Four men on horseback smiling at the camera as they pass. No discernible logo or information of what organization they represent. Image taken in front of residential homes. Float for the Oxnard Chamber of Commerce parked near the sidewalk with young girls watching the men ride by.
View of a two-horse team competing in a horse pulling contest at the Ventura County Fair. Five men are also in the photo, some may be judges. Photo taken for the Ventura County Star Free Press 21 Aug 1988, published 22 Aug 1988.
Creator
Gruber, Jack
Date
1988-08-21
Format
18 x 12.5 cm
Black and white photograph
Subject
Horse pulling contests
Draft horses
Ventura County Fair (Ventura County, Calif.)
Coverage
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Publisher
Museum of Ventura County
Rights
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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.
Creator
Whittington, Dick
Date
circa 1920s
Format
12.8 x 15.5 cm
Black and white photograph
Subject
Post office buildings
Horsemanship
Historic buildings
Coverage
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ojai (Calif.)
Publisher
Museum of Ventura County
Rights
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Snapshot of a cavalry unit on the track at the Ventura County Fair in 1927. The unit is in uniform and one man at the front is holding a US flag and another man holds another flag (unidentified). Some spectators can be seen at right of the image along the fencing around the track infield.
Creator
Unknown
Date
1927
Format
11.7 x 8.5 cm
Black and white photograph
Subject
Cavalry
Cavalry horses
Ventura County Fair (Ventura County, Calif.)
Coverage
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Publisher
Museum of Ventura County
Rights
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Farm scene showing men, horse teams, and equipment in a vast field. It appears no crops are growing on the field yet. Mountains in the background. Image is mounted.
Creator
Unknown
Date
No date
Format
25 x 20 cm
Black and white photograph
Subject
Farms
Agriculture
Agricultural laborers
Farmers
Agricultural machinery
Coverage
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Publisher
Museum of Ventura County
Rights
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Agricultural scene at Goodyear Ranch showing several men, horses and equipment. They are baling lima bean straw.
Creator
Unknown
Date
circa 1910
Format
17.7 x 11 cm
Black and white photograph
Subject
Lima bean
Baling
Agricultural laborers
Agricultural machinery
Goodyear Ranch (Somis, Calif.)
Coverage
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Somis (Calif.)
Publisher
Museum of Ventura County
Rights
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View of a man filling the hoppers of the bean planter on the Goodyear Ranch, taken from behind. Two horses are hitched to the been planter. Windows on left of image, orchard on the right of image.
Creator
Unknown
Date
circa 1910
Format
17.7 x 11 cm
Black and white photograph
Subject
Lima bean
Goodyear Ranch (Somis, Calif.)
Agricultural machinery
Horses
Coverage
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Somis (Calif.)
Publisher
Museum of Ventura County
Rights
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Group photo of men on horseback at Patterson Ranch. They form a line in front of a house and a large willow tree. They are (l-r): John Machado, Alex Lopez, George Eastwood, W. P. Daily, Frank Olivas, and Coon Gonzalez.
Creator
Unknown
Date
1890
Format
Portrait, Group
24 x 14.5 cm
Black and white photograph
Subject
Patterson Ranch
Horsemanship
Machado, John
Lopez, Alex
Eastwood, George
Daily, W. P.
Olivas, Frank
Gonzalez, Coon
Coverage
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Oxnard (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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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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Bird's eye view of numerous teams of horses pulling wagons or agricultural equipment surrounded by many barns. Men and teams are leaving the various barns for a day of work. In the foreground, in the buggy, are C. J. Daily and his son T. C. Daily.
Creator
Pierce, C. C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Date
1885-1895
Format
23 x 17 cm
Black and white photograph
Subject
Patterson Ranch
Daily family
Agricultural laborers
Horse-drawn vehicles
Coverage
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Oxnard (Calif.)
Publisher
Museum of Ventura County
Rights
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An unidentified U.S. Forest Ranger stands in front of 3 horses at the Willett Cabin in the Sespe. The ranger looks at the viewer. Cabin with a stone chimney and a shade structure in the background.
Creator
Unknown
Date
No date
Format
Portrait, Full
12.5 x 17.5 cm
Black and white photograph
Subject
Forest rangers
Willett family
Frontier and pioneer life
Horses
Coverage
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ojai (Calif.)
Publisher
Museum of Ventura County
Rights
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Type
Image
Language
English
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Museum records indicate "Nick Walnut homestead on Reeves Road near Ojai Valley Winery (1983)."]]>2022-04-06T18:50:56+00:00
Title
Three Men in Front of Nick Walnut Homestead
Identifier
2357
8929
Source
1983 [8929]
Description
Three men stand outdoors in front of a small wooden house or cabin at the Nick Walnut homestead. They are surrounded by wilderness. The man in center identified as Nick Walnut (Nicola Noce). Nick is holding two horses (one may be a mule) on either side of him. On the left, another man holds a dog on a leash. On the right, a third man stands behind a water well. All men look at the viewer.
Museum records indicate "Nick Walnut homestead on Reeves Road near Ojai Valley Winery (1983)."
Creator
Unknown
Date
circa 1870
Format
11.5 x 9.5 cm
25.5 x 21.5 cm
Black and white photograph
Subject
Walnut, Nick (Nicola Noce), 1830-1898
Italian Americans
Agriculture
Men--California--Portraits
Frontier and pioneer life
Coverage
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ojai (Calif.)
