Arnaz School Near Ventura, Ventura Co., Cal.
Schools--Arnaz
Hand-colored photographic postcard. Students of various ages and teachers are posing for a picture in front of the Arnaz School. The girls and women are wearing dresses. Most of the boys appear to be wearing bib-style overalls. The white clapboard school building has green shingle roofing and several double-hung windows are visible. There is a large tree near the building with many other trees and hillside vegetation in the surrounding area. An American flag is visible.
Caption: Arnaz School Near Ventura, Ventura Co., Cal.
[Brakey, J.R., Ventura, Cal. (Logo: Panama/California Exposition, 1915; Slogan: "On The Road of a Thousand Wonders"), 3100 and A16532]
Brakey, J.R.
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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Color postcard
15 x 10 cm
English
Image
20142 PC
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Avenue School, 1890
School children
Avenue School (Ventura, Calif.)
Coleman, Silas E.
Class picture of students at the Avenue School, Silas E. Coleman, teacher. Names of students are listed on the back of the photo.
Back of photo transcribed text:
P-202-a
Avenue School 1890, Silas E. Coleman, teacher
Extreme lower left - T. A. McGlinchey
Upper left - Pearl Faler [Falen?]
Upper right - Grace Flint
Others, Mary Linn, Grace Foster Irene Williams-Stewart
Brewster, John Calvin
Museum of Ventura County
1890
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19 x 11.2 cm
Sepia photograph
English
Image
2033
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Edith Barnes Graduation Photo
High school graduates
Edith Barnes, Ventura High School graduation full portrait.
Edwards and Brownell Photo
Museum of Ventura County
1898-07-07
The copyright to this image has not been determined. These images are intended for personal or research use only. Please contact library staff for rights determinations and additional uses.
Portrait, Full
8 x 11 in
Black and white photograph
English
Image
104
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Santa Paula School
School children
Rural schools
Oval portrait of students in front of Santa Paula School, which appears to be a one-room school building. J. B. Alvord, teacher. All the boys appear to be wearing hats and the girls are in long dresses. A person is standing in the doorway and there is a person on horseback off to the left of camera.
Fell photo
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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Portrait, Group
16.7 x 11 cm
Sepia photograph
English
Image
1521
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Santa Paula (Calif.)
Somis School
Somis School
Classes (Groups of students)
School children
A group of children and a dog stand in front of Somis School, established 1895, which stands prominently in the background. An adult, possibly the teacher, stands at the steps to the school. A sign on the school reads "Somis School 1895." Writing on photo: "First school Artie attended."
Garden City Photo Co. (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Museum of Ventura County
circa 1900
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1258
Portrait, Group
27 x 23 cm
Sepia photograph
English
Image
1256
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Somis (Calif.)
Somis School
Somis School
School children
Horses
Photo of Somis School from a distance, full building is in view as well as a tall flag pole with a United States flag flying. Children and horses are in view along a fence that appears to surround the school grounds. Writing on photo: "For Artie, first school you attended."
Garden City Photo Co. (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Museum of Ventura County
circa 1900
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1256
22 x 29.5 cm
Sepia photograph
English
Image
1258
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Somis (Calif.)
Ventura High School, Class of 1905 and 1906
High school students
Teachers
Ventura High School
Group photo, Ventura High School Class of 1905 and 1906. Students and teachers sit and stand on concrete steps leading up to the building's front door, most likely Ventura High School. Some students and teachers in the photo are numbered, but not identified by number; the following names are provided:
Gird Percy
Virgil Reedy
Robert M. Sheridan
Frank Orr
James Roth
Bertha Bell
Mabel Hooker (2nd from right; next to Miss Younglove)
Gertrude Bailey
Ella Fraser
Van Pattern (teacher)
Nora Hund
Bertha Stahl
Eva Rasmussen
Grace Reedy
Miss Younglove (teacher)
Tom Snell
Myrtle McIntyre
Blanche Thurmond
Holton, Harry
Museum of Ventura County
1905
1906
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Portrait, Group
23 x 18 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
771
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
High School, Ventura, Cal.
