An Apiary, California, of M.H. Men.d.leson, Piru, Cal., Near Ventura
Bees--Circa 1915
External view of a hillside apiary. Bee boxes are arranged in rows in a clearing.
[Detroit Publishing Co. ("Phostint" card), 70874]
Detroit Publishing Co.
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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Color postcard
8 x 10 cm
English
Image
20549 PC
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Piru (Calif.)
Horse-Drawn Buggy on Fillmore Grade
Horse-drawn vehicles
Chaparral
Mountains
View of an unidentified woman riding a horse-drawn buggy up the Fillmore grade. Buggy is stopped and woman seems to be looking at the view of the hillsides and mountains.
Unknown
Gwendolyn Greene Collection, 1997
Museum of Ventura County
1900
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Sepia photograph
9.5 x 11.5 cm
English
Image
30926
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Fillmore (Calif.)
View from Top of Fillmore Grade
Chaparral
Mountains
A view taken from the top of the Fillmore grade. Shows mountains, hillsides, and shrubland.
Unknown
Gwendolyn Greene Collection, 1997
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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.
Sepia photograph
9.5 x 12 cm
English
Image
30922
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Fillmore (Calif.)
Mission Aqueduct, Cañada Larga
San Buenaventura Mission
Aqueducts
A man stands on top of the ruins of the San Buenaventura Mission aqueduct, Cañada Larga. The man is looking off to the right of the viewer, a tall hill is in the background.
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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25.5 x 20.5 cm
Sepia photograph
English
Image
374
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Ventura River Valley Aerial View
Ventura (Calif.)--Aerial views
Valleys
Oil fields
View of Ventura looking south. Ventura city and oil fields visible. Hills line both sides of image, Pacific Ocean at top of image.
Holland-McCarty
VCLSA Collection
Museum of Ventura County
1954-10-09
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.
Aerial Photograph
24 x 19.5 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
7799
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Charles McCoy's Team Hauling Barley
Horse drawn vehicles
Barley
Delivery of goods
Wagons
McCoy, Charles
Charles McCoy's ten horse team hauls 15 tons of barley up a hill. One man sits on one of the horses and another sits on one of the wagons, a dog by his side. The horses pull alongside a steep hill.
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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17.8 x 10.8 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
4093
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Simi Valley (Calif.)
Site of No. One Oil Well
Bard, Thomas Robert, 1841-1915
Oil wells
Petroleum
Image of a grassy hill, an "x" marked in one spot in pen or marker. Library records read: "Site of Bard home, 1866 No. 1 - where first oil well was drilled, Creek Rd."
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
1866
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24 x 14 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
2079
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Overlooking Castaic Creek, "Ridge Route", Los Angeles to Bakersfield, California
Los Angeles County--Roads--Ridge Route
Bird's eye view of a winding road along a hill or mountainside, a car driving away from the viewer partially obscured by a bend in the road. Mountains in the background, left. Top left of image reads "Overlooking Castaic Creek, "Ridge Route", Los Angeles to Bakersfield, California."
[Western Pub. & Novelty Co., Pub., Los Angeles, California, Photo by Theo Sohmer, R-5]
Sohmer, Theo
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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15 x 10 cm
Color postcard
English
Image
23400 PC
California
Los Angeles County (Calif.)
Ojai (Calif.)
Sanatorium, Ventura, California
Hospitals
Ventura--Buildings
View of a sanatorium near Hillmont and Foothill from a distance, orchards in foreground and mountains in the background. Sanatorium in the middle of image. Significant image of "Five Trees" on the hill in the background.
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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15 x 10 cm
Black and white postcard
English
Image
22820 PC
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Ojai (Calif.)
California School for Girls, Ventura, California
Schools--Ventura School for Girls
Distant view of six large white buildings nestled on a hillside making up the California School for Girls in Ventura. A car is visible driving away from the school. "California School for Girls, Ventura, California" printed along the bottom of the postcard.
[Brakey, J.R., Ventura, Cal. (C.T. American Art), A75423]
Brakey, J. R.
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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20056 PC
15 x 10 cm
Color postcard
English
Image
21014 PC
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Ojai (Calif.)
Continental Oil Company, Rincon Gasoline Plant
Oil storage tanks
Petroleum industry and trade--equipment and supplies
Exterior view of Continental Oil Company, Rincon Gasoline Plant on Pacific Coast Highway. Railroad tracks in foreground, hills with oil derricks in background. Two images mounted on cardboard.
