William Quinlan drives a team of horses pulling a transport wagon on California Street in Ventura (it is unpaved). Photo taken between Meta and Santa Clara Streets looking north to the hills. "F.J. Sifford and Ventura Transfer" painted on the wagon. Building with "Ventura Abstract Co., Chas. Barnard Manager" in background.
Creator
Unknown
Date
No date
Format
25.5 x 20.3 cm
Black and white photograph
Subject
Quinlan, William
California Street (Ventura, Calif.)
Wagons
Horse-drawn vehicles
Coverage
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Relation
1025
Publisher
Museum of Ventura County
Rights
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Faulkner red barn shortly after it was built. Elmer Outland with two children, workers, carpenter, and 4 horses pulling a wagon pictured. Two of the men are standing on the wagon.
Creator
Miller & Jackson
Date
circa 1910
Format
12.5 x 17.8 cm
Black and white photograph
Subject
Faulkner Farm (Santa Paula, Calif.)
Agriculture
Barns
Coverage
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Santa Paula (Calif.)
Publisher
Museum of Ventura County
Rights
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Southern Pacific Railroad Surveying Camp on Rincon
Identifier
5322
Description
Group photo of a surveying camp on a Southern Pacific Railroad site. Approximately 20 men and several draft horses or mules are lined up next to a row of white tents. Behind the tents are large hills. Many of the men have some sort of a scope on a tripod next to them.
Creator
Unknown
Date
1887
Format
Portrait, Group
19 x 11 cm
Black and white photograph
Subject
Southern Pacific Company
Railroads
Rincon Causeway
Coverage
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Publisher
Museum of Ventura County
Rights
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Horse team and wagon pointed towards viewer's left stopped in front of Ventura County Power Co. Warehouse no. 1 which is a white building with a window on either side of the door. A man sits on the wagon, holding the horses' reins. He is wearing a hat and looking at the viewer.
Creator
Unknown
Date
circa 1906
Format
12.5 x 17 cm
Black and white photograph
Subject
Ventura County Power Company (Ventura, Calif.)
Horse-drawn vehicles
Coverage
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura County (Calif.)
Oxnard (Calif.)
Publisher
Museum of Ventura County
Rights
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Chrisman, Clarence--ca. 1900
Architecture, domestic
Carriages and carts
Horses
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
Is Referenced By
MVC 047 Glass Plate Negatives Collection
Alternative Title
Man in carriage pulled by horse in front of house.
Original Format
Glass plate negative
Physical Dimensions
16.4 x 21.5 cm
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"Santa Barbara Co."
"Associated Oil Co."
"Compliments of Mr. Grover Reed To Belle, Jim + also Baby"
A portion of a building is in the background with letters on side of building reading "...ding material co" ]]>2022-01-03T17:00:21+00:00
Title
Horse-drawn Oil Tanker
Identifier
40685-15
Source
Pleasant Valley Historical Society, 2015
Description
Horse-drawn oil tanker with driver. Verso of mounted photo reads:
"Santa Barbara Co."
"Associated Oil Co."
"Compliments of Mr. Grover Reed To Belle, Jim + also Baby"
A portion of a building is in the background with letters on side of building reading "...ding material co"
Creator
Unknown
Date
No date
Format
Sepia photograph
23 x 17 cm
Subject
Tankers
Petroleum--California--History
Coverage
California
Santa Barbara County (Calif.)
Publisher
Museum of Ventura County
Rights
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A man with a horse and cart on the beach in front of the ocean and wharf.
Creator
Unknown
Date
No date
Format
Glass plate negative
Subject
Beaches
Carriages and carts
Horses
Men
Piers
Coverage
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Publisher
Museum of Ventura County
Rights
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Horse drawn carts lined up in the street during grain hauling season in Hueneme.
Creator
Unknown
Date
No date
Format
20.5 x 14 cm
Black and white photograph
Subject
Grain--Harvesting
Delivery of goods
Coverage
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Port Hueneme (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.
L.D. Roberts with two horse team and wagon in the Ojai Valley near Nordhoff.
Creator
Unknown
Date
circa 1876
Format
12.7 x 17 cm
Black and white photograph
Subject
Horse-drawn vehicles
Wagons
Coverage
California
Ventura County (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.
Type
Image
Language
English
]]>https://photographs.venturamuseum.org/items/show/2800Overland Monthly, January 1890.]]>2022-01-03T17:00:30+00:00
Title
Nordhoff, 1890
Identifier
17307
Source
1989
Description
Ojai Valley, street scene in Nordhoff showing what appear to be two large homes, many trees, and a horse drawn wagon. From article "Autumn Days in Ventura II" --by Ninette Eames in the Overland Monthly, January 1890.
