Aerial View of Ventura, 1948
Ventura (Calif.)
Aerial photographs
Aerial view of Ventura taken about 1948
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
circa 1948
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Black and white photograph
24 x 14
English
Image
2092
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Ford no. 2 on Nordhoff Road
Ojai--Views--Circa 1908
Roads--Ojai
Landscape view of a ford on Nordhoff Road. A house is visible in the background behind trees. The ford is in the foreground. There is writing along the top and right side of the image. Caption at bottom reads: "Ford no. 2 on Nordhoff Road, Cal."
[Rieder, M., Publ., Los Angeles, Cal., 7423]
Rieder, M.
Museum of Ventura County
1907-04-29
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15 x 10 cm
Black and white postcard
English
Image
20135 PC
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ojai (Calif.)
Ojai (Calif.)
Hotel El Roblar, Ojai
Ojai--Buildings--Hotels--El Roblar
View of the Hotel El Roblar, a large Spanish mission-style building. It has a short wall with an arched entrance around the building. The road is visible in the foreground, and there are trees and mountains in the background. Caption at bottom reads: "EL Roblar Hotel, Ojai, Calif."
[C.T. American Art, R83321]
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
1922
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15 x 10 cm
Color postcard
English
Image
20165 PC
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ojai (Calif.)
Ojai (Calif.)
Keene Reel 5, Skiing and Camping
Skis and skiing
Mountain life
Sespe Wilderness
Santa Barbara Forest Reserve
Rattlesnakes
Camping
Snow
Boulders
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 Club; Waterfalls in large river; Large rock outcroppings; Man on horse with pack horse, sign reading Santa Barbara National Forest and distances to Ojai, Topa Topa Lodge or Ridge, and Sespe River; Mountain landscape, appears to be Sespe backcountry; Man exploring rock formations; Man leading white pack horse; Man and woman eating sandwiches in field; Man opening wrought iron gates, leading horse through; Rattlesnake being caught; Mountain scenery, horses being ridden up a steep hill; Mountain and stream footage, frogs jumping in water; Keene in camp with canvas tent possibly around hot spring; Cars driving through checkpoint with flags flying above road; What appears to be a group campout with picnic tables covered in snow, people clearing the tables and having a snowball fight; Group in snow, cooking on large stone firepit; People skiing down hill; Large crowd climbing steep hill in the snow; Snake in wooden box; Two snakes in wooden box, though they do not fight; Man milking rattlesnake; Rattlesnake in grass; Man smoking cigar; Boy posing on taxidermized mountain lion; Rattlesnake on ground being caught; Man exiting cabin covered in animal pelts.
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
12 min., 53 sec.
English
Image
2021-1.5 AV <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/zhsvvzqts152x5y/2021-1.5AV.mp4?dl=0">(Keene Reel 5)</a>
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ojai (Calif.)
Santa Barbara County (Calif.)
Maricopa Highway, Ojai, California
Ojai--Circa 1930
Roads--Maricopa Highway/Road
Bird's eye view of Maricopa Highway, highway 33, in Ojai.
[Albertype Co., Brooklyn, N.Y., The Finest American Made View Post Cards; Boardman's Rexall Drug Store, Ojai, California]
Albertype Co.
Museum of Ventura County
circa 1930
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15 x 10 cm
Color postcard
English
Image
21346 PC
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ojai (Calif.)
Ojai (Calif.)
Matilija Hot Springs Post Card
Health Resorts--Matilija Hot Springs
Matilija Hot Springs--Circa 1905
Matilija Hot Springs scene showing three people standing on a bridge, and one person sitting on rocks on the bank below bridge. Some illegible writing on front, and a date--6/12/06.
[Rieder, M., Los Angeles, Cal. (Printed in Germany), 2759.]
Rieder, M.
Museum of Ventura County
circa 1905
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10 x 15 cm
Color postcard
English
Image
20068 PC
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ojai (Calif.)
Ojai (Calif.)
Tunnel, Wheelers Hot Springs
Wheeler Springs (inhabited place)
A car drives through a tunnel at Wheelers Hot Springs. A tree is in the foreground to the left of photo. A man stands in the background on the other side of the tunnel. Caption at bottom of postcard reads: "The Tunnel, Wheelers Hot Springs, Ventura County, California."
[Albertype Co., Brooklyn, N.Y., Postcards of Quality]
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
No date
The copyright to this image has not been determined. These images are intended for personal or research use only. Please contact library staff for rights determinations and additional uses.
10 x 15 cm
Black and white postcard
English
Image
21299 PC
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Wheeler Springs (Calif.)
Ojai (Calif.)