Caterpillar Engine Hauling Beets to Sugar Factory
Agricultural Machinery--Circa 1910-1920
Agriculture
Beets and Beet Sugar
On a field is a caterpillar engine tractor with two young men sitting on the back of the engine, one at the steering wheel and one smiling. The vehicle is attached to four white carts with red wheels, filled above the brim with beets.
[Brakey, J.R., Ventura, Cal. (Logo: Panama California Exposition, San Diego 1915;Slogan: "On the Road of a Thousand Wonders, 3096 & A16528]
Brakey, J. R.
Museum of Ventura County
circa 1910s
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15 x 10 cm
Color postcard
English
Image
20660 PC
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Oxnard (Calif.)
Ojai (Calif.)
Cutting and Winnowing
Farming
Agricultural machinery
Farm machine for cutting and winnowing bean in a field
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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Black and white photograph
17.2 x 9.8 cm
English
Image
2120
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Pipeline Construction Along Pierpont Boulevard
Pipelines
Construction equipment
Pipeline construction along Pierpont Blvd. in the rain. A Caterpillar diesel tractor holds one end of the pipeline up, while four men try to place it. A man sits in the tractor with an umbrella open above his head.
Unknown
San Buenaventura City Clerk's Office Collection, 1991
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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12.7 x 18 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
18977
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Hillside with Crawler Tractors
Oil fields
Crawler tractors
Image showing a bird's eye view of a steep hillside, with an oil derrick on top of the hill in the distance. Two tractors are on the hillside. Library records indicate: "Slide of Ventura Field Hartman Lease Slide Area, 1940s-1950s."
Unknown
2002
Museum of Ventura County
1940s
1950s
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25.2 x 20.2 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
33847 OS
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Largest Loaf of Bread Ever Made
American Bakery
Bread
Tractors
Bill Baker's "largest loaf of bread ever made" on trailer with Fordson tractor attached, parked in front of American Bakery in Ventura, CA. The trailer is decorated with US flag banners. The American Bakery is also adorned with US flags and banners. The side of the truck reads "Largest loaf of bread ever made; Donated to the American Legion; by Bill Baker - Ventura; A sandwich from this boat [or loaf?] of concessions."
Unknown
1985
Museum of Ventura County
circa 1920
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17.8 x 12.8 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
11707
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Roy Hurt on Caterpillar Diesel Tractor
Hurt, Roy
Caterpillar tractors
Vanoni Ranch
Roy Hurt on Caterpillar Diesel Tractor on Vanoni Ranch, Saticoy, at 10814 Telephone Rd. He drives the tractor on a trail through trees, and a small dog sits atop the tractor.
Unknown
Donated by: Vanoni Family, 1985
Museum of Ventura County
1944
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16.5 x 12.7 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
11010
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Saticoy (Calif.)
Bill LaPerch Riding Skip-Loader
LaPerch, William
Loaders (Machines)
Men--Portraits
View of Bill LaPerch posing seated on skip-loader tractor at Bonfire Farms in Moorpark. LaPerch is wearing a white t-shirt with his glasses hanging from the shirt neck. His hair is slicked back and he leans over the steering wheel, looking toward the viewer. Fields and buildings are visible in the background. Photo taken for the Ventura County Star-Free Press 21 March 1986, published 30 March 1986.
Unknown
Ventura County Star-Free Press, 1986
Museum of Ventura County
1986-03-21
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Black and white photograph
12.7 x 18 cm
Portrait, Full
English
Image
12370
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Moorpark (Calif.)