Railroad Camp at W. J. Richardson Ranch
Railroads--Design and construction
Railroad construction workers
Labor camps
View of the railroad camp on the W. J. Richardson ranch near Moorpark, taken from a distance. Tents and animals are visible in the camp, with hills in the background.
Unknown
Gwendolyn Greene Collection, 1997
Museum of Ventura County
1900
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Sepia photograph
9 x 11.5 cm
English
Image
30915
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Moorpark (Calif.)
Camp Comfort, Ventura
Parks--Camp Comfort
View of a valley oak woodland. Large oak sits at the foreground to the left of the viewer. Its branches extend across the field of view. Many oaks visible in the background. Short grasses line the woodland floor.
[MacGregor Bros., Ventura, Cal. (Postcards of Quality, Albertype Co., Brooklyn, N.Y.)]
MacGregor Bros.
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
20210 PC
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (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.
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., 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 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.)
Lyon Springs Resort, Matilija Canyon, Near Nordhoff, Ventura, Co., Calif.
Health Resorts--Lyons Hot Springs
Lyon Springs Resort
Matilija Canyon--Circa 1930
Trail view of a campsite at Lyon Springs Resorts, Matilija Canyon. Set beside a campsite of simple white tents, a trail head marked by wood posts in the foreground heads off into the trees.
Caption: "LYON SPRINGS RESORT, MATILIJA CANYON, NEAR NORDHOFF, VENTURA CO., CALIF."
Verso: Addressed to Barbara Barnard Smith and Mr. Rudolph R[rest illegible] of Brooklyn, New York.
[Brakey, J.R., Ventura, Cal. (C.T. American Art, Chicago), A72265]
Brakey, J. R.
Museum of Ventura County
1930-06-17
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20526 PC
15 x 10 cm
Color postcard
English
Image
20075 PC
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ojai (Calif.)
Ojai (Calif.)
Sisquoc Rangers Camping
Hunting
Hunters
Library records state: "Sisquoc Rangers - The Hunting Club of the Nineties (1890's)." Photo is of a woman flanked by two men in front of tent. They are sitting on the ground
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
circa 1890s
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9038
9040
9041
8.8 x 11.8 cm
Sepia photograph
English
Image
9039
California
Ventura County (Calif.)