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A. Norman Blacksmith Shop
Exterior view of "A. Norman Blacksmithing", a blacksmith shop owned by Arthur Norman. Street corner and side of shop is visible. The shop was at the corner of Oak and Santa Clara Streets, 403 Oak St., in Ventura. Signs on building also read…

H. G. Bennison's Blacksmith Shop
H. G. Bennison's Blacksmith Shop in Santa Paula in 1911. Two men stand in the open door. Many signs and advertisements Shop located on southwest corner of 10th and Main Streets. Much of Bennison's work was repairing wagons and shoeing horses for oil…

Colonia Hotel
Exterior view of Colonia Hotel taken from across the street. It is a two story structure with a long porch and balcony on top of the porch running along the entire front of the building. There are many signs visible advertising various businesses,…

Wagon Wheel Junction
Glossy outdoor bird's eye view of the Wagon Wheel Junction. View of Wagon Wheel Motel and a large sign for Wagon Wheel Motel and Restaurant. Another sign for Venox is also visible. Mid 1950's car (Chevy) entering complex.

Carnegie Library Exterior Shortly After Completion, 1907
Exterior, bird's eye view of the Carnegie Library in Oxnard just after its construction in 1907. Houses and buildings are in view next to and behind the library as well as intersected roads at bottom of the image.

Main Street, Moorpark, California postcard
View of Main Street in Moorpark with businesses visible on right side of postcard, including a corner grocery store. Large trees line the street and people are walking along the sidewalk on the right and cars are parked on the street.
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Wineman Clothing Store
Exterior view of the front of The Wineman Clothing Store with three men in front, identified as (l-r): Simon Wineman (the oldest Wineman brother), Frank Daly, J.R. Eastin. A sign reading "Chicago Clothing" hangs along the top of the store. According…

Ventura Mission and Photography Studio
Exterior view of the San Buenaventura Mission showing the photography studio next door to it in what appears to be an adjoining building east of the mission. There are people in front of the photography studio, which has steps leading down to the…

Clown on Santa Clara Street in Ventura
A clown in a striped and starred costume with a ruffled neck stands in front of his mule, who is also dressed festively. They stand on Santa Clara Street in Ventura with Plaza School in the background on the right of the image. Photo is from the…

Sanchez Brothers Mexican Mercantile Storefront
Exterior view of Sanchez Brothers Mexican Mercantile, the Sanchez Family store, storefront taken from across the street. The store sits on the corner of Main and Mountain View Streets with entry doors facing the corner. The building has a painted…

Ventura County Hospital
Exterior view of the Ventura County Hospital, with land around the building and sidewalk and fencing around building in view.

According to museum records: "The hospital was built in 1882, demolished in 1922. Near the site of May Henning School…

First Presbyterian Church, Ventura
Exterior view of the front entrance to First Presbyterian Church on the corner of Oak and Meta Streets in Ventura, CA. One building adjacent to the church is also visible. Dirt road in front of the church as well as the sidewalk across the street…

Saticoy, 1895
Saticoy street scene showing men, women, and children standing on the porch of a long wooden building. They are dressed formally, as if for an event. Off to the right there are two horse drawn carriages, but only one is completely visible. In the…

Ventura County Courthouse, 1915
Street view looking north at the Ventura County Courthouse from California and Main Street intersection. Service station at right of image. Buildings visible on both sides of California Street.

San Buenaventura Mission and Old Chinatown
View of the San Buenaventura Mission and Chinatown buildings along Figueroa Street. Photograph is taken from Santa Clara Street. A long dirt road leads up to the Mission with a row of buildings along one side and a fence with trees on the other side.…

Brakey Road, Ventura, CA
View of Brakey Road looking north from Poli Street toward houses at top and left of image. The courthouse annex (Ventura City Hall) and county jail are on the right.

Cole of California Incorporated, Plant No. 3
Exterior view of a building with a business name reading: "Cole of California Incorporated, Plant No. 3." Building is on Thompson Blvd. at San Clemente Street in Ventura, CA. The brick building has a sign on it reading "A. C. Winnor Block 1929." The…

Residence Section, Ventura, Cal. 1908 postcard
Image of a row of two story and two story and a half homes starting at an intersection, where one of the streets is possibly Main Street in Ventura, CA. There is a retaining wall in front of each home starting at the sidewalk. Miniature palm trees…

Methodist Church, Moorpark, Calif. postcard
Exterior view of the Methodist church in Moorpark. Image shows the front steps and arched entrance to the church and a bell tower. There is a car parked outside of the church in a small parking lot left of image and a stop sign on the right bottom of…

Street Scene, Hueneme, 1895
Glossy photocopy of "Street Scene Hueneme 1895. M. E. Church and School in background". Busy scene showing men on horseback and horses pulling large wagons of cargo through Hueneme. Smaller wagons and horses also visible in dirt street, parked in…

Oxnard, 5th Street View
View of the middle of 5th Street from the intersection of 5th and B Streets looking east. 5th Street runs in the middle of the image with parked and driving cars and storefronts in view.

Woman with Cornstalks, 5th Street Oxnard
A woman stands on a step stool on a sidewalk on 5th Street in Oxnard. She appears to be decorating a sign with two tall cornstalks. She is looking off into the distance toward the viewer with a hand shielding her eyes. People are walking and standing…

Street Scene at Hollywood by the Sea
Bird's eye view showing the street at Hollywood by the Sea full of cars, both parked and mid drive. There are several buildings in the scene, including a recreation center and a bath house. Recreation center sign on right of image reads "sensibly…

Hollywood by the Sea Street View
View showing the street leading to Hollywood by the Sea full of cars, both parked and mid drive. A Hollywood by the Sea sign can be seen on a building at right of the image, and another sign over the road also reading Hollywood by the Sea visible in…
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