Creator
Brewster, John Calvin
Date
circa 1890
Format
11.2 x 18 cm
Black and white photograph
Subject
Two-story houses
Rural roads
Coverage
California
Ventura County (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.
Type
Image
Language
English
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buckboard in foreground. Loaded wagons, pulley belt thresher, workers and horses visible. On outside of photograph, the following is written: "My father should be in this picture, I put a cross on Evans? Taylor, my husband. Sept. 1914"]]>2022-01-03T17:00:31+00:00
Title
Agricultural Group Photo
Identifier
38793 OS
Source
2009
Description
Outdoor panorama sepia toned photograph of an agricultural scene very similar to #38792. "Sudden Derritt" printed in white on face of photograph. Man in
buckboard in foreground. Loaded wagons, pulley belt thresher, workers and horses visible. On outside of photograph, the following is written: "My father should be in this picture, I put a cross on Evans? Taylor, my husband. Sept. 1914"
Creator
Unknown
Date
1914 September
Format
Panorama
90.5 x 20.4 cm
Sepia photograph
Subject
Agricultural machinery
Agricultural laborers
Farming
Coverage
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Relation
38792
Publisher
Museum of Ventura County
Rights
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Katherine L. Hoffman drives a horse and wagon with Walter H. Hoffman, Jr. at her side. There is a stone wall behind them and a dirt road or path on the right of image. Location is Rancho Casitas.
Creator
Unknown
Date
circa 1925
Format
Black and white negative
Subject
Hoffman, Walter Henry, Jr.
Wagons
Horses
Hoffman, Katherine Louise, 1919-1999
Coverage
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ojai (Calif.)
Publisher
Museum of Ventura County
Rights
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This image shows the exterior front view of the Asahi Market in Oxnard California. There are two horses and a cart parked in front of the store. The Asahi Market was established in 1907.
Creator
Unknown
Date
circa 1910
Format
Black and white negative
Subject
Supermarkets
Coverage
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Oxnard (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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Handwriting on photograph reads:
"Bank of Ventura Main & Oak - Built in 1891-2 - Demolished Sept. 1923
Bank of Italy built on the site and opened June 29th, 1924."]]>2022-01-03T17:00:36+00:00
Title
Bank of Ventura 1892
Identifier
3525
Description
Exterior street view of the Bank of Ventura upon completion in March 1892 (corner of Oak and Main Streets in Ventura) with a view of Oak Street running alongside it on the left of image. Some horse drawn wagons and carts can be seen on Oak Street and children and men are on the sidewalk in front of the Bank. Some business signs that are discernible include "J.C. Brewster" (photography studio) on Oak Street and "Stair Bros. Dentists" on the top floor of the bank building.
Handwriting on photograph reads:
"Bank of Ventura Main & Oak - Built in 1891-2 - Demolished Sept. 1923
Bank of Italy built on the site and opened June 29th, 1924."
Creator
Brewster, John Calvin
Date
1892 March
Format
19.7 x 11 cm
Sepia photograph
Subject
Bank of Ventura
Banks and banking
Main Street (Ventura, Calif.)
Oak Street (Ventura, Calif.)
Storefronts
Coverage
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Publisher
Museum of Ventura County
Rights
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Hauling grain to Hueneme from Calleguas Ranch above dam. Bird's eye view shows numerous wagons filled with sacks of grain pulled by teams of horses or mules going one direction. Next to them are empty wagons pulled by horse or mule teams going in the opposite direction. Men drive the teams. A fence with an open gate is visible in the background.
Creator
Unknown
Date
No date
Format
17.8 x 10.8 cm
18 x 12.6 cm
Black and white photograph
Subject
Grain
Wagons
Delivery of goods
Draft animals
Coverage
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Port Hueneme (Calif.)
Publisher
Museum of Ventura County
Rights
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Exterior view of the Stagecoach Inn in Newbury Park. It is a two-story building with a porch and balcony. There are horse-drawn wagons loaded with grain, driver in seat, along the side and front of the inn. They are possibly headed for Hueneme. Cecil Haigh Ranch, owner of inn 1885-90s.
Creator
Unknown
Date
circa 1890s
Format
13 x 18 cm
Black and white photograph
Subject
Stagecoach Inn
Horses
Wagons
Horse-drawn vehicles
Grain trade
Coverage
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Thousand Oaks (Calif.)
Publisher
Museum of Ventura County
Rights
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Bird's eye view of intersecting dirt roads in Hueneme. Teams of horses and/or mules pull large wagons fill with sacks, possibly grain sacks. Several homes and buildings are in the background, including the residence of Dr. O. V. Sessions. Photo taken from corner of Broad and Market Streets looking northeast toward Scott Street. A livery and feed stable sign is partially visible at the left of the image.
