Bird's Eye View of Ojai Valley
Citrus Fruit
Ojai Valley
Bird's eye view of Ojai Valley, Ojai. Agricultural fields are visible in the foreground. A blue sky and mountains with a light covering of snow are visible in the background.
[Western Publishing and Novelty Co., Los Angeles, Calif., 91729]
Western Publishing and Novelty Co. (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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Color postcard
15 x 10 cm
English
Image
20200 PC
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ojai (Calif.)
Christmas Cake
Fruitcake
Cake decorating
Gifts
Baker, William Cook, 1873-1942
Bill Baker's Ojai Bakery
Coolidge, Calvin, 1872-1933
View of the top of a beautifully decorated Christmas cake that was sent to the president of the United States at the time, Calvin Coolidge. William Cook Baker of Bill Baker's bakery in Ojai sent many cakes to presidents, and this was the first of many presidential cakes. It is a fruitcake decorated with a small village in the snow and Santa and sleigh. Bottom of photo reads: "W. C. Baker Ojai Cal Dec 1927."
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
1927 December
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25.5 x 20.3 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
7281
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ojai (Calif.)
Snow on Fire House, Ventura 1949
Fire Department--Ventura
Snow
Ventura--Views--1949
View of the fire house in Ventura taken from across the street showing snow on the rooftop. Snow also visible on nearby houses, buildings, and parked cars. Snow also visible on mountains in the background.
[No publisher stated]
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
1949
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15 x 10 cm
Black and white postcard
English
Image
20685 PC
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Ojai (Calif.)
Keene Reel 10, Boats, Zoo, Parades, and Glacier Footage
Boats and boating
Parades
Marching bands
Glaciers
Santa Paula (Calif.)--Views
Zoos
Captive wild animals
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; Animals in enclosures, possibly a zoo, including deer, goats, zebras, reindeer, kangaroos, polar bears, bears playing, and elephants; Parade footage taken in Santa Paula of parade participants rounding a corner including bands (one is Ventura County American Legion Post 48), Boy Scouts of America, Santa Paula Camp Fire Girls, floats, and decorated cars; Glaciers along the water and snowy mountains in the background taken from the deck of a boat, briefly interrupted by shot of a woman walking on boat; Man running down steps away from a home toward camera; Brief shot of a marching band in parade; A street scene (possibly Santa Paula) with the words "Post Office Dedication" over the scene; three men standing on a street.
Unknown
Herman Keene Collection, 2021
Funding support for the digitization of this material was generously provided by The Schwemm Family Foundation.
Accession No.: 2021-1
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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Black and White Film
Home Movie
5 min., 34 sec.
English
Image
2021-1.10 AV <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/9m57tl5w3h7d1jz/2021-1.10AV.mp4?dl=0">(Keene Reel 10)</a>
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Santa Paula (Calif.)
Keene Reel 4, Hunting and Trapping
Hunting
Trapping
Horses
Animal carcasses
Mountain life
Keene, Herman, 1878-1965
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 packing car with boxes and blankets; Car driving along very rough dirt road on side of steep hill; Keene moving boulders and shoveling hillside, possibly clearing road; Car arrives at cabin is greeted by horse; Two men with four horses ascend steep hill, ride through pine trees; Animal tracks; Man setting up metal animal trap, burying it in ground; Mountain lion caught in trap; Man carrying dead mountain lion out of the woods; Deer walking in clearing; Coyote in trap; Man walking along trail with horses; Man feeding horse in trough at cabin; Man inspecting trees for animal marks; Men walking down hill to overturned car; Parade footage of marching band that appears to be military, float with four taxidermized mountain lions; Man with two horses riding in wilderness; Badger backing away from camera and running away; Dead mountain lion under tree, man pulling mountain lion out from under tree; Loading body of lion onto horse; Man riding horse followed by 5 pack horses; Man leading pack horse through snowy woods; Man shooting mountain lion at close range; Snowy scene with cabin, smoking chimney; Man loading horse with boxes; Man shooting gun; Man posing with dead wild boar; Man shooting bear at close range; Mountain lion in net being given water; Birds flying; Footage of sheer cliffs; Birds flying; Keene posing with taxidermized condor; Dirt road; Stream bed; Brush and dead mountain lion under brush; Dead mountain lion in clearing with deer carcass; Two men examining animal bones; Injured snake on ground; One snake eating another snake; Man taunting snake with boot; Snakebitten hand; Man examining ground; Two men with two horses behind them, talking, one man is bowlegged; Bowlegged man walking across open space; Mountain lion in trap.
Unknown
Herman Keene Collection, 2021
Funding support for the digitization of this material was generously provided by The Schwemm Family Foundation.
Accession No.: 2021-1
Museum of Ventura County
No date
The copyright to this film has not been determined. These images are intended for personal or research use only. Please contact library staff for rights determinations and additional uses.
Black and White Film
Home Movie
14 min., 38 sec.
English
Image
2021-1.4 AV <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/1s49x7vjynn3v72/2021-1.4AV.mp4?dl=0">(Keene Reel 4)</a>
2021-1.12 AV <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/zsoeul0ipm4p3dv/2021-1.12AV.mp4?dl=0">(Keene Reel 12)</a>
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Snowy Arbolada Entrance, Ojai
Snow
Planned communities
Signs and signboards
Arbolada residential community sign during a snowfall. The sign, street in foreground, and trees in the background are covered in snow. Sign is still legible.
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
1948
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10.2 x 14.5 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
32000
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ojai (Calif.)
Snowstorm and Storefronts
Snow
Storefronts
People enjoying the snow, two men and two women on a sidewalk in front of stores reading "See H.J. Crinklaw For Rooms and Board" & "Whipple & Riave, Genl. Merchandise". Possibly in 1916 snowstorm.
Unknown
Simi Valley Historical Society, 1985
Museum of Ventura County
1916
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9 x 13 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
11147
13057
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Simi Valley (Calif.)
Yosemite National Park
Mountains
Snow
Trees
Yosemite National Park (Calif.)
Snow-covered Yosemite National Park.
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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Glass plate negative
English
Image
gp517
California
Snow on Middleton Ranch
Middleton Ranch (Calif.)
Snow
View of snow on trees and ground on Middleton Ranch in Oxnard, perhaps taken from a second story. An orchard is in view as well as a clothesline.
Unknown
Bob Silva
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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12.5 x 17.8 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
2661
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Oxnard (Calif.)