About: Presented here are 1940s stylized trading cards of local places and people from the era. On the backs of most cards are listings from the 1940 census, showing the people who lived nearby, and a modern image of their home or a structure nearby.

Instructions: Click on the arrows to navigate through the cards. Each card with a front and back is marked at the top and bottom of the slide show.





Coverage: 1940 Census

• Residents re-create 1940 Ventura County after release of census

• 1940 Census was unique and interest has been strong

• How to volunteer to help index the 1940 U.S. Census

• PHOTOS: 1940 Census

• DATA: 1940 Census data

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