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Basket Making Demonstration at San Buenaventura Mission Bicentennial
Polaroid showing an outdoor scene at Plaza Park in downtown Ventura. Closeup view of Native American baskets at a basketmaking demonstration table. People are handling the weaving materials and looking at completed baskets.

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Basket Making Demonstration at San Buenaventura Mission Bicentennial
Polaroid showing an outdoor scene at Plaza Park in downtown Ventura. In the center of the image woman wearing a "cowboy" hat and spotted skirt is weaving a basket. Beside her is a table of baskets and weaving supplies, including what appears to be a…

Chumash Dancer at San Buenaventura Mission Bicentennial
Polaroid showing an outdoor scene at Plaza Park in downtown Ventura. A Chumash man wearing regalia dances in the center view. He is partially obscured by shadow. Crowd visible in background.

Museum records indicate that the event shown is the…

Seated Group at San Buenaventura Mission Bicentennial
Polaroid showing an outdoor scene at Plaza Park in downtown Ventura. Group of several young people kneel on the grass, some dressed in Native American regalia. A small drum is in front of the group. A decorated staff is standing in the ground beside…

Estevan Wypooke Poster
Polaroid showing a poster with a black and white picture of Estevan Wypooke of Injaja processing seeds with a basket. Text under the image reads, "Estevan Wypooke of Inaja separating the seed from the chaff by the skillful manipulation of the bateo…

Petroglyph Display at San Buenaventura Mission Bicentennial
Polaroid of an outdoor scene at Plaza Park in downtown Ventura, showing a display of Native American petroglyph designs on a large canvas or sheet. Canvas is affixed to a black metal fence.

Museum records indicate that the event shown is the…

Poster of Cahuilla Food Gathering
Polaroid showing an educational poster with illustrations of Cahuilla people gathering and processing food.

Museum records indicate that the poster was exhibited at the Bicentennial celebration of the founding of San Buenaventura Mission.

Poster of Cahuilla Dwellings
Polaroid showing an educational poster with illustrations of Cahuilla dwellings. Details of the illustrations are labeled.

Museum records indicate that the poster appeared at the Bicentennial celebration of the founding of San Buenaventura…

Children at San Buenaventura Mission Bicentennial
Polaroid of an outdoor scene at Plaza Park in downtown Ventura, showing a group of children standing on a lawn nearby a staff or post decorated with feathers. Two of the children wear Chumash regalia. A crowd is visible behind the children.

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Vincent Tumamait at San Buenaventura Mission Bicentennial
Polaroid of an outdoor scene at Plaza Park in downtown Ventura, showing Chumash elder, Vincent Tumamait standing and looking towards camera. Vincent wears a brown vest over white shirt, gray trousers, and a "cowboy" hat. He also wears a bolo tie and…

Chumash Dolphin Dancer at Albinger Museum
Close view of a Chumash Dolphin Dancer performing outdoors at the Albinger Archaeology Museum in Ventura. The man is dressed in regalia, and appears to be blowing on a flute-like instrument. Crowd of onlookers are visible in background.

Chumash Dancers in Museum Courtyard
Outdoor scene at the Ventura County Museum of History and Art [called Museum of Ventura County at time of writing, 2024] courtyard. Shows a Chumash man dancing and dressed in regalia. A second dancer is partially visible on the left side of the…

Three Chumash Dancers in Museum Courtyard
Outdoor scene at the Ventura County Museum of History and Art [called Museum of Ventura County at time of writing, 2024] courtyard. Shows two Chumash men and a young girl dressed in regalia. The girl stands between the men, and all three look towards…

Chumash Dancers in Museum Courtyard
Outdoor scene at the Ventura County Museum of History and Art [called Museum of Ventura County at time of writing, 2024] courtyard. Shows a Chumash man dancing and dressed in regalia. A second dancer is partially visible on the right side of the…

Chumash Dancers in Museum Courtyard
Outdoor scene at the Ventura County Museum of History and Art [called Museum of Ventura County at time of writing, 2024] courtyard. Shows two Chumash men dancing and dressed in regalia. The dancers stand side-by-side, facing in opposite directions. A…

Chumash Dancers in Museum Courtyard
Outdoor scene at the Ventura County Museum of History and Art [called Museum of Ventura County at time of writing, 2024] courtyard. Shows a two Chumash men dressed in regalia and dancing. A third person in regalia.

Museum records indicate that…

Chumash Dancers in Museum Courtyard
Outdoor scene at the Ventura County Museum of History and Art [called Museum of Ventura County at time of writing, 2024] courtyard. Shows a young Chumash dancer dressed in regalia. A second person in regalia and kneeling photographer in…

Auto Highway, Santa Susana Pass, between Los Angeles and Santa Barbara, California postcard
Colorized bird's eye view of Santa Susana Pass in Simi Valley. Shows curved road going up a hill with rocky terrain. Train tracks appear to go under the road. To right, two small buildings next to trees and agricultural fields are visible. Right…

Casitas Valley, Ventura, Calif. postcard
View of Casitas Valley. Crop fields are visible in foreground with rows of bare plants. Hills in background. Right side has trees in background. Hills are visible in far right background. Left background has buildings that are slightly visible below…

Mt. Topa Topa, Santa Paula, Cal. postcard
Bird's-eye view of Santa Paula with snow-capped Topa Topa Mountains in background. Hills are in background and in front of Topa Topa Mountains. Buildings and telephone poles are visible in foreground. Postcard appears faded with portions too dark to…

Topa Topa Mt., Santa Paula, Cal. postcard
View of Santa Paula with Topa Topa Mountains in the background. Topa Topa Mountains appear to have snow cover. Hills surround the city of Santa Paula. View taken from a birds-eye view above a street with trees and buildings visible. Telephone poles…

Mount Topa-Topa, Santa Paula, Cal. postcard
View of Santa Paula with Topa Topa Mountains in the background. Topa Topa Mountains appear to have snow cover. Hills surround the city of Santa Paula. View taken from a birds-eye view above a street with trees and buildings visible. Telephone poles…

View of Santa Paula looking towards South Mountains 1908 postcard
Colorized postcard with view of Santa Paula and the South Mountains. Below South Mountains are grassy plains and Santa Clara River valley. Foreground shows grass fields and trees. Postmarked in Napa, Calif. 25 June 1908 at 10:00am. Handwritten text…

Looking Toward Topa Topa Drive from Krotona, Ojai, Calif. postcard
View of an unpaved road in the Krotona area of Ojai looking towards Topa Topa Drive. Road is visible in foreground. Trees and shrubs are growing alongside the road. In the distance is a building. Topa Topa Mountains are visible in far…

Untitled, (Carnegie Library Interior-Oxnard, Cal.) postcard
Interior view of the Carnegie Library in Oxnard. Shelves of books are visible throughout, with view partially obstructed by several columns. Card cabinets, magazine racks, and work spaces on right side. A reference or circulation desk is on the left…
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