Herman Keene Collection
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Herman Keene Collection
Description
Video footage of events in the life of Herman Keene, a lifetime resident of Santa Paula, California. He was born on December 26, 1878 and died on December 24, 1965. Footage includes family members and gatherings, hunting, trapping, taxidermy, back country activities, community organization events, parades, and high school football.
Funding support for the digitization of this material was generously provided by The Schwemm Family Foundation.
Funding support for the digitization of this material was generously provided by The Schwemm Family Foundation.
Collection Items
Keene Reel 16, Oxnard-Santa Paula Football Game, Parades
This reel primarily includes black-and-white footage, along with one color scene. Most of this footage shows a men's football game between Oxnard and Santa Paula High Schools, perhaps at Santa Paula High School, and local preparations and…
Keene Reel 20, The Ball Game
A short sepia film that shows a large family outing to a wooded clearing for a game of baseball. Men, women, and children of various ages participate.
Printed titles appear on screen throughout the footage to frame the day's scenes with a sense…
Printed titles appear on screen throughout the footage to frame the day's scenes with a sense…
Keene Reel 17, Family Vacation Footage
This reel's footage includes a succession of short scenes that mostly show people of various ages on vacation:
A large group gather for miniature golf and an elaborate picnic deep in a wooded area, beside a wood cabin. Families drive to and from…
A large group gather for miniature golf and an elaborate picnic deep in a wooded area, beside a wood cabin. Families drive to and from…
Keene Reel 9, Campsite, Town, and Animal Footage
Black-and-white footage of camping and general frontier life, some disturbing and graphic, featuring a variety of animals, interspersed with scenes of activity in and around a newly developed town.
Men cook, roll cigarettes, pose for portraits in…
Men cook, roll cigarettes, pose for portraits in…
Keene Reel 6: Family Gathering Footage
Black-and-white footage of a family gathering, featuring men and mostly women of a variety of ages, along with occasional footage of orchards, a shooting range, and a chicken farm.
The footage opens with a gathering of men and women in formal…
The footage opens with a gathering of men and women in formal…
Keene Reel 4, Hunting and Trapping
Black-and-white footage, some disturbing and graphic, of hunting, trapping, horses, wild animals, and wilderness. Two reels available of same footage. Reel 12 missing final scene of mountain lion in trap.
Keene posing with taxidermized animals;…
Keene posing with taxidermized animals;…
Keene Reel 5, Skiing and Camping
Black-and-white footage, some disturbing and graphic, of people skiing, mountain landscapes and wilderness, camping, and rattlesnakes.
People skiing, crowds, skiers with numbers, possible competition, one person's sweater appears to read Utah Ski…
People skiing, crowds, skiers with numbers, possible competition, one person's sweater appears to read Utah Ski…
Keene Reel 1, Wildfire, Trapping, Fishing, and Rattlesnakes
Black-and-white footage, some disturbing and graphic, of a wildfire and burned areas, trapping, hunting, fishing, rattlesnakes, skinning animals, camping, and a dead body of a child being pulled from water. There are 3 of the same film, with very…
Keene Reel 7, Lions Club Meeting and Lions Club Santa Paula Parade Float
Black-and-white footage of Herman Keene traveling in a convertible with taxidermized lions to a Lions Club International meeting, the Lions Club meeting and attendees, and a Lions Club Santa Paula, California parade float.
Keene talks into the…
Keene talks into the…
Keene Reel 8, Mountain Life and Fishing
Black-and-white, with some sepia, footage of different scenes, some disturbing and graphic, that mainly include wilderness, mountains, camping, and fishing.
Man and pack horse walking up steep trail; Woman stalking deer in brush; Giant pine trees;…
Man and pack horse walking up steep trail; Woman stalking deer in brush; Giant pine trees;…
Keene Reel 10, Boats, Zoo, Parades, and Glacier Footage
Black-and-white footage of people on deck of a large boat and some smaller boats in the water, zoo animals, parades, views of glaciers and snow, and a post office dedication.
People gather on deck of a large boat; Smaller boats in the water;…
People gather on deck of a large boat; Smaller boats in the water;…
Keene Reel 11, Hunting, Trapping, Wilderness Footage
Black-and-white footage, some disturbing and graphic, of horseback riding, hunting with guns and dogs, animal trapping, wilderness views and scenes (some snowy), Herman Keene at a cabin interacting with animals, animal skins, and loading a mountain…
Keene Reel 13, Panning for Gold and Gatherings
Black-and-white footage, some disturbing and graphic, of people panning for gold, trapped animals, and gatherings both large and small.
People panning for gold on Lena Frazer’s property (San Francisquito Canyon); Roaring river; Trapping and…
People panning for gold on Lena Frazer’s property (San Francisquito Canyon); Roaring river; Trapping and…
Keene Reel 14, Water Recreation, Hunting, Trapping, High School Football, Family, and Smoke Footage
Black-and-white footage, some disturbing and graphic, mainly of water recreation, hunting and trapping animals, high school football, family gatherings, and a smoke-filled sky.
A dog swims and fetches a stick in a body of water, possibly a lake;…
A dog swims and fetches a stick in a body of water, possibly a lake;…
Keene Reel 15, Wilderness Scenes, Snowy Weather, African Lions, and Hunting Footage
Black-and-white footage, some disturbing and graphic, of backcountry, wilderness, snowy weather, captive African lions, hunting and trapping of animals.
Child playing in yard with dog and cat; Trees and large rocks; Two people outside of structure…
Child playing in yard with dog and cat; Trees and large rocks; Two people outside of structure…
Keene Reel 18, Family Footage
Color film of elderly men and women as they walk, sit, visit, and pose for photos outside of a home during daytime; Group of men and women enter the home; Quick clip of an arbor covered driveway; Quick clip of Santa Paula High School marching band in…
Keene Reel 19, Hunting and Trapping, Animals, and Animal Carcass Footage
Black-and-white footage, some disturbing and graphic, mainly of hunting and trapping, animal carcasses, captive wild animals, and mountain scenes.
Keene outside of a cabin covered in skins; High cliffs; Keene examines the leg of a horse with a…
Keene outside of a cabin covered in skins; High cliffs; Keene examines the leg of a horse with a…