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Title
Old adobe home in Santa Barbara.
Date
undated: circa early 20th century
Description
Children stand in front yard of a Santa Barbara home. A building's dome is seen in the distance at viewer's right.
Title
Plowing up State Street, First National Bank at right : 1887.
Date
1887
Description
Mule team and workers plow up State Street while a few people watch. The First National Bank is at the far right.
Title
Removing tile from old adobe.
Date
undated : circa late 19th century
Description
Worker holds a roof tile. More tiles are stacked near him in courtyard. Behind the worker, there are exposed vigas on the building's roof as many tiles and latillas are missing.
Title
Casitas Dam crew.
Date
undated : circa late 19th century
Description
Casitas Dam crew of nine shovel dirt or stand near piles of white filled cloth bags. Two white horses are hitched to a wagon. Metal barrel lies on its side in foreground and other equipment is seen at the left.
Title
Pete Jimenez sharpening an axe.
Date
undated : circa late 19th century
Description
With pipe in his mouth, Pete Jimenez sits on sawhorse and sharpens axe on wheel grinder. Prickly pear cactus in background. Image originally obtained from Carpinteria Valley Museum of History.
Title
Road paving.
Date
undated : circa early 20th century
Description
Crew of eight workers shovel or rake piles of steaming asphalt on road behind dump truck with a lifted, open bed. Image originally obtained from Carpinteria Valley Museum of History.
Title
Joe Velarde and Juan Pico at the Free Press office.
Date
undated : circa early 20th century
Description
Five men stand in the Free Press Office. Also seen are trays of movable type, printing presses, work table. Sign on wall, "OLDEST PAPER IN THE COUNTY, THE FREE PRESS, $2.00 PER YEAR. SUBSCRIBE FOR THE FREE PRESS." Image originally obtained from Carpinteria Valley Museum of History.
Title
Workers at mechanic shop.
Date
undated : circa early 20th century
Description
Eleven workers in mechanics shop. Three vehicles are visible including a complete car, an undercarriage, and an auto without sides or roof. Image originally obtained from Ventura County Museum of History and Art.
Title
Valenzuela Laundry.
Date
undated : circa early 20th century
Description
Man stands inside the Valenzuela Laundry with his arm on opened machine. Bins and a table are laden with light colored cloth. Folded cloth is on top of a barrel. Cloth hangs on a line in back of room. Image originally obtained from Santa Barbara Historical Society.
Title
W.P.A. Workers.
Date
undated : circa 1938
Description
Fifteen W.P.A. workers are employed at a wood chopping operation on side of road. Some men chop wood with axes. Some rake the ground of debris. Others work near a pile of wood near a truck. Stacked wood is visible at far right near the road. Image originally obtained from UCSB Special Collections.
Title
Man mailing library packages at the Santa Barbara Post Office.
Date
undated : circa early 20th century
Description
Two men and three women stand at postal windows in the Santa Barbara Post Office of which one man is mailing large, wrapped library packages. Another man stands at work table. Image originally obtained from Santa Barbara Public Library.
Title
Road leading to Old Spanish Town in Montecito.
Date
undated : circa early 20th century
Description
On dirt lane leading to Old Spanish Town in Montecito, three children stand near trees, rock wall and pole fence; a pergola is visible at right background. Image originally obtained from Santa Barbara Public Library.
Title
Corner store in the barrio of Santa Barbara.
Date
undated : circa early to mid-20th century
Description
A pitched roof corner store in the barrio of Santa Barbara has signs including, "Caf�, El Adobe, good old Balboa beer, wine 5 cents." A four story brick building is visible at far right. Image originally obtained from Pat Hernandez.
Title
El Brillante Market, S. Ojai Street, Mike Luccia, Joe Diaz, Juan Salas-proprietor and Joe Preciado.
Date
undated : circa early 20th century
Description
In front of the Brillante Market on S. Ojai Street, in work uniforms, three men stand between two automobiles. Another man leans on a car's fender and a child stands on the store's sidewalk near potato sacks. Signs on the front of the market include, "Molina de Nixtamal y Fabrica de Tortillas, El Brillante, J. G. Salas prop., Grocery 245, Abarrotes y Carne Fresca." Image originally obtained from Carpinteria Valley Museum of History.
Title
Family portrait.
Date
circa 1920s-1930s
Description
Seven children and four women stand in front of flowering plant in front of house. Image originally obtained from Domingo Saragoza.
Title
Social services in the barrio.
Date
undated : circa early 20th century
Description
Nine boys and men in Boy Scouts uniforms and two men in suits stand or kneel in front of the East Side Social Center building. One boy holds the staff to a pennant that reads, "Troop 5 Santa Barbara Cal." Image originally obtained from UCSB Special Collections.
Title
Fiesta in Santa Barbara.
Date
undated : circa early 20th century
Description
Thirteen Santa Barbara Fiesta performers and musicians with stringed instruments pose in front of large porch. Image originally obtained from UCSB Special Collections.
Title
Mexican musicians on horseback.
