John Calvin Brewster (1841-1909), professional photographer who moved to Ventura in March 1874 where he first established a gallery in a run-down adobe on Main Street near Mission San Buenaventura. He moved to several temporary locations, until 1880 when he built a custom, studio and attached residence on Oak St. Brewster’s photographs were often published in Sunset Magazine and Overland Monthly and now in the Ventura Breeze.
