Blanchard Livingston Cabin, Oregon
Log cabins
Automobiles
This image, taken in Oregon, shows the porch of the cabin. The right side of the image shows three people sitting on the wood railing of the porch. A car can be seen parked in front of the porch but is partially shrouded by vegetation. In the background is a densely forested area.
Miller, Jack
Jack Miller Collection, 2002
Museum of Ventura County
circa 1940
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34205
Black and white photograph
10.1 x 7.8 cm
English
Image
34206
Blanchard Livingston Cabin
Log cabins
Automobiles
This image, taken in Oregon, shows a car parked in a plot of grass, to the right of the image the porch of a cabin is in clear view. There are three people standing on the porch looking towards the camera. Dense vegetation surrounds the car and cabin. In the background a forest of tall trees can be seen.
Miller, Jack
Jack Miller Collection, 2002
Museum of Ventura County
circa 1940
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34206
Black and white photograph
10.1 x 7.8 cm
English
Image
34205
Wheelers Hot Springs, Ventura Co., California
Wheeler Springs (inhabited place)
Health Resorts--Wheeler's Hot Springs
View of Wheeler Springs with pedestrians surrounded by forest. Tall hill visible in background.
[Detroit Publishing Co. ("Phostint" card), 70993]
Detroit Publishing Co.
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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Color postcard
8 x 10 cm
English
Image
20547 PC
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Wheeler Springs (Calif.)
Building New Cabins at Point Mugu After 1939 Storm
Wooden-frame buildings
Construction projects
Construction workers
A view of several wood cabins being constructed at Point Mugu after a storm in 1939. Siding is being nailed to the front side of one building by two men who are standing on scaffolding. Another man is standing nearby.
Library records indicate that a couple of wooden bait receivers are on the beach in the foreground of the photo.
Unknown
Neilson Collection
Museum of Ventura County
Circa 1939
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Black and white photograph
11.7 x 18 cm
English
Image
10094
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Point Mugu (Calif.)
Lathrop's on the Sespe
Sespe Wilderness (Calif.)
Hunting lodges
Fishing lodges
Lathrop family
View of the exterior of a long cabin with some buildings adjacent to it, either attached or unattached. A wire fence is in front of the cabin and there is a sign that reads "Lathrop". Museum records indicate this is Lathrop's. Herbert Lathrop ran a fishing and hunting resort/camp at the property known as Lathrop Camp or "Hotel Sespe."
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
circa 1900s
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17.5 x 12.5 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
2461
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ojai (Calif.)
U.S. Forest Ranger at Willett Cabin in the Sespe
Forest rangers
Willett family
Frontier and pioneer life
Horses
An unidentified U.S. Forest Ranger stands in front of 3 horses at the Willett Cabin in the Sespe. The ranger looks at the viewer. Cabin with a stone chimney and a shade structure in the background.
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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Portrait, Full
12.5 x 17.5 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
2459
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ojai (Calif.)
Three Men in Front of Nick Walnut Homestead
Walnut, Nick (Nicola Noce), 1830-1898
Italian Americans
Agriculture
Men--California--Portraits
Frontier and pioneer life
Three men stand outdoors in front of a small wooden house or cabin at the Nick Walnut homestead. They are surrounded by wilderness. The man in center identified as Nick Walnut (Nicola Noce). Nick is holding two horses (one may be a mule) on either side of him. On the left, another man holds a dog on a leash. On the right, a third man stands behind a water well. All men look at the viewer.
Museum records indicate "Nick Walnut homestead on Reeves Road near Ojai Valley Winery (1983)."
Unknown
1983 [8929]
Museum of Ventura County
circa 1870
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11.5 x 9.5 cm
25.5 x 21.5 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
2357
8929
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ojai (Calif.)
Sespe--Lathrop's
Horsemanship
Hunting lodges
Fishing lodges
Lathrop family
Sespe Wilderness (Calif.)
Scene showing men on horseback in the Sespe. In the background are two houses or cabins and some large tents, as well as mountains. Museum records indicate this is Lathrop's. Herbert Lathrop ran a fishing and hunting resort/camp at the property known as Lathrop Camp or "Hotel Sespe."
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
circa 1900s
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9 x 9.1 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
1718
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ojai (Calif.)