Unknown
2002
Museum of Ventura County
circa 1950s
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33872 OS
25.8 x 20.4 cm
51 x 40.7 cm (mounted)
Black and white photograph
English
Image
33873 OS
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Continental Oil Company, Rincon Gasoline Plant
Oil storage tanks
Petroleum industry and trade--Equipment and supplies
Exterior view of Continental Oil Company, Rincon Gasoline Plant on Pacific Coast Highway. Railroad tracks in foreground, hills with oil derricks in background. Two images mounted on cardboard.
Unknown
2002
Museum of Ventura County
circa 1950s
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33873 OS
25.8 x 20.4 cm
51 x 40.7 cm (mounted)
Black and white photograph
English
Image
33872 OS
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Chancelor Canfield Midway Oil Company, Rincon Field
Oil fields
Oil well drilling rigs
Petroleum industry and trade
Pacific Coast Highway (Calif.-Wash.)
Distant view from across a highway (Pacific Coast Highway in foreground) of Chancelor Canfield Midway Oil Company at Rincon Field. Buildings and oil derricks dotting the hillside in the background are visible.
Unknown
2002
Museum of Ventura County
circa 1950s
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25.5 x 20.6 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
33871 OS
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Man Checking Hillside for Oil
Petroleum industry and trade
A man leans over a section of rocky hillside and checks for oil using an instrument.
Library records indicate this is part of "The Petroleum Industry - transportation & refining. Marguerite Brown Study Prints."
Brown, Marguerite
Instructional Productions Co. (2527 Honolulu Ave., Montrose, Calif.)
Union Oil Company, 1987
Museum of Ventura County
No date
Union Oil Company of California
13788 OS - 13804 OS
27.3 x 30.5 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
13788 OS
California
View of Ventura, California
Ventura (Calif.)--Views
Cows
View of Ventura taken from a hillside looking inland. Two cows are in the foreground of photo.
Unknown
1983
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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27.2 x 34.7 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
10202 OS
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Snowy Ventura Street Scene
Snow
Snapshot of a street along a snowy hillside with three parked cars and many people playing and walking in the snow.
Unknown
Virginia Gould Collection, 1997
Museum of Ventura County
1922-01-29
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30538
30539
30541
8.8 x 14.8 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
30540
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Creek Scene, Matilija Near Ventura, Cal
Matilija--Circa 1910
Rivers--Matilija
Creek view of the Matilija Hot Springs. Water flows rapidly through a bed of rocks and mossy boulders. Hills and forest sit behind a small waterfall in the center of the image.
Caption: "Creek scene, Matilija near Ventura, Cal."
Verso: Addressed to William Walter Hobson, 917 Ventura Ave, Ventura.
[Rieder, M., Los Angeles, CAl., 6713 and A18037]
Rieder, M.
Museum of Ventura County
1905-09-12
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20066 PC
20357 PC
10 x 15 cm
Color postcard
English
Image
20071 PC
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ojai (Calif.)
Ojai (Calif.)
Matilija Hot Springs 1905
Coaching
Health Resorts--Matilija Hot Springs
Matilija Hot Springs--Circa 1905
Image of a stage coach with passengers at Matilija Hot Springs. Sitting in front of the resort buildings, the coach is run by four horses, and there are several figures dressed in early 20th century fashion sitting inside and on top of the coach.
Caption: "Matilija Hot Springs, Cal."
Verso script: Addressed to William Walter Hobson, 917 Ventura Ave, Ventura.
[Rieder, M., Los Angeles, Cal. (Printed in Germany), 2757]
Rieder, M.
Museum of Ventura County
1905-09-12
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20357 PC
15 x 10 cm
Color postcard
English
Image
20070 PC
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ojai (Calif.)
Ojai (Calif.)
Matilija Hot Springs, Cal. 1905
Health Resorts--Matilija Hot Springs
Matilija Hot Springs--Circa 1905
Image of swimmers at Matijila Hot Springs. A large group of figures in early 20th century bathing suits pose on the porch and staircase of a Victorian style building. The building has ornate decorative features and it set in front of a rocky hillside and trees.
Caption: "Matilija Hot Springs, Cal."
Postcard script: This postcard contains writing on the face of the postcard only.
Verso: Addressed to Mrs. Ruth Browne, 917 Ventura Ave, Ventura Cal.
[Rieder, M., Los Angeles, Cal. (Printed in Germany), 2756]
Rieder, M.
Museum of Ventura County
1905-09-12
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15 x 10 cm
Color postcard
English
Image
20069 PC
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ojai (Calif.)
