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This was the 4th of 9 murals painted in the community from 1998 to 2007. It’s located at 815 Santa Barbara Street at the Ventura County Agricultural Museum. Completed in 2001 by local muralist Wendell Dowling.
This mural centers around the historic Southern Pacific Depot, built in 1887. The artist depicts, left to right, a 1937 Hudson Coupe, a 1934 Dodge Panel truck, then a 1937 Greyhound Super Coach and a 1931 Indian motorcycle. Pulling out onto 10th Street is a 1935 Chevrolet stake bed truck with the Union Ice Company in the background. The steam engine is a Circa1890. The panel on the left, features U.S. President Benjamin Harrison passing through Santa Paula, in 1891, and lemons from Limoneira Ranch being loaded on boxcars. The panel on the right shows Korean War soldiers leaving for service in 1950 and a walnut packing house Circa1946.
