a tool in the other hand. Stacks of trays and other men can be seen in the background.
Museum records indicate Art Erickson, Charles Robinson and James Garcia (Yard Boss). It may be James Garcia who is seen in this image.
Unknown
Donated by: H. W. Erickson, 1985
Museum of Ventura County
1922-08-13
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11805
7.5 x 11.7 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
11806
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
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.)
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.)
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.)
Group Photo on Frank Petit Ranch
Frank Petit Ranch
Lima bean
Agricultural machinery
Horses
Oval portrait showing three men working on a field with a threshing machine on the Frank Petit Ranch, possibly lima beans. Horses and agricultural equipment in the scene.
Unknown
Paul Eastwood Collection, 1994
Museum of Ventura County
circa 1907
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24 x 8.5 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
28131
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Oxnard (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.)
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.)
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.)
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 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.)