Tromping Lima Beans
Lima bean
M.D.L. Todd Ranch (Santa Paula, Calif.)
Agricultural laborers
Horses and workers tromping onto lima beans into the dirt floor on M.D.L. Todd Ranch.
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
1896
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16 x 25.5 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
327
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Santa Paula (Calif.)
Limoneira Barnyard
Limoneira Ranch (Santa Paula, Calif.)
Barns
Agricultural laborers
Agricultural machinery
Draft animals
Barnyard scene with wagon teams, men and barns at Limoneira Ranch. Photo taken from above the scene. Mountains in background.
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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21 x 25.5 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
5917
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Santa Paula (Calif.)
William Bain, Limoneira Ranch Foreman
Bain, William
Limoneira Ranch (Santa Paula, Calif.)
Horsemanship
Foreman of Limoneira Ranch on a dark horse--Mr. William Bain.
Unknown
Pleasant Valley Historical Society, 2015
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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40752-15
30 x 25 cm
Sepia photograph
English
Image
40751
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Santa Paula (Calif.)
Men on Horseback at Ranch
Ranch life
Horses
Large group of men on horseback at an unidentified ranch. There is also some agricultural equipment in the image as well as a home and some other buildings in the background.
Brewster, John Calvin
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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21.5 x 13 cm
Sepia photograph
English
Image
036
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Work Teams at Ranch/Farm
Barns
Horses
Men
Wagons
Work teams at ranch/farm.
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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Glass plate negative
English
Image
gp116
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Carmen Camarillo Astride a Horse
Jones, Carmen Camarillo
Horses
"One of the Camarillo ladies."
Carmen Camarillo wearing riding attire, sitting on horseback. An automobile is visible behind her. An unidentified man dressed in cowboy attire stands to the right of the horse.
Goodwin Photo Company (Los Angeles, Calif.)
1990
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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7.8 x 12.5 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
17474
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Camarillo (Calif.)
Road to Camarillo Ranch
Camarillo Ranch (Camarillo, Calif.)
Distant, exterior shot of the Camarillo Ranch house, seen from the dirt road leading up to the residence.
Unknown
Camarillo Family Collection, 1990
Museum of Ventura County
1899 July
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11.8 x 9.6 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
17901
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Camarillo (Calif.)
Limoneira Ranch Agricultural Worker Panorama
Limoneira Ranch (Santa Paula, Calif.)
Agricultural laborers
Lemon trade
Panorama of agricultural workers, mules, and lemon crates at Limoneira. Captions read: "Noon time scene, World's greatest Lemon Ranch owned by the Limoneira Company of Santa Paula, California, USA." and "Photograph #694 S.U. Bunnell, 45 Stevenson Lane, Pasadena." Writing on back of photograph is as follows: "Incomparable Mules- Ranch scene at Limoneria-Barn Headquarters, Ca. 1905. DHB" (Dean Hobbs Blanchard)
Bunnell, S. U.
Blanchard Collection, 2007
Museum of Ventura County
circa 1905
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Panorama
116.5 x 25.1 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
37818 OS
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Santa Paula (Calif.)
Camarillo White Horses in Tree Grove
Camarillo White Horses
Trees
In the rear of the Camarillo residence, a pair of Camarillo White Horses stand in a grove of trees. A horse trailer can be seen in the background.
Unknown
1994
Museum of Ventura County
1980
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9 x 13 cm
Black and white negative
English
Image
27135 NP
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Camarillo (Calif.)
Lane of Trees at Camarillo Ranch
Camarillo Ranch (Camarillo, Calif.)
Trees
Dirt roads
An view of a lane of trees on Camarillo Ranch. Portions of buildings can be seen behind the trees.
Quote associated with this negative explains, "Often the dining room would not accommodate its many guests. A string of tables would be set up down this lane of trees and they would dine outside here."
Unknown
1994
Museum of Ventura County
1980
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9 x 13 cm
Black and white negative
English
Image
27136 NP
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Camarillo (Calif.)
Sam Frazier and Reginaldo Ruiz on Horseback
Ruiz, Reginaldo
Frazier, Sam
Mules
Deer hunting
Horsemanship
Sarn Frazier, left and Reginaldo Ruiz on horseback with a mule between them at Matilija Ranch. A deer appears to be draped across the mule's back.
Unknown
Cecelia Ruiz Collection, 2003
Museum of Ventura County
circa 1925
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Black and white negative
English
Image
25710 NP
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ojai (Calif.)
Captain Arnold Miller on Horseback
Miller, Arnold
Horsemanship
Hunting
Captain Arnold Miller on horseback. Miller is carrying a rifle in one hand and holding horse's reins in the other and is looking into the camera. Photo caption reads: Aug. 31st 1935. Capt. Arnold Miller. 101 yrs. old. Starts on a lion hunt Hartman's Cold Springs Ranch - Ventura County, Calif."
Austin's Ventura
Alice Ruiz Collection, 1997
Museum of Ventura County
1935-08-31
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24 x 18 cm
Sepia photograph
English
Image
30442
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ojai (Calif.)
Yuba Tractor on Vanoni Ranch
Crawler tractors
Agriculture
Vanoni Ranch
An unidentified man drives a Yuba tractor in a field on Vanoni Ranch. There is some equipment laying on the ground behind him.
Unknown
1985
Museum of Ventura County
circa 1922-1924
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17.7 x 12.5 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
12013
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Saticoy (Calif.)