Ojai (Calif.)
Matilija Hot Springs, Cal. 1905
Health Resorts--Matilija Hot Springs
Matilija Hot Springs--Circa 1905
Creek view image of Matilija Hot Springs. The river runs through the center of the image, with forest and hills in the background. In the foreground is a large cluster of boulders hanging over the left hand side of the river, on which several figures dressed in early 20th century clothing are sitting. A figure stands in the river to the right.
Caption: "Matilija Hot Springs, Cal."
Postcard script: This postcard contains writing on the face of the postcard only.
Verso script: Addressed to Mrs. Grace Hobson, 917 Ventura Ave Ventura.
[Rieder, M., Los Angeles, CAl. (Printed in Germany), 2758]
Rieder, M.
Museum of Ventura County
1905-09-12
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10 x 15 cm
Color postcard
English
Image
20067 PC
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ojai (Calif.)
Ojai (Calif.)
Matilija Hot Springs, Cal. 1905
Health Resorts--Matilija Hot Springs
Matilija Hot Springs--Circa 1905
Creek view of the Matilija Hot Springs. Water flows rapidly through a bed of rocks and mossy boulders. Hills and forest sit behind a small waterfall in the center of the image.
Caption: "Matilija Hot Springs, Cal."
Postcard script: This postcard contains writing on the face of the postcard only.
Verso: Addressed to Mrs. Grace Hobson, 917 Ventura Ave, Ventura."
[Rieder, M., Los Angeles, Cal. (Printed in Germany), 2760]
Rieder, M.
Museum of Ventura County
1905-09-29
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20071 PC
10 x 15 cm
Color postcard
English
Image
20066 PC
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ojai (Calif.)
Ojai (Calif.)
Section of The Plaza, Ventura, Cal.
Parks--Plaza
Ventura--Buildings--Churches--Congregational
Lawn view of Plaza Park. A gazebo sits to the left of the foreground, built in a Craftsman bungalow style with ornate architectural details. On the street just behind it is are houses and the Congregational Church's pointed steeple. The park is lushly landscaped with trees and shrubs. Hillsides roll in the background.
Caption: "Section of the Plaza Ventura, Cal. 740."
Verso script: "Between Chestnut and Fir Congregational Church."
[Mitchell, Edward H., San Francisco, Cal., 740]
Mitchell, Edward H.
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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4392
15 x 10 cm
Sepia postcard
English
Image
20062 PC
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Ojai (Calif.)
Entrance to Eugene C. Foster Memorial Park Near Ventura, Cal.
Bridges--Foster Park
Parks--Foster
Caption: "Entrance to Eugene C. Foster Memorial Park, near Ventura, Cal."
Landscape image of entrance to Eugene C. Foster Memorial Park. The unpaved driveway is framed by two stone pillars, each with a ledge adorned by a reclining lion, each set in front of its own castle-eque tower topped with a spire. A white picket fence extends behind the pillars, curving to the left towards a tied-arch bridge. A hillside lush with foliage is in the background.
[Brakey, J.R., Ventura, Cal. (Logo: Panama/California Exposition, San Diego, 1915), 3064and A16496]
Brakey, J. R.
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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15 x 10 cm
Color postcard
English
Image
20057 PC
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Casitas Springs (Calif.)
Ojai (Calif.)
California State School for Girls, Ventura, Cal.
Schools--Ventura School for Girls
Landscape image of the California State School for Girls from a distance. Several buildings are visible along the base of rolling hillsides. A Model T vehicle drives along a winding road in the foreground, cutting through a field of flowers.
Caption: "CALIFORNIA SCHOOL FOR GIRLS, VENTURA, CALIFORNIA."
[Brakey, J.R., Ventura, Cal. (C.T. American Art, Chicago, Ill.), A83619]
Brakey, J. R.
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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20176 PC
21014 PC
15 x 10 cm
Color postcard
English
Image
20056 PC
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Ojai (Calif.)
La Conchita Area, Partial View Looking North East
La Conchita (Calif.)--Aerial views
Glossy aerial photograph of La Conchita area (partial view). Looking north east. Hills in back of La Conchita prominent in photograph. Roads clearly visible. Traffic on 101 clearly visible. On Fuji color crystal archive paper.
White's Studios, Inc. Photography
Museum of Ventura County
1955-04-07
Copyright White's Studios 2007. For research only. No reproductions unless granted by photographer.
37713
37715
37716
37717
37718
Aerial Photograph
35.6 x 30.5 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
37714
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
La Conchita (Calif.)