Fred Smith collection, circa 1800s-1900s MVC010

Finding aid prepared by Library Staff
Museum of Ventura County
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Ventura, CA, 93001
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©2011


Title: Fred Smith collection
Identifier/Call Number: MVC010
Contributing Institution: Museum of Ventura County
Language of Material: English
Physical Description: 1.0 linear ft. (1 box)
Date: circa 1800s-1900s
creator: Smith, Fred

 

Fred Smith collection

Box 1, Folder 1

Collection of 57 postcards showing various California scenes

Box 1, Folder 2

Newspaper clipping from L. A. Tribune, re: Miss Mary Kay Brown, August 31, 1913

Box 1, Folder 3

"In Memoriam," a sermon by Rev. C. N. Queen with supplemental remarks by Rev. S. Bristol on death of Mrs. Frances Miriam Rice, 1905

Box 1, Folder 4

List of Assessed Valuation and Amount of Taxes (City of San Buenaventura, City of Oxnard, City of Santa Paula, Dist. No. 1. . . Ventura Avenue, Dist. No. 2. . . Ojai, Dist No. 3. . . Sespe, Piru and Camulos, Dist. No. 4. . . Ro. Santa Paula y Saticoy, Dist. No. 5. . . Mound & Saticoy, Dist. No. 6. . . Ro. El Rio de Santa Clara o' La Colonia and Ro. Del Norte, Dist. No. 7. . . Oceanview and Springville, Dist. No. 8. . . Moorpark, Simi, Somis, Pleasant Valley and Las Posas), Fiscal Year 1913-1914

Box 1, Folder 5

Assorted photo prints and negatives in envelope marked, "Ojai Residence "

Box 1, Folder 6

Helen D. Barnard's Certificate/Diploma, San Francisco, from California Kindergarten Training School, December 10, 1881

Box 1, Folder 7

Hunting License, State of California, for Henry Amos Flint, Age 51, of Santa Paula, California, expiring, June 30, 1911

Box 1, Folder 8

Scrapbook inscribed: "Grace Hobson, A Merry Christmas from Ma"

Box 1, Folder 9

Information on Buick Model 17 Automobile:

Box 1, Folder 9

Booklet: "Instructions for Operating and Maintaining Buick Model "17." Flint, Michigan, U.S.A., Buick Motor Company, undated

Box 1, Folder 9

Envelope containing picture of Buick Model 17, A. L. Hobson's first car, with letter from J. F. McIntyre, Ventura County Ford Dealer, March 5, 1909

Box 1, Folder 10

Photos:

Box 1, Folder 10

Unidentified photo of landscape with house almost obscured by trees

Box 1, Folder 10

Photo of house identified as "The Ojai house in early years"

Box 1, Folder 10

Photo from A. L. Hobson Collection, showing Capital Sight Seeing Coach

Box 1, Folder 10

Photo from A. L. Hobson Collection, entitled "On the Road to Lyon Springs, Cal." - Brock-Higgins Photo

Box 1

Rolled blueprints for Lath House and Arbor for Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Hobson, by Harold D. Burket, Architect, undated

Box 1

Photo Album: "The Royal Cabinet Album of Oxford"

Box 1

Book: Noncommissioned Officers' Manual, by Captain James A. Moss, 24th U.S. Infantry, April 1916

Box 1

Book: Infantry Drill Regulations, United States Army, 1911, with Text Corrections, February 12, 1917

Box 1

Book: Ideal Kindergarten for the Home, A Handbook for Mothers with a Collection of Songs, Poems and Stories for the Little Ones, by Carolina L. Barber, assisted by Margaret D. Emmons, Together with a Collection of Stories and Rhymes compiled by William T. Adams. San Francisco, California: E. D. Bronson & Company (copyrighted by F. Oldach, Sr., 1897).

Box 1

Book: The History of the United States; told in One Syllable Words, by Miss Josephine Pollard, with colored illustrations. New York: McLoughlin Brothers, Publishers, undated

Box 1

Book: The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner, as Related by Himself, by Daniel Defoe. New York: McLoughlin Brothers, undated

Box 1

List on yellow, lined paper of materials, some of which are no longer contained in the box [disposition of missing materials not designated]