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Bulldozer Cutting Fire Break
Scene showing a bulldozer cutting a fire break near Arbolada in Meiners Oaks. Dark smoke fills the air. A scouting helicopter is visible overhead. Museum records include note: "Fire too close--bulldozer leaving."
Two Men on Tractor
Photo of two men on tractor.
Museum records include text "Caterpillar Engine Plowing."
Museum records include text "Caterpillar Engine Plowing."
Man on Horse Driven Carriage in Front of Threshing Machine
Faded brown toned photo of (left) man in two white horse carriage. Man on threshing machine in background. Farm land visible.
Museum records include text, "Threshing barley and bags of barley at Round Mountain" and, a pink post-it-note on page…
Museum records include text, "Threshing barley and bags of barley at Round Mountain" and, a pink post-it-note on page…
Horses Pulling Wagon
Photo of man standing on wagon puled by eight horses. Two wheeled tankers and barn visible in photo.
Note: Museum records indicate that location likely E.W. Daily farm.
Note: Museum records indicate that location likely E.W. Daily farm.
Water Gushing into Trough
Image depicts water flowing from a pipe into a trough on the ground. Behind the pipe and trough there is a wall with farm equipment stacked next to it. A man is visible out of focus, standing next to the farm equipment.
Standard Oil Rotary Rig and Crew
Crew of five men working on a Standard Oil rotary drilling rig. Man nearest to the viewer is holding a tool and possibly adjusting a pipe. The four other men pose with tools and machinery in the background. One man's face is obscured by a camera…
Hauling Lima Beans from East Oxnard to Port Hueneme
View of half-track towing carts of lima beans at Intersection on Oxnard Boulevard and 5th Street looking North. Blind stamp on lower right of photograph reads: "Harding photographers." Several buildings visible including Norris house with partial…
Quadruple Effect Evaporators at American Beet Sugar Factory
Interior of the American Sugar Beet Factory. View of quadruple effect evaporators arranged in rows within a large structure. Three unidentified people visible standing beside evaporators. Large machine visible in background between two rows of…
Putting Rip-rap on Slope of Ventura Harbor Banks
View of a crane suspending a platform over a v-shaped trench. Segment of trench lined with large rocks. Construction vehicle and additional rocks visible in background.
Bill LaPerch Riding Skip-Loader
View of Bill LaPerch posing seated on skip-loader tractor at Bonfire Farms in Moorpark. LaPerch is wearing a white t-shirt with his glasses hanging from the shirt neck. His hair is slicked back and he leans over the steering wheel, looking toward the…
Baling Hay on Maulhardt Ranch
View of a group of men posing on and in front of a steam-powered hay-baling machine. Machine resembles a small locomotive engine. Wagons, haybales, and other farm equipment are visible in the background.
Library records include two notes:…
Library records include two notes:…
Mahan's Thresher
Scene shows several workers out in the field with threshing equipment. Some workers stand on the machinery, while others stand nearby with other equipment and horses.
Oil Field Trap Farm
View of various pipes and other equipment at an oil field. Museum records indicate this was called a "trap farm".
Hillside with Crawler Tractors
Image showing a bird's eye view of a steep hillside, with an oil derrick on top of the hill in the distance. Two tractors are on the hillside. Library records indicate: "Slide of Ventura Field Hartman Lease Slide Area, 1940s-1950s."
Multiple Point Antifriction Bearing Rotary Drilling Bit, View 6
One of six mounted photographs in a folder of a multiple point antifriction bearing rotary drilling bit, invented by William Bruce Flynn.
Writing below image includes witnesses to the creation of the invention and notary public signature dated…
Writing below image includes witnesses to the creation of the invention and notary public signature dated…
Multiple Point Antifriction Bearing Rotary Drilling Bit, View 5
One of six mounted photographs in a folder of a multiple point antifriction bearing rotary drilling bit, invented by William Bruce Flynn.
Caption below image reads: "Evidence that the one and only inventor of this drilling bit is William Bruce…
Caption below image reads: "Evidence that the one and only inventor of this drilling bit is William Bruce…
Multiple Point Antifriction Bearing Rotary Drilling Bit, View 4
One of six mounted photographs in a folder of a multiple point antifriction bearing rotary drilling bit, invented by William Bruce Flynn.
Caption below image reads: Evidence that there is in existence this 18th day of June, 1931, a complete a…
Caption below image reads: Evidence that there is in existence this 18th day of June, 1931, a complete a…
Multiple Point Antifriction Bearing Rotary Drilling Bit, View 3
One of six mounted photographs in a folder of a multiple point antifriction bearing rotary drilling bit, invented by William Bruce Flynn.
Multiple Point Antifriction Bearing Rotary Drilling Bit, View 2
One of six mounted photographs in a folder of a multiple point antifriction bearing rotary drilling bit, invented by William Bruce Flynn.
Multiple Point Antifriction Bearing Rotary Drilling Bit, View 1
One of six mounted photographs in a folder of a multiple point antifriction bearing rotary drilling bit, invented by William Bruce Flynn.
Ensign Chris Cervantes
Ensign Chris Cervantes, Vehicle Launching System on USS Norton Sound at Port Hueneme. Taken 9/5/84; published Star-Free Press 9/11/84.
Man with Machine
Man with machine.
Harvesting and Agricultural Equipment
Harvesting and agricultural equipment
Ventura Oil Fields
Panoramic view of an oil field. Many oil derricks are seen interspersed between winding roads and trees. Various buildings and large holding tanks are also visible.