Date
undated : circa early 20th century
Description
Standing in the street are seven decorated horses with eight Mexican riders who are musicians. Most of the hatted riders hold a stringed instrument. One dog stands in front and three pedestrians are seen behind the horses. Image originally obtained from Santa Barbara Public Library.
Title
Gregorio Selverio, last bell ringer at San Luis Obispo Mission.
Date
undated : circa 1921
Description
Gregorio Selverio, the last bell ringer at San Luis Obispo Mission, stands in bell tower.
Title
Beet Team, U.S. Co., Betteravia, California.
Date
undated : circa early 20th century
Description
In a U.S. Company's Betteravia field, a ten-mule team is hitched to a big wagon full of beets. One worker stands at top of wagon and two workers stand at side of wagon. Image originally obtained from Santa Barbara Public Library.
Title
Mexican vacquero.
Date
undated : circa early 20th century
Description
Man sits on horse while he holds hands to his mouth. The horse stands in a field near trees. Image originally obtained from Santa Barbara Public Library.
Title
Unloading beets from wagon in Betteravia, California.
Date
undated : circa 1887
Description
Pulleys lift large net of beets from a big U.S. Co. wagon hitched to a ten-mule team on a wooden ramp In Betteravia. Workers unload the beets into the top of an open rail car. Image originally obtained from Ventura County Museum of History and Art.
Title
Blanchard Packing House.
Date
1910
Description
Interior aerial view of Blanchard Packing House with workers standing on both sides of a long sorting section with fruit in bins. Wooden packing boxes are labeled, "Nathan W. Blanchard Santa Paula." Identified workers include Esther Huerta Preciado, 3rd from left, Minnie Nunez, 6th from left, and Manual Lopez, in overalls. Boxes are stacked at side and background. Image originally obtained from Esther Huerta Preciado, Minnie Nunez, Manual Lopez.
Title
Adobe housing for farm workers, Oxnard : 1899.
Date
1899
Description
Five, small, pitched roofed abode casitas stand in an Oxnard field. Wheelbarrow in front and trees are in background. Image originally obtained from Ventura County Museum of History and Art.
Title
Walnut pickers.
Date
undated : circa 1930s
Description
Three men stand near a "G. P. Glumaz Mt. View" wooden packing box. One man tips metal bucket toward box. Trees in background. Image originally obtained from Mr. John Trejo.
Title
Walnut harvesting.
Date
undated : circa 1930s
Description
In an orchard, three people kneel or squat to harvest walnuts near metal buckets on ground. Two women watch the harvesters. Image originally obtained from Mr. John Trejo.
Title
Piru Packing House.
Date
undated : circa mid-20th century
Description
Six women in a line, each sit or kneel behind a Mansion packing box at Piru Packing House. Citrus fruit is in a bin to the left, conveyor belt on right. In background, other workers are at an elevated level and have their backs to the camera. Image originally obtained from Ventura County Museum of History and Art.
Title
Tent camp for railroad workers.
Date
undated : circa late 19th century
Description
Tent camp for railroad workers contains approximately one hundred light colored tents on the beach near small stream on right and ocean in background. Image originally obtained from Ventura County Museum of History and Art.
Title
Packing house workers with Christmas bonus turkeys.
Date
1948 October
Description
Eleven packing house female workers squat or stand with about a dozen live Christmas bonus turkeys. Flattened, stacked boxes fill the background of the Guadalupe packing house. Image originally obtained from "Cal-Veg Co-operator Newsletter" October 1948.
Title
Truck driver, Mr. John Trejo's father.
Date
1940s
Description
Truck driver, Mr. John Trejo's father, and six other men stand along the side of a tractor-trailer with a covered stake bed. Gravel and pavement are in foreground and metal building is at left background. Image originally obtained from Santa Barbara Public Library.
Title
Hauling produce.
Date
undated : circa early 20th century
Description
Two men sit in open cab of stake bed truck. Burlap bags fill the truck bed. A locked box sits on the driver's running board.
Title
Hispanic Youth Group in Carpinteria, California.
Date
undated : circa mid-20th century
Description
Two men and five teen boys in suits stand or sit in front of a house. They are the Hispanic Youth Group in Carpinteria. Image originally obtained from Mr. Domingo Saragoza.
Title
Portrait artist, Jose de la Huerta.
Date
undated : circa mid-20th century
Description
Jose de la Huerta stands at art easel that holds an in-progress portrait on canvas. The artist holds palette and paintbrush in his hands. Several portraits and one painted landscape are displayed nearby. Image originally obtained from Ventura County Museum of History and Art.
Title
The Hernandez wedding.
Date
1940s
Description
Outdoor portrait of Pat Hernandez and his bride and four others of their wedding party. Wedding cake and wrapped gifts are on table in front. Wooden building and picket fence are in the background. Image originally obtained from Pat Hernandez.
Title
Head Start children in Carpinteria, California.
Date
undated : circa mid-20th century
Description
Carpinteria Head Start parade float filled with children sitting on decorated flatbed truck bed. Two people walk near the truck. Kentucky Fried Chicken sign seen at top right. Image originally obtained from Ventura County Museum of History and Art.