Schools--Ventura--Ventura High School
One of Ventura's early high school buildings is depicted. Three-quarter view of the three-story structure. There are two-story high arched entries on both visible sides with covered porches over them at the third level. Two chimneys are visible. Several people are sitting on the steps of one entrance with two people standing nearby. Two bicycles are parked next to the building. A building, a small tank and a utility pole are visible in the right hand section of the image. A hillside is in the background.
Verso: Message addressed to Merrill C. Allyn from someone called Harry. Harry provides instructions for "Mama" to reach him by mail and announces his role as President of the senior class at Ventura Union High School. Postmarked February 6, 1911.
[Pacific Novelty Co. of San Francisco, Calif., 713 and 234639Pacific Novelty Co. of San Francisco, Calif., 713 and 234639]
Pacific Novelty Co.
Museum of Ventura County
1911
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Black and white postcard
15 x 10 cm
English
Image
20173 PC
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Group Photo, Buena High School Honors Awards Ceremony
Buena High School (Ventura, Calif.)
High school students
Group photo of Jimmy Lefkowitz, center, with two unidentified female students in front of a Buena High School Bulldogs marquee
at an Honors Awards Ceremony. The group share big smiles with the viewer. Marquee reads "Academic Awards Night" at the top of the sign, and the rest of the sign is obscured by Jimmy. Star-Free Press taken 15 June 1987, published 16 June 1987.
Phelps, Gary
Ventura County Star-Free Press, 1987
Museum of Ventura County
1987-06-16
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18 x 13.8 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
13902
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Buena High School Female Students at Community Memorial Hospital
High school students
Breast cancer
Self-care, Health
Buena High School (Ventura, Calif.)
Community Memorial Hospital
An auditorium half full of Buena High School female students listen to a woman, whose at a lectern back facing the camera. This is an outreach program to teach students the importance of self breast examinations. Star-Free Press taken 22 Feb 1988, published 25 Feb 1988.
Saunders, Brian
Ventura County Star-Free Press, 1988
Museum of Ventura County
1988-02-22
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14933
17.7 x 13 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
14932
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Rehearsal for "A Chorus Line", Buena High School
Lee, Greg
High school students
Musicals
Buena High School (Ventura, Calif.)
Buena High School rehearsal of "A Chorus Line" with drama teacher Greg Lee directing. Lee stands in front of a line of students on a stage and appears to be giving direction read from a small piece of paper he holds in one hand. Some students wear dance clothes and shoes. Star-Free Press taken 26 July 1988, published 21 Aug. 1988.
Sayer, Victoria
Ventura County Star-Free Press, 1988
Museum of Ventura County
1988-07-26
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18 x 12.7 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
15446
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
May Henning School Students and Teachers
May Henning School (Ventura, Calif.)
School children
Teachers
Classes (Groups of students)
Sepia toned panoramic group photo of the students and staff of the May Henning School, built in 1928. Students and teachers sit and stand in front of the school, school building visible behind them. Photograph appears to have been folded at some point.
Shrout Photo (Long Beach, Calif.)
2017
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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Portrait, Group
Sepia photograph
English
Image
41404 OS
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Santa Paula North Grammar School
McKevett School (Santa Paula, Calif.)
Students
Teachers
Classes (Groups of students)
School children
Panorama group photo of the students and staff of the Santa Paula North Grammar School, including Principal Elsie S. Miller and Superintendent Charles D. Jones.
Sources from the city of Santa Paula and the Santa Paula Unified School District indicate that Santa Paula North Grammar School is now known as McKevett School.
Shrout Photo, Long Beach (Calif.)
1992
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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Panorama
Group Portrait
14.5 x 104 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
25450 OS
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Santa Paula (Calif.)
Ventura Senior High School and Students
Ventura High School (Ventura, Calif.)
Ventura Junior College (Ventura, Calif.)
Classes (Groups of Students)
Group photo of Ventura Senior High School and Junior College students. The school buildings can be seen in the background. Museum records indicate this is a copy of two other photos.
Unknown
Dorothy Arrellanes Collection, 1990
Museum of Ventura County
1940-11-27
The copyright to this image has not been determined. These images are intended for personal or research use only. Please contact library staff for rights determinations and additional uses.
Panorama
25.1 x 91 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
18303 OS
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Briggs School Class Picture
School children--California
Classes (Groups of students)
Briggs School (Santa Paula, Calif.)
