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Limoneira Ranch, Bird's Eye View
A bird's eye view of Limoneira Ranch with vast fields and/or orchards and some buildings and houses in the scene. There appear to be taller lines of trees as well, possibly wind rows.

Limoneira Ranch, Santa Paula postcard
View of the Limoneira Ranch. Shows the ranch surrounded by citrus groves, with two roads passing through the groves, one parallel to the ranch, one perpendicular. Mountains are visible in the background.

Caption: Limoneira Ranch. Santa Paula,…

Loading Limoneira Lemons
Mule drawn wagons loaded with lemons from Limoneira Ranch line up alongside boxcars. Men are seen on the wagons holding on to crates they will be loading. One of the boxcars reads "Ventilated Refrigerator" along the side. Refrigerated car on the…

Mammoth grape vine growing on a pergola structure
Mammoth grape vine growing on a pergola structure in what appears to be a backyard of a home

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Men and teams of horses in an agricultural field.

Model T Hooked up with Hay Mower
Scene showing two men in a vast beet field, one in a Model T and the other on a hay mower. The Model T is hooked up with hay mower. Unknown location, although it is either Oxnard or Hueneme.

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…

Mound Threshing Company
Mound Threshing Company workers in the field with harvest. Scene shows threshing equipment, wagons, mules, horses, sacks and mounds of hay or straw. Workers stand or sit and face camera for the photo.

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…

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]

Old Fashioned Bean Threshing
"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…

Old Olive Press, Camulos, Cal. postcard
Closeup view of an old olive press in a yard with a white fence in the background. There are orange trees in the background. The words "Old Olive Press, Camulos, Cal." written along the bottom left of postcard.
[Rieder, M., Los Angeles, made in…

Two trees within an orchard
Two trees within an orchard (perhaps apricots)

Orchard landscape
Landscape of an orchard

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Trees in foreground, orchard in middle ground, mountains in background.

Orchard with chickens
Orchard with chickens between and beneath trees with a property line of trees and faint mountains in the background

Overlooking Windbreak of Gums and Cypress
Agricultural fields separated by windbreak of young Sweetgum and Cypress trees. Caption reads "Looking S from hill near NW corner Tr. 90. Windbreak of gums and cypress on the line between tracts 90 and 73."

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…

Oxnard, CA Strawberry Fields postcard
A view of Strawberry Fields in Oxnard, CA. Rows of strawberries are visible along with field workers who are picking the berries. Port-o-Pottys and vehicles visible in the background.
[Columbia Publishing, P.O. Box 675, Ojai, California 93023., T…

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.

Picking Lemons March First at Limoneira Ranch
Agricultural workers harvesting lemons from trees on Limoneira Ranch. Men in foreground are standing on ladders. Other workers are standing on the ground, some facing viewers, some harvesting. Stacks of citrus boxes on a cart visible in center view.

Picking Oranges at Limoneira
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…

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

Rancho Santa Clara del Norte postcard
Advertising card for agricultural land, discussing irrigation potential and climate. It is decorated with a cornucopia and fruits. Bottom right corner "Geo. C. Power 152 Main St. Ventura, Cal."
[No publisher stated]

Rancho Sespe fair exhibit
Rancho Sespe exhibit at the 1924 Ventura County Fair of what appear to be lemons or some other citrus fruit. Crates in the display read "gold stripe", "white stripe", "red stripe", and some have a circular label that reads "Sunkist".
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