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George Sifford
Full portrait of George Sifford, standing with his hands behind his back looking to the right of the viewer. He has a mustache and is wearing a three piece suit and tie. A chair next to him holds a top hat and there is a small tree stump next to him…

Celebrating the Completion of a New Telephone Building in Ventura
A crowd of men, women and children gather in a new telephone building to celebration its completion. Building on the corner of Fir and Santa Clara Streets in Ventura. One man sits at a desk with a telephone in hand as if speaking on the phone.

Philomena Constance and Husband
Shows Philomena Louie Constance (standing) with her husband. Philomena is wearing a dark shirt and patterned apron. She has one arm resting on her husband's shoulder. Her husband is seated. He wears a dark suit and tie. He is holding a hat in his…

Portrait of Charles F. Zapf
Portrait of Charles Frederich Zapf. Charles is turned three-quarters to the viewer's right. He is wearing a dark-colored suit, waistcoat, and bow tie. He wears a drooping mustache. He is posed with his hands in his pockets.

Charles and Karl Zapf
Shows Charles F. Zapf (left) standing on a lawn with his son Karl Edward Zapf. Charles is wearing a dark suit, tie, and glasses. Karl is wearing a dark cardigan-sweater, light pants, tie, and has his hair in a slicked-over style. Tree, fence, and…

Epifanio Manzo and Woman
Bust portrait of Epifanio Manzo and an unidentified woman. Epifanio is wearing a dark-colored suit and tie. His hair is styled and he wears a drooping mustache. The woman is wearing a large hat, a white Edwardian-style shirtwaist, and dark-colored…

Charles F. Zapf
Shows Charles F. Zapf standing in a field. He is wearing a dark colored suit. He wears glasses. A building with patio or pergola is in the background.

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R. G. Percy at Ventura County Pioneer Museum
Shows Richard Gird Percy standing by the sign for the Ventura County Pioneer Museum on California Street. Percy is wearing a dark suit, a striped tie, and a light-colored, brimmed hat. Foliage visible behind sign.

VC Pioneer Museum later moved to…

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Charles Kuhlman Garden Portrait
Shows a full portrait of Charles Kuhlman lounging in the Solari home garden. Charles is seated on a grass lawn and leaning against a small, plaster column and planter. He is wearing a dark suit, straw hat, and floral boutonniere. Buildings and garden…

Joe Schwartz at the Fillmore Historical Museum
View of Joe Schwartz looking at railroad artifacts at the Fillmore Historical Museum. Schwartz is shown on the left side of the view, leaning on a glass display case that contains the artifacts. Schwartz wears a dark jacket, light pants, a tie, and…

Portrait of John R. Stone
Bust portrait of John R. Stone, the first elected sheriff of Ventura, serving 1873-1877. Portrait shows Stone angled slightly to his right. He wears a dark suit, styled and curled hair, and a prominent mustache and goatee.

Portrait of John F. More
Oval portrait of John F. More. He is shown looking to the viewer's right. He is shown as a middle aged man, with a graying beard and hair styled in a coif. He is wearing a dark suit and a satin tie.

Library records indicate that More, along with…

J. F. Roth Family
Portrait of the J. F. Roth Family, including J. F. Roth, his wife Juanita, and their children.

L to R: Caroline Mary Roth
J. F. Roth
Frederick Joseph Roth
Juanita M. Roth
Matilda N. Roth
Elvira Louise Roth
Sitting on hassock: Bertha Helen…

Portrait of Godfrey Maulhardt
Portrait of Godfrey Maulhardt, wearing a suit and tie, appears to be looking directly at the camera, wearing a thick mustache. One corner of the picture is cropped.

R. G. Percy and Ed Wenig
R. G. Percy and Ed Wenig, dressed in suit and tie, are seated at a table together at the Ventura County Historical Society dinner meeting. Other attendees are visible, seated in the background.

Sheriff Robert E. Clark
Bust portrait of Sheriff Robert E. Clark sitting at a desk, looking at the viewer. He wears a three-piece suit and tie. Clark was elected sheriff, served Nov. 1922 to Nov. 1933. He resigned and was appointed U.S. Marshal.

Group Photo of Two Men and Two Women
Group photo of two men and two women, all seated in a row. They are: Jim McLoughlin, Rose Lopez, Lupe Jones, Bill McLoughlin. Men are wearing suits, ties, and boutonnieres. Women are wearing skirt suits and hats and holding bouquets.

Discharging Water Well
Water discharging rapidly from pipe from water well. Caption reads "Discharging water well #4 with four unidentified men in the background."

Ray Prueter, Robert Jennings, and Tom Laubacher at Groundbreaking for Hueneme Harbor Expansion
Group photo of three men each holding on to one of three handles of a shovel that is ready to go into the ground. The men wear suits and ties and are at the Hueneme Harbor. Next to them is a drawing reading "artist's conception future expansion Port…

Banquet for Ventura Chamber of Commerce at Hotel De Leon
Group photo of the 6th annual banquet for the Ventura Chamber of Commerce, showing an interior view of the Hotel De Leon dining room. Chamber members sit at their tables and stand at the back of the room, looking at the viewer. Three waiters in white…

Wallace L. Hardison
Portrait of Wallace L. Hardison, seated, looking into the camera. He is wearing a suit and tie and glasses. He sits in an ornate chair.

[copy of portrait by David Hill, Feb. 1977]

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D. T. Perkins and E. B. Fairbanks
Full portrait of two men: the Honorable D. T. Perkins, Superintendent, and E. B. Fairbanks, Foreman, Hueneme Wharf & Warehouse Company, 1895. The men are standing outside, possibly on the Hueneme Wharf.

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J. B. Wycoff
Full portrait of J. B. Wycoff standing outside in front of a very large cactus. A house is in the background. He wears a suit and tie, wears a hat, and has a striped cane in one hand. Wycoff once owned Waite Gerry Ranch in Ojai.

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Portrait of Charles Victor Boquist
Portrait of Charles Victor Boquist, husband of Laura Brewster Boquist (sister of J.C. Brewster). He is seated, wearing a formal suit and bowtie, and looking to the right of the viewer.
[Duplicate glass plate negative: gp172.]

Joe Richardson
Full portrait of Joe Richardson, standing with both hands in his pockets, looking at the viewer. He is wearing a hat and a three-piece suit and tie. He stands in front of a lattice wall.
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