Group photo of 2nd and 3rd graders at Briggs School in Santa Paula.
Top row, L-R: , unidentified, Edwin Pinkerton, Cora Bradbury,
Margaret Buckner, unidentified, Margaret McDivitt, Audrey Morgan, Edith Jarvis, Esther Outland, unidentified, Breta Colling.
Middle row, L-R: Roscoe Huckaby, unidentified, Lawrence Silva,
Warren LaRosa, Kathleen Silva, unidentified, Alfa Borring, unidentified, Dorothy Hedrick, Beatrice Keller, Robert Spear, Arly Gray, Miss Dorothy Jarvis.
Bottom row, L-R: Loren Dewar, John Lindsay, unidentified, John
Bradbury, Harold Bright, unidentified, unidentified, Ralph Bagley, Laurence Hawkins, Halfard Kelsey, unidentified
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
1927
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Black and white photograph
Group Portrait
12.8 x 18 cm
English
Image
10537-84
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Santa Paula (Calif.)
Ocean View School Group Photo
Oxnard Ocean View School
School children
Group photo of children and teachers (?) in front of Ocean View School, located at Olds and Hueneme Roads. Girls are dressed in long dresses and boys are wearing suits and hats.
Unknown
Robert Naumann Collection, 1985
Museum of Ventura County
circa 1900
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Portrait, Group
12.8 x 16.3 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
11246
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Oxnard (Calif.)
May Henning Grammar School Class Picture
May Henning School (Ventura, Calif.)
Students
Teachers
Classes (Groups of students)
Group photo of a grammar school class at the May Henning Grammar School with teacher, May Henning.
Unknown
1992
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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25176
25178
25179
25180
25181
25183
25184
25185
25186
25187
25188
25189
25190
Portraits, Group
12.8 x 18 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
25177
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Ventura High School and Junior College Students and Faculty, 1932
High school students
Junior college students
Teachers
Ventura High School (Ventura, Calif.)
Ventura Junior College (Ventura, Calif.)
Outdoor group photograph of students and faculty captioned "Ventura Senior High School and Junior College March 2, 1932, Ventura California." Students and faculty are in seven rows, some sitting and some standing. Black and white inset photo of school which depicts the school and surrounding area with houses near school visible. "Property of Chas. Daly - Superintendent of Transportation VUSD."
Unknown
2005
Museum of Ventura County
1932-03-02
The copyright to this image has not been determined. These images are intended for personal or research use only. Please contact library staff for rights determinations and additional uses.
Panorama
108.7 x 20.3 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
37033 OS
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Gila River Internees, 1944
Japanese Americans
Gila River Relocation Center
Arizona
This image shows young male and female internees preparing to depart from the Gila River Relocation Center in Arizona to work or to study in the Eastern part of the U.S.
Unknown
Helen Yamamoto Collection, 1995
Museum of Ventura County
1944
The copyright to this image has not been determined. These images are intended for personal or research use only. Please contact library staff for rights determinations and additional uses.
Black and white negative
English
Image
28235 NP
ESL Class at the Gila River Relocation Center
English language
Gila River Relocation Center
Internment of Japanese Americans, 1942-1945
Arizona
This image shows an interior group portrait of adult learners attending an ESL (English as a second language) class at the Gila River Relocation Center.
Unknown
Helen Yamamoto Collection, 1995
Museum of Ventura County
1944
The copyright to this image has not been determined. These images are intended for personal or research use only. Please contact library staff for rights determinations and additional uses.
20.3 x 25.4 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
28233
Japanese Club of Oxnard Union High School, 1941
Japanese Americans
Oxnard Union High School
High school students
Clubs
This image is a group photo of the members of the 1941 Japanese Club of Oxnard Union High School as it appears on page 41 of the Cardinal and Gold Yearbook.
Fourth row (l-r): Helen Sakada, Simi Yanaginuma, Midori Otsuki, Yoshiko Inouye, Fukiko Tokuyama, Fusako Toyohara, Masae Yoshida, Frances Yanaginuma.
Third row (l-r): Takeshi Yamada, Yoshiye Fujita, Kidue Tagami, Hideko Inouye, Hamako Mayeda, Miki Matsumiya, Masami Moriwaki, Fumiko Oka, Yoshiko Obana, Miyoko Otsuki.