Title
Lompoc flower fields.
Date
undated: circa 1930s-1950
Description
Four people sit or stand in front of blooming flowers in a field. Image originally obtained from Mr. John Trejo.
Title
Hispanic Orchestra in Carpinteria, California.
Date
undated : circa mid-20th century
Description
On lit stage, Carpinteria's Hispanic Orchestra conductor stands and eleven musicians are seated holding instruments. Image originally obtained from Mr. Domingo Saragoza.
Title
Adobe residence of José and Francisca Solares at Zanja de Cota. Photo by Cristina Moller : 1906.
Date
1906
Description
Clothes hang on clothesline near a wagon. Cabin and shed are visible in midground. Field and trees are in the background. Image originally obtained from Harrington Papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution 91-30505.
Title
Adrian ("Dutch") Pierce, son of María Antonia Baylon Pierce, at his home in Morro Bay prior to participating in a California Indian Council Meeting : 1945.
Date
1945
Description
Adrian ("Dutch") Pierce squats on the dirt and wears traditional feathered headdress with shirt, tie, slacks and dress shoes. House is partially visible in background along with plants, and items in the side yard . Image originally obtained from Penny Hurt.
Title
Albert O'Brien, son of John O'Brien and Juana, a full-blooded Santa Barbara Indian woman : ca. 1900.
Date
circa 1900
Description
Close up portrait of Albert O'Brien. He wears a suit with striped scarf at his neck. Image originally obtained from Diane Napoleone.
Title
Alice Branch, daughter of Anita Branch (née Mandínez) and William Branch : 1910.
Date
1910
Description
Formal studio portrait of young Alice Branch who stands on chair. Image originally obtained from Diane Napoleone.
Title
Anita Branch (née Mandínez), granddaughter of Justo and Cecilia : ca. 1910.
Date
circa 1910
Description
Close up formal studio portrait of Anita Branch at an angle at 3/4 view. Image originally obtained from Dorothy Pérez Smith.
Title
Bedrock mortars where Chumash women ground acorns, San Marcos Pass.
Date
undated
Description
Several mortars are visible in a bedrock outcropping in a field landscape. Image originally obtained from Santa Barbara Historical Society.
Title
Bertha Carmelita Falkenstrom (née Lathrop), great granddaughter of Rosario Cooper, with her son, James Falkenstrom : early 1940s.
Date
circa early 1940s
Description
Bertha Carmelita Falkenstrom sits on grass against a house and holds her infant son, James Falkenstrom. Image originally obtained from Mary Trejo.
Title
Burial entry for Juana María, the Lone Woman of San Nicolas Island : October 19, 1853, in the Libro de Difuntos (Book of Deaths) at Santa Barbara Mission. The entry states that no one could understand her language, so her baptism was bestowed conditionally by Fr. Sánchez.
Date
10/19/1853
Description
Copy print of handwritten text written in Spanish. Image originally obtained from the Santa Barbara Mission Archive Library.
Title
Candelaria Valenzuela, Chumash basketmaker : ca. 1912.
Date
circa 1912
Description
Candelaria Valenzuela seated at an angle at 3/4 view with plants in foreground and background. Image originally obtained from Ventura County Museum of History and Art.
Title
Carlos Valenzuela : 1942, born in Ventura County and descended from Indians associated with Mission San Fernando.
Date
1942
Description
Portrait of Carols Valenzuela in uniform. Image originally obtained from Paul Varela, Oakbrook Park Chumash Interpretive Center.
Title
Cecilia Justo, mother of Juan Justo : 1903.
Date
1903
Description
Cecilia Justo sits on chair in landscape. Image originally obtained from Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History.
Title
Central California Indians, Ventura County Fair : 1923. Bob Bautista (Tachi Yokuts) in dancing regalia, seated in foreground. Left to right on bench: Jim Wilcox (Yokuts), José Peregrino (Winai) Romero (Ventureño Chumash), Juliana Ygnacio (Barbareño Chumash), Lucrecia García (Barbareño Chumash), Juan Solano (Migueleño Salinan), José Juan Olivas (Ventureño Chumash).
Date
1923
Description
Bob Bautista sits on ground in dance regalia and Jim Wilcox, José Peregrino Romero, Juliana Ygnacio, Lucrecia García, Juan Solano and José Juan Olivas sit on bench behind Bautista. Spectators and automobiles are visible in background. Image originally obtained from Harrington Papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution 91-34030.
Title
Chief Red Horse, Jose Baylon (Salinan), Anna Herrera (née Forsting) (Salinan), Rebecca Red Horse and Felicita Forsting (née Rosas) (Salinan), Paso Robles parade : ca. 1931.
Date
circa 1931
Description
Chief Red Horse, José Baylon, Anna Herrera, Rebecca Red Horse and Felicita Forsting wear traditional regalia and stand in a line on grass in front of a road. Image originally obtained from Penny Hurt.
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