https://photographs.venturamuseum.org/items/browse?tags=Books&sort_field=Dublin+Core%2CCreator&output=atom2024-03-29T11:33:01+00:00Omekahttps://photographs.venturamuseum.org/items/show/7658 Museum records include note that the altar cloth matches a description in Helen Hunt Jackson's novel, Ramona.]]>2024-03-18T21:52:41+00:00
Title
Torn Altar Cloth
Identifier
30959 NP
Source
Marguerite Haines Collection, 1997
Description
Image shows a torn altar cloth. A lighter color fringe can be seen at the top of the cloth. The same light colored fringe can also be seen on the bottom of the cloth. At the bottom of the altar cloth there is a scalloped pattern with embroidered flowers within each half circle.
Museum records include note that the altar cloth matches a description in Helen Hunt Jackson's novel, Ramona.
Creator
Lummis, Charles Fletcher
Date
circa 1888
Format
Black and white negative
Subject
Altar-cloths
Rancho Camulos (Calif.)
Coverage
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Piru (Calif.)
Publisher
Museum of Ventura County
Rights
The copyright to this image has not been determined. These images are intended for personal or research use only. Please contact library staff for rights determinations and additional uses.
Type
Image
Language
English
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Charles F. Blackstock was born in 1876 and died October 4, 1966 at the age of 90.
On the back of one of the copies (38,738c) is Robert Dana Teague's card.]]>2022-01-03T17:00:19+00:00
Title
Charles F. Blackstock
Identifier
38738 OS
Source
2009
Description
Oversize upper torso portrait of Honorable Charles F. Blackstock in Judges Robe. He was appointed as Judge of the Superior Court on May 21, 1946. He retired November 1, 1959. Judge Blackstock is holding a open law book and is sitting in front of a shelf of law books.
Charles F. Blackstock was born in 1876 and died October 4, 1966 at the age of 90.
On the back of one of the copies (38,738c) is Robert Dana Teague's card.
Creator
Unknown
Date
No date
Format
Portrait, Bust
50.6 x 40.6 cm
Black and white photograph
Subject
Blackstock, Charles F., 1876-1966
Judges
Coverage
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Publisher
Museum of Ventura County
Rights
The copyright to this image has not been determined. These images are intended for personal or research use only. Please contact library staff for rights determinations and additional uses.
The copyright to this image has not been determined. These images are intended for personal or research use only. Please contact library staff for rights determinations and additional uses.
The copyright to this image has not been determined. These images are intended for personal or research use only. Please contact library staff for rights determinations and additional uses.
The copyright to this image has not been determined. These images are intended for personal or research use only. Please contact library staff for rights determinations and additional uses.
Library Assistant and Children at West End Branch Library
Identifier
7577
Source
VCLSA Collection
Description
Interior view of the West End Branch Library in Ventura. Library Assistant, Mrs. J. Greenway is seen with three children. They are (Left to Right) Jr. Jackson, Bobby Miller and Lorene Livingston. The children are each looking at a book. Bobby is also holding a half-eaten apple.
Creator
Unknown
Date
1948-02-19
Format
12.8 x 18 cm
Black and white photograph
Subject
Libraries and children
Library employees
Coverage
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Relation
7581
Publisher
Museum of Ventura County
Rights
The copyright to this image has not been determined. These images are intended for personal or research use only. Please contact library staff for rights determinations and additional uses.
Full portrait of Gordon Nidever Ruiz at age five and Maria Louisa Ruiz at age seven sitting on the same chair. They are sitting in a room surrounded by a chair, desk, books on a bookshelf and hanging portraits. Gordon Nidever Ruiz and Maria Louisa Ruiz were children of Maria Sinfosa Nidever Ruiz and Baltazar Pedro "Charo" Ruiz.
Creator
Unknown
Date
circa 1908
Format
Portrait, Group
Black and white negative
Subject
Walker, Maria Louisa Ruiz, 1900-1958
Brothers and sisters
Ruiz, Gordon Nidever
Coverage
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Santa Barbara (Calif.)
