Wheel Used for Making Olive Oil

Image

Wheel Used for Making Olive Oil

Title

Wheel Used for Making Olive Oil

Identifier

31015 NP

Source

Marguerite Haines Collection, 1997

Description

Image shows an olive oil mill at Rancho Camulos. The mill consists of a stone wheel with a wooden structure built over it. On top of the wooden structure there are pumpkins. Behind the mill there is a wooden building connected to a picket fence. To the right of the image there are two trees.

Library records indicate that the olive oil produced at Rancho Camulos was for personal and church use.

Creator

Lummis, Charles Fletcher

Date

circa 1888

Format

Black and white negative

Subject

Rancho Camulos (Calif.)
Olive oil mills

Coverage

California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Piru (Calif.)

Publisher

Museum of Ventura County

Rights

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.

Type

Image

Language

English

Collection

Citation

Lummis, Charles Fletcher, “Wheel Used for Making Olive Oil,” Research Library at The Museum of Ventura County, accessed November 23, 2024, https://photographs.venturamuseum.org/items/show/7832.