San Buenaventura Mission Garden, 1902
San Buenaventura Mission
Gardens--Religious aspects--Catholic Church
View of the garden at San Buenaventura Mission. Garden appears to be within a courtyard, with the bell tower visible in the background. The garden contains small trees, palms, and shrubs. There is a bench against the brick wall opposite of the viewer.
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
1902
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Black and white photograph
20 x 25 cm (mounted)
English
Image
7787
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Epworth M. E. Church Exterior
Church buildings
Moorpark--Buildings--Churches
An exterior view of the Epworth Methodist Episcopal Church in Moorpark. Church is single story with a tower built over the entrance. Three unidentified men are standing on the church steps.
Unknown
Gwendolyn Greene Collection, 1997
Museum of Ventura County
1899
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Sepia photograph
11.8 x 9.2 cm
English
Image
30904
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Moorpark (Calif.)
San Buenaventura Mission
San Buenaventura Mission
Main Street (Ventura, Calif.)
Exterior view of the San Buenaventura Mission, brick wall to the left of the mission. Dirt road (Main Street) visible in foreground. Mounted photo.
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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19 x 16.5 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
001
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Bird's Eye View of Ventura, California
Elizabeth Bard Memorial Hospital
Ventura--Views--Circa 1907
Bird's eye view of Ventura with Elizabeth Bard Memorial Hospital located on Fir Street in foreground on right side. The Bard Memorial hospital has three stories and a bell tower. It is built in the Spanish Mission style. Houses and trees are visible in background as well as the coastline and the Ventura Pier.
[Rieder, M., Publ., Los Angeles, Cal., made in Germany, 7832 and A75160]
Rieder, M.
Museum of Ventura County
1912
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Color postcard
15 x 10 cm
English
Image
20218 PC
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Methodist Episcopal Church--Ventura
Ventura--Buildings--Churches--First Methodist Episcopal
Front exterior view of First Methodist Episcopal Church. Arched gothic stained glass windows. Bell tower. A man is standing near an entrance to the building. A tall Norfolk pine tree frames the photo on the left side. Picket fence in the foreground. Overhead power lines in the middle distance. Caption at top reads: "First M. E. Church, Ventura, Cal."
[Brakey, J.R., Ventura, CAl. (Printed by Polychrome Co., San Francisco, Cal.)]
Brakey, J. R.
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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Sepia postcard
15 x 10 cm
English
Image
20094 PC
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
First Presbyterian Church, Ventura, Cal.
Presbyterian Church--Ventura
Ventura--Buildings--Churches--First Presbyterian
Exterior, corner view of First Presbyterian Church, Ventura, with a horse and carriage parked on the street in front of the building. The corner of the building is dominated by a large bell tower. Large Norfolk pine in the background, medium height palm tree in the foreground. The building exterior is brick on the bottom to the midway point and stucco from midway to top.
Caption at the bottom of the post card: "First Presbyterian Church, Ventura, Cal."
[Mitchell, Edward H., San Francisco, Cal., 857]
Mitchell, Edward H.
Museum of Ventura County
circa 1920
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Sepia postcard
15 x 10 cm
English
Image
20092 PC
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
San Buenaventura Mission, 1878-1879
San Buenaventura Mission
Exterior view of the San Buenaventura Mission circa 1878-1879 around the time Main Street was levelled, according to library records. Main Street visible in foreground. An old arch and fence are at the church's entrance. Two men stand at the entrance.
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
circa 1878-1879
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10.8 x 9.8 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
2847
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Entrance to St. Joseph's Institute
Saint Joseph's Institute (Oxnard, Calif.)
Catholic schools
Image of St. Joseph's Institute on 4th and D streets taken from across the street. Palm trees lining the walkway to the building. Two story building with bell tower and cross.
Miller, Jack
Jack Miller Collection, 1993
Museum of Ventura County
No date
Museum of Ventura County. All rights reserved.
9.8 x 12.6 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
26447
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Oxnard (Calif.)