Creator
Unknown
Date
1895
Format
18 x 10.5 cm
Black and white photograph
Subject
Delivery of goods
Hueneme (Calif.)--Views
Horse-drawn vehicles
Wagons
Grain
Coverage
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Port Hueneme (Calif.)
Publisher
Museum of Ventura County
Rights
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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.
Creator
Unknown
Date
No date
Format
17.8 x 10.8 cm
Black and white photograph
Subject
Horse drawn vehicles
Barley
Delivery of goods
Wagons
McCoy, Charles
Coverage
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Simi Valley (Calif.)
Publisher
Museum of Ventura County
Rights
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Side view of ten horses hauling three wagons stacked high with sacks of lima beans. Two stacks of lima beans sit on the ground behind the wagons. The Hartman property was leased from Adolfo Camarillo and was located at the foot of the Conejo grade.
Creator
Unknown
Date
No date
Format
26 x 20.5 cm
Black and white photograph
Subject
Hartman, J. C.
Lima bean
Delivery of goods
Wagons
Coverage
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Camarillo (Calif.)
Publisher
Museum of Ventura County
Rights
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Distant view of teams of horses and/or mules hauling wagons of grain out of Simi. They head for Hueneme via Springville. Hills and mountains in the background.
Creator
Brewster, John Calvin
Date
No date
Format
16.2 x 10.2 cm
Black and white photograph
Subject
Delivery of goods
Grain
Horses
Agriculture
Coverage
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Simi Valley (Calif.)
Publisher
Museum of Ventura County
Rights
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Scene showing an eight horse team pulling a wagon loaded with sacks of beans at the J. F. Lewis Ranch in Camarillo, CA. Another team follows behind in the background. The teams are on a path amongst crops. Crop in foreground right appears to be squash.
Creator
Unknown
Date
No date
Format
25 x 20.5 cm
Black and white photograph
Subject
Lewis Ranch
Lima bean
Wagons
Agriculture
Horses
Coverage
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Camarillo (Calif.)
Publisher
Museum of Ventura County
Rights
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An eight horse team is hitched to a wagon loaded with sacks of beans at the J. F. Lewis Ranch in Camarillo, CA. Two men are in the image, one rides a horse at the end of the team and the other man stands next to them. The team is stopped in a path alongside a wind row.
Creator
Unknown
Date
No date
Format
25 x 20.5 cm
Black and white photograph
Subject
Lewis Ranch
Lima bean
Wagons
Horses
Agriculture
Coverage
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Camarillo (Calif.)
Publisher
Museum of Ventura County
Rights
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Two horses pull a wagon that is loaded up with sacks of walnuts. A man sits atop the load holding reins. The man looks down at the viewer. A young girl stands looking at the viewer on the bottom left of image.
Creator
Unknown
Date
No date
Format
18 x 12.2 cm
Black and white photograph
Subject
Walnut
Horses
Wagons
Agriculture
Agricultural laborers
Girls
Coverage
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Saticoy (Calif.)
Publisher
Museum of Ventura County
Rights
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Type
Image
Language
English
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Caption: Camp Comfort, near Ventura, Cal.
[Rieder, M., Los Angeles, Cal., made in Germany, A75204]]]>2023-02-01T17:51:15+00:00
Title
Camp Comfort, Near Ventura, Cal.
Identifier
20131 PC
Description
A wagon drawn by two horses being driven under oak trees at Camp Comfort. One oak tree is in the foreground, to the viewer's left.
Caption: Camp Comfort, near Ventura, Cal.
[Rieder, M., Los Angeles, Cal., made in Germany, A75204]
Creator
Rieder, M.
Date
No date
Format
Color postcard
15 x 10 cm
Subject
Parks--Camp Comfort--Circa 1910-1915
Parks--Ojai
Coverage
California
Ventura County (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.
Type
Image
Language
English
Is Referenced By
MVC045 Collection of Ventura County postcards
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Library records indicate that this home was built by J. J. Sheridan. ]]>2023-02-14T19:55:39+00:00
Title
"Doc" Cody, Wells Fargo Agent on Oak Street
Identifier
966
Description
A horse-drawn Wells Fargo and Company wagon is pictured parked at the side of a dirt street in front of a wooden house on Oak Street. A tree and palm are shown growing in the home's yard. "Doc" Cody, an agent of Wells Fargo is shown driving the wagon. He is bearded and wearing a suit and hat. Brewster's photography studio is visible to the right.
Library records indicate that this home was built by J. J. Sheridan.
Creator
Brewster, John Calvin
Date
1890
Format
Sepia photograph
22.9 x 14 cm
Subject
Wells, Fargo & Company
Horse-drawn vehicles
Oak Street (Ventura, Calif.)
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.