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6th Street and East Pleasant Street — Santa Paula
A row of four bungalows is depicted in a photo taken from the intersection of 6th Street and East Pleasant Street in Santa Paula, California. Currently (2025) all four of the houses are still present and in remarkably preserved condition. Most of…
8th Street and East Pleasant Street — Santa Paula
A row of five bungalows is depicted in a photo taken from the intersection of 8th Street and East Pleasant Street in Santa Paula, California. Currently (2025) all of the houses are still present and in remarkably preserved condition. The streets…
Ventura Avenue Oil Field
A real photo postcard (RPPC) view looking west at a portion of the Ventura Avenue Oil Field. Automobiles and a truck are shown being driven on Ventura Avenue. Two oil well derricks, one wooden and one steel structure, are visible on the left side…
May Henning School — Ventura
A real photo postcard (RPPC) of May Henning School in Ventura, California. An automobile is parked at the curb in front of the school building. Trees, including palm trees, visible on the school grounds. There is a concrete sidewalk in front of…
La Serena Retirement Village — Thousand Oaks
A multi-view color postcard of the La Serena Retirement Village that was located in Thousand Oaks, California. Images (clockwise from upper left): 1) several women seated and standing in a crafts room; 2) people in and around a swimming pool with…
C Street, Oxnard
A real photo postcard (RPPC) view of C Street in Oxnard, California. A church is visible on the right side of the image. An automobile is parked in front of it. Houses and palm trees line both sides of the street. More automobiles can be seen in…
Hyatt Chalet Motel — 12 Conejo Blvd., Thousand Oaks
A view of one of the rooms at the Hyatt Chalet Motel, located at 12 Conejo Boulevard in Thousand Oaks, California. Furniture, lamps and a television are visible. Part of the bathroom area is visible through an opening in a wood-paneled…
Ventura Estates Retirement Community — Newbury Park
A color postcard bird’s-eye view of Ventura Estates located at 915 Estates Drive in Newbury Park, California. In the foreground, people are standing and seated in a large lawn area. Young trees are growing in the lawn. People are seated around a…
California Lutheran College — Library
A view of the library building on the campus of California Lutheran College in Thousand Oaks, California. Students are on the sidewalk in front of the library. Another building is partially visible on the left side of the image. Three palm trees…
Conejo Inn Motel — Thousand Oaks
A color postcard depicting a nighttime view of the Conejo Inn Motel located at 500 East Thousand Oaks Boulevard in Thousand Oaks, California.
Contributed by: Bob Delaney
Contributed by: Bob Delaney
Moorpark Railroad Depot
A black and white real photo postcard (RPPC) of the Moorpark Railroad Depot. It is a combination 2-story and 1-story wood structure. There is a tower-mounted signaling device on the train platform. A sign mounted on the station reads “Moorpark.” …
Vagabond Motor Hotel — 756 East Thompson Blvd., Ventura
A postcard using a bird’s-eye view architectural rendering to depict the Vagabond Motor Hotel located at 756 East Thompson Boulevard in Ventura, California. Note: At the time that the postcard was created, this section of the street was known as…
Vagabond Motel — 1245 North Oxnard Blvd., Oxnard
A postcard using a bird’s-eye view architectural rendering to depict the Vagabond Motel located at 1245 North Oxnard Boulevard in Oxnard, California. Constructed in 1969, this Vagabond Motel was advertised as having “70 luxury units” along with…
Hueneme — Market Street
A black and white real photo postcard (RPPC) depicting a street scene in Hueneme, California. The street is lined on both sides by wood buildings and utility poles. Five automobiles are parked on the street. The sign on a building on the left side…
Saint Joseph's Institute, Oxnard
A view of the Saint Joseph's Institute in Oxnard. A two story brown building with windows and two towers. Two balconies are on each side of the building on the second story. Two entrances are on the left and right sides of the building. Palm trees…
Causeway on the Rincon
Scene showing the Rincon Causeway. A car is driving up the causeway, on the right. The ocean is on the right side of the causeway. Train tracks and shrubs are on the left side of the causeway. The mountains are alongside the train tracks on the left…
Carnegie Library and Grammar School, Oxnard
Scene showing the Oxnard Carnegie Library and the Grammar School in Oxnard. Carnegie Library in front of view, a Neoclassical style building with columns. The school, in background to left is a white building with two stories and a tower as a third.…
Grammar School, Santa Paula
Scene showing the Grammar School in Santa Paula. The school is two stories, with a tower on top and an American flag flying on a flag post on the roof. Flowers, hedges, and palm trees decorate the front of the school. A woman and child are in the…
View of Unidentified Creek
Scene showing an unidentified creek. The creek is in the bottom of view. A path is on the left, surrounded by trees on both sides. A wooden building is to the right, with stairs leading up to it from the bottom by the creek. Rocks are along the hill…
Palm Avenue in Santa Paula
Scene showing Palm Avenue in Santa Paula. Unpaved avenue is in the center, with a buggy and two people in the distance. Palm trees line each side of the dirt street. A yellow house is on the left. A white house is in the distance surrounded by trees.…
Ojai Arcade
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A real photo postcard (RPPC) showing the Ojai…
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A real photo postcard (RPPC) showing the Ojai…
Motel 6 — 1641 Daily Drive, Camarillo
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A color postcard depicting a Motel 6 located at…
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A color postcard depicting a Motel 6 located at…
California Lutheran College — Thousand Oaks
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A postcard showing the dramatic architecture of…
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A postcard showing the dramatic architecture of…
First National Bank — Oxnard
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This color postcard depicts the First National…
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This color postcard depicts the First National…
Port Hueneme — Street Scene
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A black and white real photo postcard (RPPC) of a…
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A black and white real photo postcard (RPPC) of a…