Chariot Team
Chariot racing
Ventura County Fair (Ventura County, Calif.)
Shows a chariot team standing next to grandstands. Team consists of four horses to pull the chariot. Charioteer stands in the chariot, holding what appears to be a whip.
Unknown
VCLSA Collection
Donated by: A. H. Davis, 1983
Museum of Ventura County
1921
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8954-8965
Ventura County Fair 1921 Album
Sepia photograph
6 x 13 cm
English
Image
8958
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Chariot Race
Chariot racing
Ventura County Fair (Ventura County, Calif.)
Shows charioteers and horses mid-race. The horses are running down a dirt racetrack. Trees in background.
Unknown
VCLSA Collection
Donated by: A. H. Davis, 1983
Museum of Ventura County
1921
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8954-8965
Ventura County Fair 1921 Album
Sepia photograph
6 x 13 cm
English
Image
8957
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Ventura County Fair Grandstand
Automobiles
Ventura County Fair (Ventura County, Calif.)
Grandstands
Two (2) images of the grandstand at the Ventura County Fair. One image shows rows of early automobiles parked, with grandstand and crowds in distance. Second image shows view from the racetrack, with men on horseback parading past the grandstand and crowd.
Unknown
VCLSA Collection
Donated by: A. H. Davis, 1983
Museum of Ventura County
1921
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8954-8965
Ventura County Fair 1921 Album
Sepia photograph
9.5 x 14.5 cm
English
Image
8955
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Ruth Ventura Zapf Riding Pony
Zapf family
Zapf, Ruth Ventura
Ponies
Children--Portraits
Shows Ruth Ventura Zapf as a young girl riding a spotted pony. The pony is standing next to wooden building lined with shrubs.
Museum records include note that the photographer owned the pony and went door-to-door soliciting photographs.
Unknown
Inez Shakman & Lynda Minister Tremaine Collection, 1994
Museum of Ventura County
circa 1922
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Black and white negative
Portrait, Full
English
Image
27939 NP
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
The Rodeo or Round-Up
Horsemanship
Ranching
Drawing showing men on horseback, corralling cattle. Two men are in the center of the image. Man on left is holding a lasso and facing away from viewer, and is wearing a Mexican-style poncho. Man on right is shown wearing a jacket and bandana, and is pointing towards the background. Their horses appear in motion, as though reeling from being reigned in. Other men wielding lassos are visible in background, riding around groups of cattle.
Hilton, W. H. (Artist)
From <span style="text-decoration:underline;">Pictorial History of California</span>, edited and compiled by Owen C. Coy. Plate #88.
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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14439, 14440, 14441
Black and white drawing
English
Image
14442
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Surdam and Aides in Fourth of July Parade, Santa Paula
Surdam, R. D.
Parades
Group photo of men on horseback. Possibly R. D. Surdam and aides ready for the Santa Paula Fourth of July Parade. Trees and buildings visible behind the men.
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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Sepia photograph
19.3 x 11.3 cm
Portraits, Group
English
Image
3900
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Santa Paula (Calif.)
Ventura Street Fair Parade, 1900
Parade floats
Fairs
Parades--California--Ventura
Parade scene on Main Street in Ventura during the Ventura Street Fair, 1900. Storefronts and tents for fair vendors are visible behind large crowd watching the procession. Parade float passing crowd is pulled by two white horses. Six men dressed in white suits walk along the sides of the float. A woman dressed in a costume stands on the float.
Park & Rogers
Drapeau Family Collection, 1993
Museum of Ventura County
1900 October
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25991
Black and white photograph
12.5 x 20.4 cm (mounted)
English
Image
25992
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Ventura Street Fair Parade, 1900
Parade floats
Parades--California--Ventura
Fairs
Parade scene on Main Street in Ventura during the Ventura Street Fair, 1900. Storefronts and tents for fair vendors are visible behind large crowd watching the procession. Parade float passing crowd is pulled by two white horses. Six men dressed in white suits walk along the sides of the float. A woman dressed in a costume stands on the float.
Park & Rogers
Drapeau Family Collection, 1993
Museum of Ventura County
1900 October
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25992
Black and white photograph
12.5 x 20.4 cm (mounted)
English
Image
25991
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Carmen Camarillo Riding in Fiesta Parade
Camarillo White Horses
Parades
Jones, Carmen Camarillo
Carmen Camarillo and two unidentified men riding horseback during the Fiesta Parade on State Street in Santa Barbara. Carmen is riding a Camarillo White Horse, the two men are riding dark-colored horses.
Unknown
Camarillo Family Collection, 1990
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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Black and white photograph
12.6 x 16 cm
English
Image
17953
California
Santa Barbara County (Calif.)
Santa Barbara (Calif.)
Frank Howard's Team Leaving Town for the Oilfields, Fillmore
Carriages and carts
View of four men, possibly including Frank Howard, standing atop a carriage hitched by six horses.
Writing on picture: "Hauling up Sespe."
Unknown
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
1907
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Black and white photograph
11 x 18 cm
English
Image
8874
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Fillmore (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.)
Shaw's Soda Works
Soft drinks
Horse-drawn vehicles
Shaw, Floyd
A man dressed in a suit, tie and hat is sitting in the driver's seat of the Shaw's Soda Works delivery wagon. Two horses pull the wagon. "Acme Soda Works" is painted on the side of the driver's seat and "Mineral Waters" is painted on the side of the wagon. The wagon is loaded with a wooden barrel and wooden boxes of glass bottles. "Drink Acme Soda" is painted on one of the boxes. A dog is standing in the street next to the wagon. There are buildings and trees in the background. Library records identify Floyd Shaw as the driver.
