Unidentified woman and two children wading into water at Ventura Beach. Woman wearing hat and light-colored dress, holding skirt and hand of one child. She looks over her right shoulder towards the viewer. Child on right wearing hat and turned…
Bird's eye view of a busy beach scene at Hollywood by the Sea. Library notes indicate this was taken before 1935. Scene shows a road in the sand lined with utility poles running through the center of photo, water at left of image. Several houses and…
A closeup view of a wave mid-curl. Shoreline visible in background. The Pipeline, Oahu, Hawaii.Used as the cover of "In the Curl, Evolution of Surfing in Ventura County" Ventura County Historical Society Quarterly, Vol. 44, No. 3.
A beach scene in Ventura with numerous fully dressed people sitting on the sand. Other people in silhouette are standing in the water. Children are playing in the shallow water at the edge of the surf. On the left side of the image is a horse and…
Picture of a rock in the ocean with seals sitting on top of it. The caption to the image reads "Seal Rock, Catalina Island" The foreground of the image shows the rock with a pod of seals lounging on it. Seal on the top of the rock is barking at the…
Glossy photo of sailboat at Catalina Island Harbor. Other boats in harbor. Island slope, some buildings on Catalina Island visible.
Note: Museum records include text, "Catalina taken from the boat, as we were leaving."
Picture of the S.S. Avalon in the Avalon harbor at Catalina island. The caption of the image reads "S.S. Avalon, Catalina Island". Many passengers visible standing on the ship's deck. There are other smaller boats present in the harbor as well,…
Photograph of the first automobile on the Rincon Causeway, which belonged to Fritz Huntsinger. An automobile can be seen driving down the highway with the ocean on the right and mountains on the left.