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Ventura County Coastal Area Aerial Photo
Aerial photograph showing the area south from Seaward Avenue, from pier to Santa Clara River. The Pacific Ocean is on the left side of the photograph. Agriculture fields and beaches visible. Photo 9 of a group of 36 photos.

Scale approximately…

Ventura County Coastal Area Aerial Photo
Aerial photograph showing the vicinity of the mouth of the Santa Clara River. The Pacific Ocean is on the left side of the photograph. Photo 11 of a group of 36 photos.

Scale approximately [1:16800].

[APM-036 in map index, Photo ID # 30, index…

Ventura County Coastal Area, Aerial Photo
Aerial photograph showing the area between Ventura and Montalvo. Agriculture fields are visible. Photo 26 of a group of 36 photos.

Scale approximately [1:16800].

[APM-049 in map index, Photo ID # 13, index # C-5, Jun 1929, C 563; L - 4,…

Ventura County Coastal Area, Aerial Photo
Aerial photograph showing the Santa Clara River new Montalvo. Shows agriculture fields. Photo 27 of a group of 36 photos.

Scale approximately [1:16800].

[APM-051 in map index; Photo ID # 12, index # C-6, Jun 1929, C 563; L - 4, Automobile Club…

Ventura County Coastal Area, Aerial Photo
Aerial photograph showing the Santa Clara River in the vicinity of Montalvo. Shows agriculture fields. Photo 28 of a group of 36 photos.

Scale approximately [1:16800].

[APM-052 in map index; Photo ID # 11, index # C-7, Jun 1929, C 563; L - 4,…

Ventura County Coastal Area Aerial Photo
Aerial photograph showing the Santa Clara River southwest of Montalvo. Shows agriculture fields. Photo 29 of a group of 36 photos.

Scale approximately [1:16800].

[APM-053 in map index; Photo ID # 10, index # C-8, Jun 1929, C 563; L - 4,…

Ventura County Coastal Area Aerial Photo
Aerial photograph showing the area south of the Santa Clara River and west of the US 101. Shows agriculture fields. Photo 30 of a group of 36 photos.

Scale approximately [1:16800].

[APM-054 in map index; Photo ID # 9, index # C-9, Jun 1929, C…

Ventura County Coastal Area Aerial Photo
Aerial photograph showing the northwest Oxnard area. Shows scattered buildings and agriculture fields. Photo 31 of a group of 36 photos.

Scale approximately [1:16800].

[APM-055 in map index; Photo ID # 8, index # C-10, Jun 1929, C 563; L, M -…

Ventura County Coastal Area Aerial Photo
Aerial photograph showing west Oxnard in the vicinity of 5th Street and Victoria Avenue. Scattered buildings and agriculture fields visible. Photo 32 of a group of 36 photos.

Scale approximately [1:16800].

[APM-056 in map index; Photo ID # 7,…

Ventura County Coastal Area Aerial Photo
Aerial photograph showing west Oxnard in vicinity of Wooley Road and Victoria Avenue. Shows agriculture fields and scattered buildings. Photo 34 of a group of 36 photos.

Scale approximately [1:16800].

[APM-058 in map index;

Ojai Valley postcard
A view looking down at a portion of the Ojai Valley showing citrus orchards with mountains in the background.

[Truepicture Post Card, Fidelity Reproduction Co., Los Angeles 36, Calif., 113]

Thresher on Cloyne Ranch
Donlon thresher taken on the Cloyne Ranch. A group of men with mule or horse drawn wagons stop their work to pose for a photograph. View is from above the group. The thresher is in the middle and right of the image. A pile of sacks is stacked neatly…

Ventura Marina postcard
Bird's-eye view of the Ventura Marina. The marina and beaches are in the foreground of the image. The City of Ventura is visible in the background.
[Plastichrome Colourpicture, Boston, Mass., 02130 (Woody Gillette, P.O. Box 318,Solvang, CA 93463),…

Tables of Fruits and Preserves
Tables of fruits and preserves on display at Ventura County Fair.

Mule and Horse Teams Hauling Grain Sacks
Mule and horse teams haul wagons loaded with grain sacks. Teams are lined up along a street in front of a warehouse with huge stacks of grain sacks piled up in front of it. A group of men in the photo look at the viewer. Museum records suggest image…

First Trainload of Lima Beans Shipped Out of Ventura County
A train is seen facing to the east. Museum records indicate this was the first train load of beans ever to be shipped out of Ventura County. Two men are standing on the train and 12 more are standing by the tracks.

Museum records indicate the…

Oxnard Produce Exhibit, Ventura County Fair
Closeup view of an Oxnard produce exhibit at the Ventura County Fair. A picket fence surrounds the display which consists of fruit displayed around a three tiered display stand that is holding plates of various vegetables and fruit. The top tier also…

Aerial View of Oxnard Plains Looking South toward Pt. Mugu
Aerial view of Oxnard plains looking south towards Pt. Mugu. Some homes visible surrounded by farmland. Mountains in the background.

Monroe Everett Oral History
Interview with Monroe Everett about his life in Moorpark and the history of water access in the area. Born in Montalvo in 1907, Everett was a lifelong Ventura County resident. He grew citrus, avocados and walnuts on his Moorpark farm. Graduated from…

Maxwell Grace Brigham Reed - Archive.mp3
Interview with Grace Brigham Maxwell about her childhood and visiting her grandparents' ranch in Simi Valley. Maxwell describes life on the ranch and her family and friends in Simi.

Content Warning: The following oral history may contain outdated…

Rancho Guadalasca
View from a hilltop of planted fields at Rancho Guadalasca. Image combines with PN 34784 NP to create one continuous view.

Tractor and Thresher
View of a tractor towing a threshing machine on Rancho Guadalasca. An unidentified man is driving the tractor. A second unidentified man is standing on top of the thresher.

Patterson Ranch Scene
Bird's eye view of numerous teams of horses pulling wagons or agricultural equipment surrounded by many barns. Men and teams are leaving the various barns for a day of work. In the foreground, in the buggy, are C. J. Daily and his son T. C. Daily.

Hauling Beets Near Oxnard postcard
Three wagonloads of beets are pulled by a team of horses in the middle of a field.
[Rieder Publ., Los Angeles, Cal., made in Germany, 2904]

A Sugar Beet Field postcard
Foreground features a sugar beet field. In the background you can see trees and some sort of structure.
[Rieder, M., Publ., Los Angeles, Cal., made in Germany, 9339]
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