Second row (l-r): Kimiko Kodani, Suzuko Nakai, Kiyoko Sakoi, Katsumi Mano.
First row (l-r): Miss Jeanette Armstrong, Tsuruko Sakoi, Denko Yanaginuma, Shika Takasugi, Masako Moriwaki, Kameno Kunitake.
Unknown
Moriwaki Family Collection, 1994
Museum of Ventura County
1941
The copyright to this image has not been determined. These images are intended for personal or research use only. Please contact library staff for rights determinations and additional uses.
Portrait, Group
20.3 x 25.4 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
27429
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Oxnard (Calif.)
Teresa Ordoñez as a Child
Ordoñez, Teresa
Schoolgirls
Classes (Groups of children)
Teresa Ordoñez, seated, front row left. She appears to be in a classroom along with several other girls sitting on benches or standing, possibly a class photo. A teacher stands at a chalkboard on the right of the image, and the chalkboard reads "Segundo Año, 1908", which translates to "Second Grade, 1908." The location is unknown. There are a couple of globes visible and large round maps of world on wall in background. Teresa later married Trinidad Ordoñez.
Unknown
Ricardo Ordoñez Collection, 1999
Museum of Ventura County
1908
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Black and white negative
Spanish
Image
31571 NP
California
Max Riave and Kristen Witherspoon
Riave, Max, 1894-1982
Flag Day
Witherspoon, Kristen
Snapshot of Max Riave holding a small American flag while interacting with Kristen Witherspoon, a third grader at Pleasant Valley School on Flag Day. Max is an older man wearing black rimmed glasses, a light colored suit and striped tie. Kristen has blond pig-tail braids and is wearing a v-neck t-shirt. Various classroom posters can be seen in the background. The following is printed on the photograph: Pleasant Valley School Flag Day, Charter Monarrh (?) Max Riave April 1980.
Unknown
Kandy Riave Hutman Collection, 1994
Museum of Ventura County
1980 April
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16.3 x 19.1 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
28133
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Camarillo (Calif.)
Del Norte Grammar School Students, 1907
Del Norte Grammar School
School children
Classes (Groups of students)
Mounted school photo of the student body of Del Norte Grammar School. School located at Santa Clara Avenue near Saticoy Road. Kids are standing in front of the school. There were 8 grades in one schoolhouse. Miss Folk was the teacher.
Seated (left to right): Laura Rose, Alexandria Rose, Alice Correa, Mary Miller, Carrie Rose, Leland Owen, ?, "Dinky" Maddox.
Standing, front row (l-r): Antonia Milani, Winefred Owens, Mary Correa, Eugenia Miller, Sherman Emmet, Augustine Solari, Joaquin Ayala, Joe Miller, Elmer McClure or Maclure.
Standing, second row (l-r): Virginia Correa, Gabriel Solari, Peter Ayala, Angel Milani, Lucy Ruiz, Justin Miller, Carlton Owens.
Standing, third (top) row (l-r): 2 Maddox boys, Miss Folk, Ruth Ruiz.
Unknown
Alice Ruiz Collection, 1997
Museum of Ventura County
1907
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Portrait, Group
16.3 x 17.8 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
30444
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Del Norte Grammar School, 1913
Del Norte Grammar School
School children
Classes (Groups of children)
Del Norte Grammar School school body group photo. Kids are standing on the steps in front of the school. Agnes Cooney was the teacher. Library records contain this quote from an unknown person: "I graduated from this school in 1915. It has long since burned down."
Teacher: Miss Agnes Cooney
First row (l-r): Regnaldo Romo, Harold Cox, Ernest Mendez, Kenneth Owens, Ralph Cox.
Second row (l-r): Angel Milani, Louie Milani, Aloysa Romo.
Third row (l-r): Ethel Owens, Gabriel Ruiz, Gabriel Solari, Mariana Motino, Edith Addison.
Fourth row (l-r): Alessandro Palomares, Byron Cox, George Mendez.
Unknown
Alice Ruiz Collection, 1997
Museum of Ventura County
1913
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Portrait, Group
17.5 x 12.5 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
30445
California
Ventura County (Calif.)