Workers in Lima Bean Fields, Santa Paula
Threshing machines
Lima bean
Agricultural laborers
Farming
Farmers
Sepia toned outdoor farming scene with men, threshing machinery, horses and wagons. Photograph is "rippled" from being glued to a backing. "Thermal Belt Thrashing Company operating in the Lima Bean fields near SantaPaula,Cal." "Photo#676 S.U. Bunnell, 45 Stevenson Ave. Pasadena." On back of photograph is the following: "This photo-copy by Studio of J. Allen Hawkins, Commercial Photographs 1055 E. Walnut St. Pasadena, Calif. 792-5068, 792-1087." C: early 1920's.
Bunnell, S. U.
2008
Museum of Ventura County
circa 1920s
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Panorama
102.6 x 17.5 cm
Sepia photograph
English
Image
38429 OS
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Santa Paula (Calif.)
Ventura Beach Scene Post Card
Beaches--Ventura--Circa 1910
Ventura beach scene, with people sunbathing and swimming, horse and carriage on the left, and ships at sea.
[MacGregor Bros., Ventura, Cal. (Albertype Co., Brooklyn, N.Y.)]
MacGregor Bros.
Museum of Ventura County
circa 1910
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15 x 10 cm
Sepia postcard
English
Image
20061 PC
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Ojai (Calif.)
Untitled, (Mule or Horse Team with 2 Men and Farm Implements)
Agricultural Machinery--Circa 1910-1920
Asses and Mules
A team of mules or horses appears to be pulling a farm implement upon which a man is sitting. Another man is visible within the group of animals. Hills, buildings, utility poles and wires are visible in the distance.
[AZO in stamp area]
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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Sepia postcard
15 x 10 cm
English
Image
20139 PC
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
The Limoneira, Near Santa Paula
Agriculture
Ranches--Limoneira
A lemon orchard with trees in perfect rows stretches off into the distance where it backs up into mountains. A dirt road in the far left cuts the orchard in two and is dotted with electric poles. A pair of brown houses sit in front of the left portion of the orchard. The front of the right-hand house is so covered in white flowers that only the steps leading up to the porch can be seen. On the dirt road beyond the fence of the two houses is a cart filled with crates of lemons, being pulled by two donkeys/mules. The right side of the orchard has several houses lines up in front, of various colors and heights, each with a perfectly squared-off grassy front lawn out front.
[Brakey, J.R., Ventura, Cal. (C.T. American Art), A-68086]
Brakey, J. R.
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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15 x 10 cm
Color postcard
English
Image
20529 PC
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Santa Paula (Calif.)
Ojai (Calif.)
Teague-McKevett Ranch Noon Scene
Teague-McKevett Ranch (Santa Paula, Calif.)
Agricultural laborers
Panorama of Teague-McKevett Ranch with agricultural workers standing in a line in foreground of photo. A house, a barn, mules, buildings/sheds, a man dressed all in white (like a cook?), wind rows, and orchards are visible. Mountains in the background.
Unknown
Gift of George Hiroshi and Miyoko Takeda (Courtesy Japanese American National Museum, Los Angeles), 1995
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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Panorama
100 x 9.5 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
29260 OS
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Santa Paula (Calif.)
Stockton Road along Windbreak
Agriculture
View along the inside of the young windbreak separating agricultural fields. In background, agriculture field is being plowed by four mules. Caption reads "Looking N from Stockton Rd. along windbreak between Tr 73 and 90."
Unknown
Bard Collection
Museum of Ventura County
1929-12-17
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8 x 7.5 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
2390
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Reginaldo Ruiz and John Dalton Deer Hunting
Deer hunting
Ruiz, Reginaldo
Dalton, John
Reginaldo Ruiz, left, and John Dalton on horseback while deer hunting. A mule with a dead deer on its back is between them. Dalton is carrying a rifle.
Unknown
Cecelia Ruiz Collection, 2003
Museum of Ventura County
circa 1930
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Black and white negative
English
Image
25713 NP
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ojai (Calif.)
Mules in Harness
Mules
Mules in harness with houses in the background.
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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Glass plate negative
English
Image
gp045
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Matilija Hot Springs Stagecoach
Bands (Music)
Mules
Stagecoaches--California--Matilija Hot Springs
Decorated Matilija Hot Springs stagecoach drawn by a team of 6 mules, with band in background.