Ojai Portico and Post Office
Post office buildings
Horsemanship
Historic buildings
Scene showing a group of people on horseback crossing the intersection where the Ojai Post Office building and portico stand. The arcade across Ojai Street is on the left of the image. Image taken from Signal Street looking south. Another two people and horses are in front of the bell tower of the post office building. Some cars are in the background.
Whittington, Dick
1984
Museum of Ventura County
circa 1920s
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12.8 x 15.5 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
10424
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ojai (Calif.)
St. John's Seminary and College
St. John's Seminary & College
Exterior front and side view of St. John's Seminary and College, including some of the landscaping around the building.
[No publisher stated, KV2683-1]
Dyke, Bruce
Museum of Ventura County
1975
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15 x 10 cm
Color postcard
English
Image
21295 PC
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Camarillo (Calif.)
Ojai (Calif.)
Original Timber School in Conejo Valley
Timber School
Classes (Groups of students)
Conejo Valley (Calif.)
Groups of children stand outside of the original Timber School building, built in 1889. The school has a bell tower, a front stoop beneath it. One group of children sit in a horse-drawn wagon with a child sitting on the horse.
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
circa 1890
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25 x 20 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
1527
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Thousand Oaks (Calif.)
Ventura Fire Department, 1910s
Ventura Fire Department
Fire fighters
Fire engines
Group photo of men, some in uniform, standing on the street in front of the Ventura Fire Department on the northeast corner of Santa Clara Street and California Street. There are two fire trucks that the men sit in, stand on, or lean on. Part of the police department building visible on the right hand side of the image.
Unknown
Pleasant Valley Historical Society, 2016
Museum of Ventura County
circa 1910s
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Portrait, Group
21 x 25.7 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
40858
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Methodist Church, Moorpark, Calif.
Methodist Church--Moorpark
Moorpark--Buildings--Churches
Exterior view of the Methodist church in Moorpark. Image shows the front steps and arched entrance to the church and a bell tower. There is a car parked outside of the church in a small parking lot left of image and a stop sign on the right bottom of the image.
[No publisher stated]
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
1948-04-12
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15 x 10 cm
Black and white postcard
English
Image
21004 PC
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Moorpark (Calif.)
Ojai (Calif.)
High School, Nordhoff Color Postcard
Schools--Ojai--Nordhoff High School
"High School, Nordhoff, Ventura Co., Calif." printed across top of postcard showing side and front of Nordhoff Union High School. It is a bungalow style building with a stone porch and brick walls. There is a bell tower visible as well as landscaping and trees around the building and surrounding grounds.
[John R. Brakey, Ventura, Cal. (C.T. Photochrome & "Our Post Cards are best. Send our Ventura County Post Cards to your friends. We publish views of all important subjects in Ventura County"), A-57612]
Brakey, John R.
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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25928 NP
15 x 10 cm
Color postcard
English
Image
20353 PC
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ojai (Calif.)
Ojai (Calif.)
Mill School
Mill School (Ventura, Calif.)
Exterior view of Mill School, which appears to be one-room schoolhouse with a bell tower. Steps lead up to double doors, one of which is open. A fence can be seen in the background running behind the school. Writing on photo: "To Lillian Kingston from Blanche Train, Ventura, CA."
Brewster, John Calvin
Donated by: Patricia E. Vorheis (Kingston Family), 1982
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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11 x 6.7 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
8687
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Arnaz School Group Photo
Arnaz School (Ventura, Calif.)
School buildings
Classes (Groups of students)
Exterior view of Arnaz School, Ventura, a one room schoolhouse. A group of children poses in front of the school. There are mainly boys under a line of windows and mainly girls sitting on the front door step. The grounds around the school are visible.
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
1890
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Portrait, Group
18.5 x 12.5 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
3634
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Mission San Buenaventura, 1880s
San Buenaventura Mission
Photocopy of photograph 7639, closeup view of Ventura Mission in 1883-1885. [Library records show discrepancy in date, either 1883 or 1885.] Image shows a bird's eye view of the mission, empty lot on the left of the mission, and advertising signs for seltzer (brand not legible) on the fencing around the empty lot. There is also a plank sidewalk in front of the mission.