Fruit Drying on Robinson Ranch
Agriculture
Robinson Ranch (Upper Ojai, Calif.)
Seven men are seen working around an agricultural structure on Robinson Ranch. They are engaged in the process of fruit drying. Two men stand on either side of a table. Others are working in the distance.
Brewster, John Calvin
1984 [10415]
Museum of Ventura County
1890
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11 x 17.7 cm [7153]
10.5 x 18 cm [10415]
Black and white photograph
English
Image
7153
10415
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ojai (Calif.)
John Dent on Horseback
Dent, John, 1905-1998
Horses
Horsemanship
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.
Unknown
William P. Clark Collection, 1988
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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15 x 12.8 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
14804
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Fifty Tons of Apricots Drying, N.B. Smith Ranch
Agriculture--Circa 1915
Apricots--Circa 1915
Closeup view of trays upon trays of apricots drying on the ground at N.B. Smith Ranch in Ventura, Calif. Buildings and an orchard in the background. In the far distance are mountains.
[Brakey, J.R., Ventura, Cal. (C.T. American Art), A-67989]
Brakey, J. R.
Museum of Ventura County
circa 1915
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15 x 10 cm
Color postcard
English
Image
20744 PC
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Ojai (Calif.)
Manuel Faria with First Car
Faria, Manuel Da Terra, 1876-1949
Faria Ranch
Chevrolet trucks
Manuel Faria with his first car, a Chevrolet pickup. Manual is standing next to the car with some rope in his hands. He wears a hat and looks at the viewer. In the background is a building and tall mountains. He is at Faria Ranch, Rincon, circa 1920.
Unknown
Virginia Faria Baptiste Collection, 1994
Museum of Ventura County
circa 1920
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Portrait, Three-quarters
14 x 25.5 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
27065
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Santa Barbara County (Calif.)
Limoneira Ranch, Bird's Eye View
Limoneira Ranch (Santa Paula, Calif.)
Santa Paula (Calif.)--Views
A bird's eye view of Limoneira Ranch with vast fields and/or orchards and some buildings and houses in the scene. There appear to be taller lines of trees as well, possibly wind rows.
Unknown
W. C. "Bill" Milligan Collection, 1994
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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17.5 x 12.5 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
27643
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Santa Paula (Calif.)
Group Photo on Frank Petit Ranch
Frank Petit Ranch
Lima bean
Agricultural machinery
Horses
Oval portrait showing three men working on a field with a threshing machine on the Frank Petit Ranch, possibly lima beans. Horses and agricultural equipment in the scene.
Unknown
Paul Eastwood Collection, 1994
Museum of Ventura County
circa 1907
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24 x 8.5 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
28131
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Oxnard (Calif.)
Water Well Drilling Crew on Hartman Ranch
Water well drilling
Hartman, J. C.
Hartman Ranch
Water well drilling crew on Hartman Ranch. Equipment and men surround a pipe releasing water in to a canal. J. C. Hartman on left.
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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Portrait, Group
26 x 20.5 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
4189
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Camarillo (Calif.)
Vaqueros on the Patterson Ranch
Patterson Ranch
Horsemanship
Machado, John
Lopez, Alex
Eastwood, George
Daily, W. P.
Olivas, Frank
Gonzalez, Coon
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.
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
1890
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Portrait, Group
24 x 14.5 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
5172
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Oxnard (Calif.)
Baling Bean Straw
Lima bean
Baling
Agricultural laborers
Agricultural machinery
Goodyear Ranch (Somis, Calif.)
Agricultural scene at Goodyear Ranch showing several men, horses and equipment. They are baling lima bean straw.
Unknown
Hal Goodyear Collection
Museum of Ventura County
circa 1910
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17.7 x 11 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
8427
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Somis (Calif.)
Roy Hurt on Caterpillar Diesel Tractor
Hurt, Roy
Caterpillar tractors
Vanoni Ranch
Roy Hurt on Caterpillar Diesel Tractor on Vanoni Ranch, Saticoy, at 10814 Telephone Rd. He drives the tractor on a trail through trees, and a small dog sits atop the tractor.
Unknown
Donated by: Vanoni Family, 1985
Museum of Ventura County
1944
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16.5 x 12.7 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
11010
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Saticoy (Calif.)
Distant View of Albertson Ranch
Albertson Ranch
Westlake Village (Calif.)--Views
Distant view of Albertson Ranch, cows grazing in field and mountains in the background. It was purchased by American Hawaiian Steamship Co. to build Westlake Village in Thousand Oaks. View is looking south toward the Santa Monica Mountains.
Unknown
Carol Bidwell Collection, 1988
Museum of Ventura County
circa 1962-1964
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17.7 x 12.7 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
14459
California
Los Angeles County (Calif.)
Westlake Village (Calif.)
Santa Susana Pass
Roads--Santa Susana Pass
Santa Susana Pass
A road and surrounding mountainous terrain in the Santa Susana Pass.
Verso: Message addressed to Mr. Percy at the Ventura County Museum, from Eleanor Taylor. Taylor requests a correction regarding the distance between Moorpark College and Moorpark. Postmarked January 10, 1968.
Verso caption: "This scenic picturesque area is the general site of many movie ranches."
[Columbia Wholesale Supply, 11401 Chandler, North Hollywood, Calif., H3080 and 58238]
Columbia Wholesale Supply
Museum of Ventura County
1968
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Color postcard
15 x 10 cm
English
Image
20171 PC
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Simi Valley (Calif.)