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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Glass plate negative
English
Image
gp125
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Limoneira Ranch Agricultural Worker Panorama
Limoneira Ranch (Santa Paula, Calif.)
Agricultural laborers
Lemon trade
Panorama of agricultural workers, mules, and lemon crates at Limoneira. Captions read: "Noon time scene, World's greatest Lemon Ranch owned by the Limoneira Company of Santa Paula, California, USA." and "Photograph #694 S.U. Bunnell, 45 Stevenson Lane, Pasadena." Writing on back of photograph is as follows: "Incomparable Mules- Ranch scene at Limoneria-Barn Headquarters, Ca. 1905. DHB" (Dean Hobbs Blanchard)
Bunnell, S. U.
Blanchard Collection, 2007
Museum of Ventura County
circa 1905
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Panorama
116.5 x 25.1 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
37818 OS
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Santa Paula (Calif.)
Limoneira Barnyard
Limoneira Ranch (Santa Paula, Calif.)
Barns
Agricultural laborers
Agricultural machinery
Draft animals
Barnyard scene with wagon teams, men and barns at Limoneira Ranch. Photo taken from above the scene. Mountains in background.
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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21 x 25.5 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
5917
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Santa Paula (Calif.)
Keene Reel 9, Campsite, Town, and Animal Footage
Animal feeding
Farmyards
Campsites
Taxidermy
Cooking
Keene, Herman, 1878-1965
Black-and-white footage of camping and general frontier life, some disturbing and graphic, featuring a variety of animals, interspersed with scenes of activity in and around a newly developed town.
Men cook, roll cigarettes, pose for portraits in campsites; some camps are set along dry hills, others in the shade beside small creeks. The longest section of the camping footage focuses on one elaborate creekside campsite, with a large tent, shaded dining area with a hammock, a private bathing area. Later, men guide horses to a campsite with a large flagpole, bearing an American flag and a plaque that reads, "Forest Fireman Station – Maps, Information and Campfire Permits."
In town, the camera focuses on a large, two-story house, and captures various men posing in front of it. Various people are pictured in front of their homes; men socialize in the street. Later, a small café appears, with a neon sign noting "Dick's Sandwiches." An employee in a clean white paper hat, shirt, and apron steps outside and poses before the building.
One section shows a zoo or wildlife preserve of some sort, where men inspect a snake, an African lion cub, and a field of beehives. Elsewhere, men feed and pet donkeys and horses before large barns. One man feeds a large crowd of swans and other birds; another man guides a small wagon driven by (and full of) dogs. A taxidermist examines a dead mountain lion; a kitten studies a dead coyote. A small child climbs onto a stuffed mountain lion (later became part of the Museum of Ventura County collection). A bearded man in a cap, possibly Herman Keene, later poses beside the same taxidermized lion.
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
1900-1940
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Black and White Film
Home Movie
14 min., 12 sec.
English
Image
2021-1.9 AV <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/nf3tsmdjtz3ziat/2021-1.9AV.mp4?dl=0">(Keene Reel 9)</a>
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Hunting Party on North Fork of Matilija Creek
Hunting
Horsemanship
Matilija Creek (Ventura County, Calif.)
Group photo of a hunting party on the North fork of Matilija Creek. There are five men on horseback, some are carrying rifles. There are two pack mules with the group.
Unknown
Cecelia Ruiz Collection, 2003
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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Black and white negative
English
Image
25712 NP
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ojai (Calif.)
House Being Moved
Men
Moving of buildings, bridges, etc.
Mules
R.E. Brakey & Son, Contractors
House being moved by R. E. Brakey & Son, Contractors.
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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gp043
Glass plate negative
English
Image
gp139
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Hauling Grain to Hueneme
Grain
Wagons
Delivery of goods
Draft animals
Hauling grain to Hueneme from Calleguas Ranch above dam. Bird's eye view shows numerous wagons filled with sacks of grain pulled by teams of horses or mules going one direction. Next to them are empty wagons pulled by horse or mule teams going in the opposite direction. Men drive the teams. A fence with an open gate is visible in the background.
Unknown
11718 [cataloged 1985]
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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17.8 x 10.8 cm
18 x 12.6 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
4051
11718
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Port Hueneme (Calif.)