Untitled, (Picture of Parade Float, Native Sons and Daughters of Golden West)
Parades--Floats
This postcard depicts a decorated parade float. A man is standing on the float holding the reins of two horses that are pulling the float on a dirt street. A bear is part of the float decorations. Buildings are visible in the background.
[AZO in stamp area]
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.
Black and white postcard
15 x 10 cm
English
Image
20168 PC
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Keene Reel 11, Hunting, Trapping, Wilderness Footage
Puma
Hunting
Trapping
Animal carcasses
Horsemanship
Animals
Keene, Herman, 1878-1965
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 lion into a car and into a cage.
Woman on horseback riding along a stream with two men following on foot; Keene posing with taxidermized lion; Man driving away, women and boy waving goodbye; Car driving along hillside; Group of men laying something heavy on the ground; Horse eating hay off back of car, Keene leaves car to pet horse; Man leading a horse with a load on its back through woods, cuts to Keene examining snowy trees briefly; Keene securing mountain lion carcass on horse; Men rolling a large person shaped basket up a hill; Fire burning on small hill with a lot of billowing smoke; Keene walking with mountain lion carcass around his neck dragging a partially eaten deer by its antlers; Keene pushing a wheelbarrow with mountain lion carcass in it; Keene walking down snowy hill; Keene setting up an animal trap and an animal, possibly a bobcat, goes inside; Two men at a campsite; Man on horseback; Man with gun approaching a cabin; Two mounted woodpeckers; Keene with mountain lion carcass tied to car; Man leading mule with load on its back; Keene hanging mountain lion from tree; Keene talking to bowlegged man; Keene inspecting animal carcass then walking up a rocky hill; Dark shot of a man pointing gun at a bear; A bear; Wilderness scenery; Keene leading horse through snow; Horse grazing; Closeup of swollen arm; Group of dogs running through a field, barking at an animal in a tree (animal is pulled from tree and stepped on), barking at a trapped animal, running more, and then being led on leash through fields; Trapped racoon; Keene feeding deer; Keene shoveling his way through snow to an outhouse and shoveling more snow; A car drives through snow; Keene walks around and interacts with animals (dogs, a large cat, rooster, donkeys); Keene hangs animal skins on a building; Keene and a man and woman try to load and secure mountain lion in chicken wire into a car; Mountain lion in chicken wire placed in an enclosure, possibly at Goebel's Lions in Thousand Oaks; Mountain lion walks around enclosure; Man handles and touches dead bear; Waterfall closeup; Mountain lion closeup.
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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., 34 sec.
English
Image
2021-1.11 AV <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/ylonntrtmt6mlz9/2021-1.11AV.mp4?dl=0">(Keene Reel 11)</a>
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Thousand Oaks (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
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
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 1, Wildfire, Trapping, Fishing, and Rattlesnakes
Wildfires
Los Padres National Forest (Agency : U.S.)
Trapping
Fishing
Hides and skins
Rattlesnakes
Drowning victims
Camping
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 minor differences.
Keene cooking in camp; Wildfire; Burned Murietta La Carpa Trail/Billiard Flats signs; Burned deer carcasses; Soot or oil in creek, water is black; Dead fish in mud; Mountain lion in trap, still alive; Horse being led down steep and very rocky terrain, sheer cliff; Live mountain lion in net on horseback; Keene fishing; Boat on ocean, sportfishing; Rattlesnake being caught and milked; Rattlesnake striking at booted foot; Gnarled tree; Keene skinning animal, possibly coyote; Unknown taxidermized animals in tree; Keene smoking pipe by car; Raccoon with collar climbing tree, dogs barking at it; Crowd watching swimmers pull dead body of child from water; Mountains and trees; Bear running away; Team of 6 horses hauling equipment; Cat killing squirrel; Camping scene with taxidermized mountain lion; Loose rattlesnake; Keene washing face in creek; Keene removing boots, pretending to sleep, releasing snake, and then hitting it with boot; Keene shooting mountain lion with bow and arrow; Two snakes put in box together to fight; Car driving up steep hill; Keene drinking out of a water bottle outside cabin, exterior of cabin covered in stretched animal hides; Still shot of photograph; Woman and two children exiting house to greet Keene at his car, Keene takes dead mountain lion from the trunk of the car and shows to family.
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
15 min., 56 sec.
English
Image
2021-1.1 AV <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/w73z2xc4mqf2ejp/2021-1.1AV.mp4?dl=0">(Keene Reel 1)</a>
2021-1.2 AV <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/bfj6iq72442zx1x/2021-1.2AV.mp4?dl=0">(Keene Reel 2)</a>
2021-1.3 AV <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/prcnv0yam4mkide/2021-1.3AV.mp4?dl=0">(Keene Reel 3)</a>
California
Ventura County (Calif.)