Unknown
1880s
7639
Photocopy
23.4 x 18 cm
038 OS
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
San Buenaventura Mission and Museum
San Buenaventura Mission
Main Street (Ventura, Calif.)
Front facing view of the exterior of Mission San Buenaventura from across Main Street running in front of it. The building next to the mission church clearly reads "Mission Museum" and a Camino Real bell is visible to the left of the mission steps. Some cars are partially visible on the streets surrounding the mission. Photo is mounted.
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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20.4 x 25.3 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
7551 OS
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Japanese Methodist Church, Circa 1925
Japanese Methodist Church (Oxnard, Calif.)
This image shows a full exterior street view of the front of the Japanese Methodist Church, 632 A Street, Oxnard, California. There are two adults and one child on the front steps.
Unknown
John Takasugi Collection, 1994
Museum of Ventura County
circa 1925
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Black and white negative
English
Image
27576 NP
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Oxnard (Calif.)
Dr. Cephas Bard in Front of San Buenaventura Mission
San Buenaventura Mission
Bard, Cephas L.
Carriages and carts
Dr. Cephas L. Bard sits in a horse drawn wagon in the dirt road in front of the San Buenaventura Mission. He and horse and wagon are facing away from camera. Mission has a low brick wall built around it.
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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8.5 x 8.5 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
256
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Old Buenaventura Mission, 1870s
San Buenaventura Mission
Main Street (Ventura, Calif.)
Exterior view of San Buenaventura Mission in the 1870s from across the street, which is a dirt road. Steps and a picket fence prominent in front of the mission, and a man leans against a pillar at the top of the steps. A plank sidewalk visible at bottom of photo. A caption added to bottom of photo states: "Old Mission in Seventies."
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
1870s
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15.2 x 10.5 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
253
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
San Buenaventura Mission (Founded 1783) Ventura, California
San Buenaventura Mission
Caption: "SAN BUENAVENTURA MISSION (FOUNDED 1783) VENTURA, CALIFORNIA."
Color image of San Buenaventura Mission. The bell tower of the Spanish style adobe building is to the right of the image. Just below, several figures in are at the steps to the entrance. To the left is a yard lined by a brick retaining wall.
[Woods, Inc., Los Angeles, Cal. Printed in Germany, 210]
Woods, Inc.
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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15 x 10 cm
Color postcard
English
Image
20043 PC
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Ojai (Calif.)
San Buenaventura Mission, Ventura, Calif.
San Buenaventura Mission
Front view of Mission San Buenaventura from the street. The bell tower stands tall to the right, as stairs lead to the entrance of the Spanish Mission style church.
Caption: Ventura Calif
[No publisher stated.]
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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10 x 15 cm
Black and white postcard
English
Image
20028 PC
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Ojai (Calif.)
Bard Memorial Hospital, Ventura, Cal.
Elizabeth Bard Memorial Hospital
Front view of Elizabeth Bard Memorial Hospital building. With its tower on the left, the three story building with adobe tile roof sits on a hill, with Downtown Ventura in the background.
Caption: "BARD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. VENTURA, CAL."
Verso script: Addressed to Miss Ethel Backrath, 891 So. 3rd St, San Jose, Cal."[MacGregor, J.J., Ventura, Cal.]
MacGregor, J. J.
Museum of Ventura County
1906-08-30
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7428
15 x 10 cm
Black and white postcard
English
Image
20023 PC
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Ojai (Calif.)
Ventura, CA Court House and Park, 1906
Ventura County Courthouse--Santa Clara Street
Landscape view of the original Ventura County court house. A small courtyard garden with fountain sits to the left, with the large two story stone building in the middle and attached clock tower to the right.
Caption: "Ventura, Cal. Court House and Park."
Script: "2/12/06 Hello Hon. How are you. We'll write from Santa Barbara Wednesday."
Verso: "Miss Ethel Backrath 304 'Q' Street Sacramento Cal"
[MacGregor, J.J., Ventura, Cal.]
MacGregor, J. J.
Museum of Ventura County
1906-02-12
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15 x 10 cm
Black and white postcard
English
Image
20014 PC
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Ojai (Calif.)