Agricultural Group Photo
Threshing machines
Agricultural laborers
Farming
Outdoor panorama, gray toned photograph of agricultural land, workers, horses, wagons, sacks, tractors, pulley belt thresher in the scene. There is an open car with some men on left of photo and there are some houses in the background just off of the field. Possibly lima bean farming.
Unknown
Alden C. Barrios Collection, 2009
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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Panorama
93.4 x 20.4 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
38792 OS
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Agricultural Group Photo
Agricultural machinery
Agricultural laborers
Farming
Outdoor panorama sepia toned photograph of an agricultural scene very similar to #38792. "Sudden Derritt" printed in white on face of photograph. Man in
buckboard in foreground. Loaded wagons, pulley belt thresher, workers and horses visible. On outside of photograph, the following is written: "My father should be in this picture, I put a cross on Evans? Taylor, my husband. Sept. 1914"
Unknown
2009
Museum of Ventura County
1914 September
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38792
Panorama
90.5 x 20.4 cm
Sepia photograph
English
Image
38793 OS
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Alejandro Ruiz Oral History
Piru (Calif.)--History
Agricultural laborers
Rancho Camulos (Calif.)--History
Yaqui Indians
Interview with Alejandro Ruiz about his life in Piru, work on Rancho Camulos, and his Yaqui heritage and family roots in Sonora, Mexico. Ruiz began working on Rancho Camulos in the 1930s and worked there for 50 years.
Content Warning: The following oral history may contain outdated language and may include terms that are considered offensive by today's standards. Listener discretion is advised.
Museum of Ventura County
Museum of Ventura County
2002 June
Copyright Museum of Ventura County. All rights reserved.
mp3
English
Sound
OH_RUIZ_ALEJANDRO_2002
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Piru (Calif.)
Apricot Crew and Trays of Drying Apricots
Agricultural laborers
Apricot industry
Sparks, Henry
Several rows of drying apricots lay on the ground in the image foreground. In the background is a large group posing for the camera. Among them are men, women, and children. Some of the group sit on sacks (presumably filled with apricots).
According to library records: They are at A. B. Smith on Ventura Ave; the Bryant place in 1938 (4717 N. Ventura Ave.). Man seated on truck is Henry Sparks and small boy may be Allen Smith [which small boy is unclear].
Brewster, John Calvin
VCLSA Collection, 1982
Museum of Ventura County
1880s
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25 x 20 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
8580
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Apricot Drying Yard
Canet Ranch (Ventura, Calif.)
Apricot industry
Agricultural laborers
View of the drying yards at Canet's Apricot Ranch. Trays of apricots are lined up in the sun in foreground. Stacks of trays and buildings can be seen in the background. Agriculture workers can be seen at various tasks.
Museum records indicate the names Art Erickson and Charles Robinson but do not state whether they are in the photograph.
Unknown
Donated by: H. W. Erickson, 1985
Museum of Ventura County
1922-08-13
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11806
7.5 x 11.7 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
11805
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (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.)
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.)
Apricot Pitting Shed
Agricultural laborers
Apricot industry
Group photo of agricultural workers, mainly women, and one child and baby in the Moorpark-Simi area. They stand in an apricot pitting shed all facing the camera. There are trays of apricots in stacks on the ground on tables all around the shed. Shade for the shed provided by very long tree branches that hang low over the sides of the shed. A couple of dogs are in the shed as well.
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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22.7 x 18 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
1417
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Moorpark (Calif.)
Simi Valley (Calif.)
Baling Hay on Maulhardt Ranch
Agricultural machinery
Agricultural laborers
Hay
Portraits, Group
View of a group of men posing on and in front of a steam-powered hay-baling machine. Machine resembles a small locomotive engine. Wagons, haybales, and other farm equipment are visible in the background.
Library records include two notes:
"Baling hay - steam baler, L. Maulhardt Ranch, Santa Rosa Valley, Vent. Co. Camarillo Dist. 1913."
"Mr. Andrew R. Lorenzana - taken at Moorpark 15 June 1909."
Lorenzana, Andrew R.
1985
Museum of Ventura County
1909-06-15
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Sepia photograph
16.8 x 20.5 cm
Portrait, Group
English
Image
11114
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Moorpark (Calif.)
Camarillo (Calif.)
Barley Machine at Broome Ranche
Barley
Agricultural machinery
Agricultural laborers
Broome Ranch
A barley machine is pulled by two large horses. Two men stand in the machine and two other men are in the background. Library records state "J. F. Lewis", but it is unclear if he is one of the men.
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
1897
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34.8 x 27.5 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
1403
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Camarillo (Calif.)
Bean Threshing in Ventura County
Agriculture
Beans--Before 1908
Postcard captioned "7414 Bean Thrashing in Ventura Co. Cal." [sic] and showing the process of bean threshing on a farm. There are three carts with large spoked wheels, agricultural machinery with a flag, people working on the threshing, and draft animals. The handwriting on the postcard reads: "Why don't you write once a century anyway & let us know if you have succeeded in living. We have -- write to your only sister." The card is stamped with "Santa Ana, Cal. Oct 27, 1905."