Brewster, John Calvin
Museum of Ventura County
1895
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Sepia photograph
21.5 x 9.6 cm
English
Image
990
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
"Doc" Cody, Wells Fargo Agent on Oak Street
Wells, Fargo & Company
Horse-drawn vehicles
Oak Street (Ventura, Calif.)
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.
Brewster, John Calvin
Museum of Ventura County
1890
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Sepia photograph
22.9 x 14 cm
English
Image
966
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Old Time Hunting Party
Hunting
Portraits, Group
A group of young men who are posed by a campsite for the photo. An animal is visible on the ground in front of the men. Three of the men are wearing ammunition belts around their waists. The campsite is surrounded by trees. A wagon and several horses are visible in the background.
Brewster, John Calvin
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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Sepia photograph
21.5 x 13.6 cm
Portrait, Group
English
Image
964
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Load of Asphaltum from Devil's Canyon Mine
Mining
A wagon is hitched to four horses and parked in front of a mine in Devil's Canyon. There are two men standing on a platform at the mouth of the mine shaft. There is a man in the driver's seat of the wagon. Library records indicate the driver as W. A. Wilde and also indicate C.J. Crothers and Bruce Mine Supt. Taken in the summer of 1890.
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
1890
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Sepia photograph
21.75 x 13.5 cm
English
Image
824
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Mission Float, Street Fair
Fairs
Parades--California--Ventura
Parade floats
A horse drawn float with a man posing for the camera on the platform of the float. The float includes a replica mission with a child dressed in a priest costume standing in front. Small palm trees are also on the float. In the background of the picture women are standing with umbrellas. The photograph is slightly overexposed. Library records indicate that the driver is Chris Yeager.
Park and Rogers
Museum of Ventura County
1900 October
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Black and white photograph
20.5 x 12.5 cm
English
Image
814
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Picnic Party at Camp Comfort
Sanborn, S. N.
Horse-drawn vehicles
Leisure
Image of a horse drawn carriage with a group of people in it on their way to or from a picnic at Camp Comfort. Museum records indicate the driver is N. S. Sanborn and the "bus" (carriage) is coming from Hotel Rose in Ventura.
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
circa 1900
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Black and white photograph
16.2 x 14 cm
English
Image
444
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Ojai (Calif.)
US Cavalry Performing Maneuvers
United States. Army. Cavalry
Military education
Horsemanship
4 images showing the US Cavalry (several uniformed men on horseback) performing maneuvers on a dirt road. According to library records they camped at Seaside Park in Ventura, Calif.
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
1908
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Black and white photograph (set of four)
14 x 8.5 cm
English
Image
436
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Group Photo at People's Lumber Yard
People's Lumber Company
Sheldon, S. H.
Bonnestel, W. B.
Healey, Charles
Bonnestel, Charles
Lumber-yards
Group photo of four men standing outside of People's Lumber Yard building on Laurel Street in Ventura, Calif. A horse with a cart hitched to it is on the left of the image. The men are identified as (l-r): S. H. Sheldon; W. B. Bonnestel; Charles Healey; Charles Bonnestel.
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
1895
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Portrait, Group
18.25 x 12.75 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
391
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Harry Barnett and His Horse
Barnett, Harry
Equestrian portraits
Horses
Full portrait of Harry Barnett and his horse, Zornbro Nutt. Harry stands in front of the horse, looking at the horse holding the horse by the bit. Both are in profile, but Zornbro Nutt is looking at the viewer.
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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22.7 x 19 cm
Sepia photograph
English
Image
171
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Stone Ditch, Built By The Indians Over 130 Years Ago, Ventura
Aqueducts--Circa 1915
Missions--San Buenaventura--Water System
An unidentified figure leans against a stone ditch with arms crossed. A horse stands several feet in front of the figure among low shrubs. A large oak tree stands to the left of the viewer, and another oak stands further back to the right. Hills are visible in the background behind the ditch.
[Brakey, John R., Ventura, Cal. (Polychrome Co., San Francisco, Cal.)]
Brakey, John R.
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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Black and white postcard
15 x 10 cm
English
Image
20203 PC
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Untitled, (Parade Floats)
Parades--Decorated Car
Parades--Floats--Circa 1915-20
A parade scene. A woman riding in a cart is holding the reins of four small horses. An automobile decorated in flowers is partially visible behind the horses. The parade appears to be passing a park. Several people, standing and seated, watch the parade from a paved sidewalk that lines the unpaved street. Houses are visible in the background.
[AZO in stamp area]
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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Black and white postcard
15 x 10 cm
English
Image
20169 PC
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Untitled, (Picture of Parade Float, Native Sons and Daughters of Golden West)
Parades--Floats
This postcard depicts a decorated parade float. A man is standing on the float holding the reins of two horses that are pulling the float on a dirt street. A bear is part of the float decorations. Buildings are visible in the background.
[AZO in stamp area]
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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Black and white postcard
15 x 10 cm
English
Image
20168 PC
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Untitled, (Mule or Horse Team with 2 Men and Farm Implements)
Agricultural Machinery--Circa 1910-1920
Asses and Mules
A team of mules or horses appears to be pulling a farm implement upon which a man is sitting. Another man is visible within the group of animals. Hills, buildings, utility poles and wires are visible in the distance.
[AZO in stamp area]
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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Sepia postcard
15 x 10 cm
English
Image
20139 PC
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Camp Comfort, Near Ventura, Cal.
Parks--Camp Comfort--Circa 1910-1915
Parks--Ojai
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]
Rieder, M.
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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Color postcard
15 x 10 cm
English
Image
20131 PC
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ojai (Calif.)