Publisher
Museum of Ventura County
Rights
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Scene showing men on horseback in the Sespe. In the background are two houses or cabins and some large tents, as well as mountains. Museum records indicate this is Lathrop's. Herbert Lathrop ran a fishing and hunting resort/camp at the property known as Lathrop Camp or "Hotel Sespe."
Creator
Unknown
Date
circa 1900s
Format
9 x 9.1 cm
Black and white photograph
Subject
Horsemanship
Hunting lodges
Fishing lodges
Lathrop family
Sespe Wilderness (Calif.)
Coverage
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ojai (Calif.)
Publisher
Museum of Ventura County
Rights
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Portrait of the Ysidro Valencia family in a horse-drawn wagon in front of a house. Six people are in the back of the wagon and one man sits on a bench on the porch of the house. Museum records indicate they are headed to "Wheelers" and that the boy standing in the wagon is Alexander Valencia and the man sitting in front of the house is Lorenzo Ayala.
Creator
Unknown
Date
No date
Format
18 x 10.8 cm
Black and white photograph
Subject
Valencia family
Horse-drawn vehicles
Wagons
Family vacations
Coverage
California
Ventura County (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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Nordhoff taxi at turn of century--a horse drawn carriage or cart with room for passengers and light cargo. There are two men and one woman in the tax. Boyd Henry is seated and Tom Clark is standing. The woman is unidentified. There is a building with a sign reading "Nordhoff" in the background (possibly a railroad depot) as well as an outhouse to the right. The taxi has "B & G Transfer" followed by other illegible writing on its side, possibly Co.
Creator
Unknown
Date
circa 1900
Format
17.8 x 13 cm
Black and white photograph
Subject
Horse-drawn vehicles
Nordhoff (Calif.)--Views
Transportation
Coverage
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ojai (Calif.)
Publisher
Museum of Ventura County
Rights
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Saticoy street scene showing men, women, and children standing on the porch of a long wooden building. They are dressed formally, as if for an event. Off to the right there are two horse drawn carriages, but only one is completely visible. In the visible horse drawn carriage there is one driver and two passengers, and the two horses pulling it have ornate covers on their backs.
Creator
Unknown
Date
1895
Format
19.7 x 11.4 cm
Black and white photograph
Subject
Saticoy (Calif.)--Views
Special events
Buildings
Coverage
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Saticoy (Calif.)
Publisher
Museum of Ventura County
Rights
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Men and women on horseback at Gardner Ranch for walnut picking. The riders are (l-r): Dominga Sanchez, unidentified man, Refugio Sanchez, and Ellison (?) Gardner.
Creator
Unknown
Date
1935 October
Format
Black and white negative
Subject
Sanchez, Dominga
Sanchez, Refugio
Walnut industry
Gardner Ranch
Horsemanship
Coverage
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Publisher
Museum of Ventura County
Rights
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Dominga Sanchez, Maria Sanchez, and Refugio Sanchez (l-r) on horseback at Gardner Ranch, where they visited for walnut picking.
Creator
Unknown
Date
1935 October
Format
Black and white negative
Subject
Rios, Sanchez Mary, 1912-2006
Sanchez, Refugio
Sanchez, Dominga
Sanchez family
Horsemanship
Walnut industry
Gardner Ranch
Coverage
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Publisher
Museum of Ventura County
Rights
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John Dent sitting horseback at Dent Ranch. Dent and the horse are both facing to the viewer's left. Dent is wearing a white shirt and hat. The horse is dark with a white stripe down its nose.
Creator
Unknown
Date
No date
Format
15 x 12.8 cm
Black and white photograph
Subject
Dent, John, 1905-1998
Horses
Horsemanship
Coverage
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Publisher
Museum of Ventura County
Rights
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A group of men have a steer roped and held to the ground ready for branding. Eight men and a young boy surround the steer. Five of the men are mounted on horses. A dog appears to be standing in front of the roped steer. Rolling hills can be seen in the background.
Creator
Unknown
Date
1890
Format
17.8 x 10.8 cm
Black and white photograph
Subject
Cattle--Marking
Coverage
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Simi Valley (Calif.)
Publisher
Museum of Ventura County
Rights
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Three men ride their horses on a tree lined dirt road past residential homes. Street identified as Oak Street in Ventura, California.
Creator
Brewster, John Calvin
Date
1895
Format
19 x 11.2 cm
Black and white photograph
Subject
Horsemanship
Horses
Oak Street (Ventura, Calif.)
Coverage
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Publisher
Museum of Ventura County
Rights
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Full portrait of Baltazar "Charo" Ruiz standing with his horse Charley showcasing the Ruiz saddle and bridle. A porch with two young women are visible in the background.
Creator
Unknown
Date
1914-07-04
Format
Portrait, Full
Black and white negative
Subject
Ruiz, Baltazar Pedro, 1864-1934
Horses
Coverage
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Publisher
Museum of Ventura County
Rights
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Full portrait of Baltazar "Charo" Ruiz on a horse named Teddy at the "August Fiesta and Parade" in Santa Barbara. An automobile and three bannered buildings are visible in the background.
Creator
Unknown
Date
circa 1920s
Format
Portrait, Full
Black and white negative
Subject
Ruiz, Baltazar Pedro, 1864-1934
Horses
Parades
Coverage
California
Santa Barbara County (Calif.)
Santa Barbara (Calif.)
Publisher
Museum of Ventura County
Rights
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