[Rieder, M., Publ., Los Angeles, Cal. (J.C. Brewster Photo), 7414]
Brewster, John Calvin
Museum of Ventura County
1905-10-27
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15 x 10 cm
Black and white postcard
English
Image
20756 PC
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ojai (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.)
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.)
Billie Wolfson Plowing Calleguas Rancho
Plowing
Agricultural Equipment
Mounted photo of Billie Wolfson. Caption reads "Wolfson - plowing Camarillo Ranch 1894." Wolfson stands on plowing equipment with teams of horses on both sides of him.
Crescent Photo Company
Camarillo Family Collection, 1990
Museum of Ventura County
1894-11-20
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12.8 x 18 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
17946
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Camarillo (Calif.)
Blanchard's Picking Crew, Santa Paula
Orchards
Agricultural laborers
Outland family
A group of 14 men stand in an orchard. All are standing in a row, carrying bags. Crates of crops are on the ground around them. E. G. Outland, fourth from right; Fred Outland, extreme right.
Knich Studio
Charles Outland Collection
Museum of Ventura County
1902
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12.8 x 17.5
Black and white photograph
English
Image
9079
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Santa Paula (Calif.)
Boy Milking Cow
Milking
Cows
Farmers
Shows a young boy sitting on a box and milking a black cow. The boy is wearing overalls and a wide-brimmed straw hat. He is looking over his shoulder to the right side of the view. Cow is facing the right side. A chain is looped around its horns.
Unknown
Simi Valley Historical Society, 1984
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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Black and white photograph
10.5 x 16.5 cm
English
Image
10466
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Simi Valley (Calif.)
Canet Apricot Drying Camp
Apricot industry
Agricultural laborers
Canet Ranch (Ventura, Calif.)
Group photo of eight men at work drying apricots on Canet Ranch on "The Avenue" in Ventura. The Avenue refers to Ventura Ave. Five men sit in front of a shed, while stand near apricot drying trays. Some trays are stacked and others are laid out for drying.
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
1906
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Portrait, Group
19 x 11.4 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
3914
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Children at Factory Labor Camp
Child agricultural laborers
Labor camps
Group photo of a large group of children-- boys and girls of various ages. Housing for factory laborers in the background.
Unknown
Theresa Voelker Collection, 1988
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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18 x 12.6 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
15774
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Oxnard (Calif.)
Chinese Male Worker at Limoneira
Agricultural laborers
Chinese
Limoneira Ranch (Santa Paula, Calif.)
Traditional clothing
Sepia toned outdoor photograph of a Chinese worker at Limoneira. He is standing in an orchard row reading a newspaper. He wears his hair in a long braid, wears a straw hat, and is dressed in Chinese style clothing and shoes.
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
circa early 1900s
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17.7 x 12.7 cm
Sepia photograph
English
Image
38303
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Santa Paula (Calif.)
Citrus Workers
Japanese Americans
Agricultural laborers
Teague-McKevett Ranch (Santa Paula, Calif.)
This image is an exterior group portrait of Japanese citrus workers posing with their supervisor in a citrus orchard at the Teague-McKevett Ranch.
Unknown
Hiroshi Takeda Collection, 1994
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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20.3 x 25.4 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
27999
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Santa Paula (Calif.)
Eddie Gonzales at Rivcom Protest
Protest movements
Right to water--California
Labor movement
Gonzales, Eddie
Ventura County Government Center
Eddie Gonzales holding sign for Rivcom [Rancho Sespe] protest at the Ventura County Government Center. Gonzales is two years old in photo. Other protesters visible in background. Gonzales' sign reads "I need water to grow." Ventura County Star-Free Press taken 14 Apr 1981, published 14 Apr 1981.
Simmons, Bob
Ventura County Star Free Press, 1989
Museum of Ventura County
1981-04-14
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Black and white photograph
12.8 x 18 cm
English
Image
16800
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Santa Paula (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.)
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.)
Group Portrait, Filipino Farm Workers at Arneill Ranch
Agricultural laborers
Arneill Ranch
Filipino Americans
Group portrait of Filipino workers at Arniell Ranch.
Note: Museum records indicate that Arniell Ranch worker housing was located along Arneill Road in Camarillo, on what is now Ponderosa Road, between the Santa Barbara Bank and Trust and Vons Supermarket.
Unknown
Lynn Arneill-Brown Collection, 1991
Museum of Ventura County
circa 1950s
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Black and white photograph
20.3 x 25.5 cm
Portrait, Group
English
Image
19112
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Camarillo (Calif.)
Harvesting Grapes from Vineyards on Santa Cruz Island
Vineyards
Agricultural laborers
Wine wine making
Numerous workers harvest grapes into crates from vast vineyards that stretch out very far in the image. Hills and mountains barely visible in background.
Unknown
Helen Caire Collection, 1987
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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16.2 x 13 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
14268
California
Santa Barbara County (Calif.)
Santa Cruz Island (Calif.)