Publisher
Museum of Ventura County
Rights
The copyright to this image has not been determined. These images are intended for personal or research use only. Please contact library staff for rights determinations and additional uses.
Portrait of Mr. and Mrs. George Eastwood, seated outdoors holding an open book in their laps. Both look off to the left of the viewer. Mr. and Mrs. George Eastwood were from El Rio. Photo appears to be cut out into an oval shape.
Creator
Unknown
Date
No date
Format
Portrait, Group
17.8 x 12.2 cm
Black and white photograph
Subject
Eastwood, George
Eastwood family
Coverage
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
El Rio (Calif.)
Publisher
Museum of Ventura County
Rights
The copyright to this image has not been determined. These images are intended for personal or research use only. Please contact library staff for rights determinations and additional uses.
Bust portrait of Henry Storrow Carnes, a pioneer of Santa Barbara who came in days of Stevenson Regiment. Carnes looks at the viewer while holding an open book in one hand, the other hand resting on a page.
Creator
Unknown
Date
1846
Format
Portrait, Bust
10 x 12.5 cm
Black and white photograph
Subject
Carnes, Henry Storrow
Men--California--Portraits
Coverage
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ojai (Calif.)
Santa Barbara County (Calif.)
Publisher
Museum of Ventura County
Rights
The copyright to this image has not been determined. These images are intended for personal or research use only. Please contact library staff for rights determinations and additional uses.
Interior view of the West End Branch Library in Ventura, where three children sit with books open in their laps, engrossed in reading. Children are (l-r): Jr. Jackson, Bobby Miller and Lorene Livingston.
Creator
Unknown
Date
1948-02-19
Format
20.7 x 12.8 cm
Black and white photograph
Subject
Libraries and children
Picture books
Coverage
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Relation
7577
Publisher
Museum of Ventura County
Rights
The copyright to this image has not been determined. These images are intended for personal or research use only. Please contact library staff for rights determinations and additional uses.
A Ventura County Free Library bookmobile parked with back door open. Two patrons, a woman and a man browse the books on one side of the bookmobile. A third patron can be seen browsing books at the back of the vehicle.
Creator
Unknown
Date
No date
Format
Black and white photograph
9 x 14 cm (mounted)
Subject
Bookmobiles
Library users
Libraries
Coverage
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Publisher
Museum of Ventura County
Rights
The copyright to this image has not been determined. These images are intended for personal or research use only. Please contact library staff for rights determinations and additional uses.
Interior view. Shows Delee S. Marshall standing behind a counter in the Research Library at the Ventura County History Museum (now called the Museum of Ventura County). She appears to be working with stacks of paper arranged on the counter. Rows of book shelves behind Delee. Sign on counter reads "Dr. C. L. Bard Collection Pioneer Museum Founded 1913." Taken during Delee's tenure as the Docent Council Chairman.
Creator
Unknown
Date
1977 May
Format
Black and white photograph
18 x 13 cm
Subject
Marshall, Delee S.
Museum docents
Museum of Ventura County
Museum libraries
Coverage
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Publisher
Museum of Ventura County
Rights
The copyright to this image has not been determined. These images are intended for personal or research use only. Please contact library staff for rights determinations and additional uses.
View of the Interior of the Santa Paula Library, showing a man looking through a book, the stacks, columns toward the middle of the building, and pendant lighting.
[Western Card Company, Reedley, Fresno Co., Calif., 2573]
Creator
Western Card Company
Date
1910-09-11
Format
postcard
Subject
Santa Paula--Buildings--Libraries
Coverage
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Santa Paula (Calif.)
Ojai (Calif.)
Publisher
Museum of Ventura County
Rights
The copyright to this image has not been determined. These images are intended for personal or research use only. Please contact library staff for rights determinations and additional uses.