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A real photo postcard depicting the Ventura Pier after the ship Coos Bay collided with it. A man is visible in the foreground surveying the damaged pier. The pier appears to be cut in half. Three men are visible on the other side of the cut looking…

Official photograph U. S. Navy.

Group photo of Captain John Quinn with guests during an open house on the U. S. S. Norton Sound AV-11.

Left to right: Captain W. B. Jackson, Captain E. W. Parish, Jr., Adolpho Camarillo, Milton Ramelli, Captain…

View of the Coos Bay washed ashore. A team of workers assess the situation.

Library records indicate: The Coos Bay sank off of the pier in 1915, and was thrown up onto the beach following a night of high waves 1947-11-25. Landed on top of an…

View of lumber being unloaded from a ship at Ventura Pier. Three horse-drawn carts wait on the wharf. A large pallet of wood is being moved from the ship to the carts. It appears blurry as though in motion. The masts of the ship are visible behind…

Image shows the steamboat from the side angle. There smoke stack in the middle of the boat emitting black smoke. The boat also has two masts, for supplemental sails, one to the front and one to the rear of the boat. Passengers on the vessel are…

Outdoor scene of Ventura Marina. Center left of scene shows sidewalk along Ventura Marina. Sidewalk is lined by streetlamps, and a lawn is visible to the left. To right are docks and many ships. In background is a building with terracotta building.…

Sepia photograph of man driving a small horse-drawn cart in surf. One dark horse is pulling wagon. Text on side of cart reads "S. Cohn / Ventura Cash Store Groceries / Orders Taken." Pier is visible in the background. One ship at the pier with…

Outdoor scene of Ventura Beach. A group of people on beach, most are sitting on the sand by the shore. One person has an umbrella over themselves. A man driving a horse-drawn cart on left. Waves are crashing in the ocean. Ventura Pier is visible with…