Keene Reel 19, Hunting and Trapping, Animals, and Animal Carcass Footage
Hides and skins
Animal carcasses
Mountain life
Hunting
Trapping
Captive wild animals
Lion
Keene, Herman, 1878-1965
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 mountain lion carcass on its back; Keene walks into a cabin on a snowy day; Keene walks with an animal trap under one arm; Snakes in a trap (footage upside down); Snakes in enclosure; Mountain scenery; Man leading horse with a load on its back up a mountain; Forest scenery; A mountain lion carcass hangs upside down with arrows in its side while Keene looks at it; A horse with mountain lion carcass on back; Two snakes in a trap; A bobcat and a jaguar in separate cages with a rodent running around that the jaguar catches; Keene and another man lead horses; Keene posing with flat dead condor; Deer carcasses; Woodpeckers mounted outdoors on a tree; Taxidermized birds set up on ground; Keene catching a snake; Rattlesnake closeup; Taxidermized mountain lion on lawn; Three African lions in cage with trainer (Goebel's); Keene removing dead condor from bag; Mountain lion running away; Kittens and cats; Mountain scenery and Keene leading horses through wilderness; Men examine mountain lion carcass; Men rolling a large basket up a hill behind a man on horseback; Two men examine a mountain lion carcass with arrows in its side hanging upside down from a tree; African lions perform in a cage with trainer (Goebel's); Exterior shot of a structure in a field; Group of men petting and feeding deer; Two men talk next to a car and two horses; Cat running; Group of people in tent at campground; Snake being poked with stick (video upside down); Keene holding a snake upside down; Men sitting next to a cabin; Keene holds snake to the ground and makes cutting motions under its jaw; Man arrives on a farm with a horse-drawn cart; Campground scene near a waterfall with wild boar hanging from tree; Men on horseback leading horses; Keene trapping snakes; Rattlesnake with rope tied around it.
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
13 min., 29 sec.
English
Image
2021-1.19 AV <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/uwyei1cxya36ngg/2021-1.19AV.mp4?dl=0">(Keene Reel 19)</a>
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Thousand Oaks (Calif.)
Keene Reel 8, Mountain Life and Fishing
Mountain life
Horses
Camping
Boats and boating
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 walking through boulders; Body of young man in casket at funeral home; Two men at a gravesite under a tent that reads "Bardsdale"; Parade walkers with sign that reads "Junior Auxiliary Unit 48"; Keene posing with car; Man leading horse down steep path on sheer cliff, appears to duplicate other footage; Two men rolling a mesh or screen contraption that is about 18" in diameter and 6 feet long with a bicycle tire under it in the middle; Wilderness clearing; Car driving below snowy hillside; Horse tied up outside cabin in snow, man walking out of cabin and splitting firewood; Indiscernible upside down and reversed footage; Housecat walking through yard and drinking milk; Man carrying box in outdoors; Car driving down busy street with horse tied to it, running alongside; Exterior of white house with large columns, man leading horse through yard, with footage of the horse's feet; Deer in a field; dilapidated or burned cabin; Man exiting car next to large sign on roadsite that reads "No Smoking Beyond This Point, Ord. No 201"; Sign with woods beyond that reads "Camp and Picnic Fires Permitted Only at Designated Camp Grounds", camera pans to show wooden fencing and metal gate; Camp site with two cars, small table, women in background and cooking holding small child; Man walking through tall grass and scanning the ground; Pile of tires in front of theater with sign advertising Shirley Temple and Baby Face Harrington, people gathered around truck with sign that reads "Good Year Tires", children and women lined up with tires, turning them in to men at truck; Upside down footage of cabin; Dog running into woods; Panorama of valley; Cabin or animal pen; Large birds circling in the sky; Backwards, upside down footage of rattlesnake; Same young man in coffin, same scene in cemetery; Footage of wilderness, panorama of hillsides, possibly Piedra Blanca; Five horses and six people in the yard of a large white house, then riding away; Large body of water at bottom of steep hillside; Group of people inspecting something in rocks at ocean; Sepia footage of wilderness, out of focus; Man and boy walking through brush, pulling a cart or trailer out of the brush; Fishing boat, large fish carcasses, one being lifted with a hoist; Men transferring wooden crates or fishing pots into small boat at pier; Yard scene, with two girls, two horses, a boy, and dogs; Man walking onto platform, inspecting field with trees and tall grass; Keene lifting leg of pack horse; Two men talking next to car with train in background; Two dogs in woods; Fishing boat, men in boat, birds flying above water; Cliffs; Three small row boats, two larger boats on water; Man walking up steep hill with boulders; Man standing on bowsprit of boat, holding long ploe in the water, possibly spearing something; Group of people fishing with rods from boat; Confused footage of man on bowsprit spearing animal with large dorsal fin; Same building that is either animal pen or cabin; Man and horse walking up steep trail.
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
Sepia Film
Home Movie
15 min., 8 sec.
English
Image
2021-1.8 AV <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/u5q9ttet2mus2hr/2021-1.8AV.mp4?dl=0">(Keene Reel 8)</a>
California
Ventura County (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.)
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
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
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.)
Pine Mountain Lodge
Landscape view of a man standing in front of a wood cabin surrounded by trees. Museum records indicate that the man resembles William Hubert. There appears to be a second man on horseback on the right side of the image.
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
1900
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17.8 x 10.8 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
5005
California
Ventura County (Calif.)