Ramona's Home
Adobes--Circa 1915
Camulos Adobe
Rancho Camulos
Rancho Camulos near Piru. An adobe structure with tile roofing is depicted. The windows have wooden shutters. There is a covered porch with a bench. Shrubs grow along the walls of the building.
A visit to Rancho Camulos is thought to have been the inspiration for author Helen Hunt Jackson's popular novel "Ramona," published in 1884.
Caption: Ramona's Home, California
[Newman Postcard Co., Los Angeles, Calif., made in Germany, Art Series 38]
Newman Postcard Co.
Museum of Ventura County
1915
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Color postcard
15 x 10 cm
English
Image
20134 PC
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Piru (Calif.)
Tico Residence, Ventura
Adobes--Circa 1908
Tico Adobe (Ventura, Calif.)
View of the Tico Residence with two men and two women standing on the front porch. The main structure is adobe with a tile roof. The front porch is wood with shingle roofing. Visible on the right side of the image is an addition to the house with board and batten siding. Some windows have shutters over them. The card is postmarked 3-8-08.
[MacGregor, J.J., Ventura, Cal. (Albertype Co., Brooklyn, N.Y.)]
MacGregor, J.J.
Museum of Ventura County
circa 1908
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20117 PC
Color postcard
15 x 10 cm
English
Image
20118 PC
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Tico Residence, Ventura
Adobes--Circa 1908
Tico Adobe (Ventura, Calif.)
View of the Tico Residence with two men and two women standing on the front porch. The main structure is adobe with a tile roof. The front porch is wood with shingle roofing. Visible on the right side of the image is an addition to the house with board and batten siding. Some windows have shutters over them.
MacGregor Bros., Ventura, Cal. (Albertype Co., Brooklyn, N.Y.)
MacGregor Bros.
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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20118 PC
Black and white postcard
15 x 10 cm
English
Image
20117 PC
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Roosevelt School, Oxnard
Roosevelt School (Oxnard, Calif.)
Exterior view of Roosevelt School in Oxnard on Third Street between A and B Streets. Image taken from the right side of the school with a grassy lawn area in the foreground and a sidewalk leading to the one-story building. To the far left of the image a house is visible, possibly across the street.
Miller, Jack
Jack Miller Collection, 1993
Museum of Ventura County
No date
Museum of Ventura County. All rights reserved.
10.3 x 12.7 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
26480
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Oxnard (Calif.)
Ventura County Historical Museum Entrance Sign
Museum of Ventura County
Signs and signboards
Museums
Closeup view of the Ventura County Historical Museum sign above the museum entrance. Part of the building's tiled roof and a light post visible as well. In 2007 the museum changed its name to Museum of Ventura County.
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
1977 July
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18 x 13 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
5772
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Ortega Adobe
Ortega Adobe (Ventura, Calif.)
Adobe houses--California
Exterior view of the Ortega Adobe on west Main Street in Ventura, CA. Two people are seated on the front porch. Photo appears to be cut decoratively around the edges and is mounted.
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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12.6 x 10.2 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
4393
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Hotel Leewood, Ventura
Hotels
Pierce-Arrow automobile
Restaurants
Front exterior view of Hotel Leewood, also known as Leewood Hotel & Cafe. A Pierce-Arrow car is parked in front with the driver inside. The hotel has a fountain in front and the address was 1112 Santa Clara Street. Note on verso by Arvella Temple: "Where Charles lives and eats and where I have lunch most every day."
Unknown
Temple-McFarland Collection, 1995
Museum of Ventura County
1928 February
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9 x 6.4 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
28862
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
United States Post Office, Oxnard 1935
Oxnard--Streets--B Street--circa 1935
Postal Service--Oxnard
Exterior view of the post office in Oxnard with cars parked in front of it. It appears to be a one and a half or two story building with a tiled roof. A US flag flies on the left side of the image. Post office is on B Street, seen in foreground of image. The bottom left of postcard reads "U.S.P.O. Oxnard Calif".
[No publisher stated; EKC in stamp area]
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
circa 1935
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15 x 10 cm
Black and white postcard
English
Image
21124 PC
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Oxnard (Calif.)
County Hospital-Ventura
Hospitals
Ventura County Hospital
Exterior view of the Ventura County Hospital building showing the front entrance, circular drive in front of it, and landscaping around building. The building is two stories, Spanish style, with many windows (some arched), and a tile roof.
[No publisher stated]
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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15 x 10 cm
Black and white postcard
English
Image
21155 PC
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Ojai (Calif.)
Ortega Adobe, 1977
Ortega Adobe (Ventura, Calif.)
Adobe houses--California
Exterior side view of Ortega Adobe showing a covered front porch area and the tiled roof.
Roe, Tom
Tom Roe Collection, 1991
Museum of Ventura County
circa 1977
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12.8 x 12.8 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
19993
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Lopez Adobe
Adobe houses--California
Lopez Adobe (Ojai, Calif.)
Lopez Adobe on land granted to Teodora and Raphael Lopez. Adobe was built in the early 1800s. Image is a close up view of what appears to be the front of the adobe showing a door and large window, tiled roof, and a chimney. The front courtyard has a fountain.
Unknown
J. Kelly Collection, 1988
Museum of Ventura County
1971 June
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13.4 x 12.8 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
15634
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ojai (Calif.)
Inadomi Residence Backyard
Inadomi family
Two-story houses
This image shows the exterior view of the house and backyard of the J. K. Inadomi residence on Main Street in Fillmore, California. It is a two story home with a tile roof, shrubs and trees around the back edge and a lawn visible.
Unknown
Inadomi Family Collection, 1995
Museum of Ventura County
circa 1940
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Black and white negative
English
Image
28443 NP
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Fillmore (Calif.)
Ortega Adobe Exterior
Ortega Adobe (Ventura, Calif.)
Snapshot of the Ortega Adobe. View from the northwest.
Unknown
1984
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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10443
7.7 x 7.7 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
10444
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Ortega Adobe Exterior
Ortega Adobe (Ventura, Calif.)
Snapshot of the Ortega Adobe. View from the east looking at the front porch. Adjacent buildings visible in background.
Unknown
1984
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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10444
7.7 x 7.7 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
10443
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Tico Adobe, 1895
Tico Adobe (Ventura, Calif.)
Adobe houses
Two men in suits and hats stand on a wooden plank sidewalk in front of the Tico Adobe.
Brewster, John Calvin
Museum of Ventura County
1895
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9 x 5.5 cm
Sepia photograph
English
Image
324
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Stereoscopic View of Mission San Buenaventura Palms and Roofing Tiles
Palms
Roofing, Tile
Stereoscopic view of Mission San Buenaventura palm trees and roofing tiles.
Brewster, John Calvin
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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7439
Glass plate negative
English
Image
gp282
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)