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Title
Rafael Solares (1822-1890), Chief of the Inéseño Chumash Community of Zanja de Cota. Photographed in traditional dancing regalia : 1878, by Léon de Cessac, a French anthropologist.
Date
1878
Description
Rafael Solares wears dancing regalia and stands, holding items in his hands. The landscape in the background appears to be a painted backdrop. Image originally obtained from Musée de l'Homme, Paris.
Title
Rosario Cooper, Obispeño Chumash : 1916.
Date
1916
Description
Close up portrait of Rosario Cooper who wears blouse, hoop earrings and wide brimmed hat. Image originally obtained from Harrington Papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution 91-31284.
Title
Rose O'Brien, daughter of John and Juana O'Brien : ca. 1900.
Date
circa 1900
Description
Close up portrait of Rose O'Brien. She wears her hair up. Her top has a ruffled neckline. Image originally obtained from Diane Napoleone.
Title
Steven Blanco, son of Bertha and Joe Blanco, in uniform (right) and Mickey Hambrey (left) in front of the Old Mission San Buenaventura : 1945.
Date
1945
Description
Joe Blanco and Seven Blanco in Navy uniform walk on sidewalk. Image originally obtained from Bertha Blanco.
Title
Tentatively identified as Justo, Barbareño Chumash leader of the Cieneguita Indian Community, who died in 1895.
Date
circa late 1800s
Description
Portrait of a man who stands in front of wooden fence, thought to be Justo, Barbareño Chumash leader. Image originally obtained from Harrington Papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution 91-31332.
Title
The woman in this photograph was believed to be Sinforosa Fustero (1834-1912), an Indian woman of Tataviam and Kitanemuk parentage. However, the person in this 1880 photograph is obviously a younger woman. She may have been Sinforosa's daughter or daughter-in-law. Photo by J.C. Brewster.
Date
1880
Description
Formal studio portrait of a young woman, possibly Sinforosa Fustero's daughter, who stands in front of light-colored railing. Image originally obtained from Harrington Papers, National Anthropological Archives, 47730A.
Title
Timothy Olivas, grandson of Rosario Cooper : ca. 1925.
Date
circa 1925
Description
Timothy Olivas stands on sidewalk near telephone pole and in front of postal collection box. Image originally obtained from Mary Trejo.
Title
Ubaldo and Lydia Ballesteros with two of their children. Ubaldo Ballesteros was part Tuxcan Indian from Mexico. Lydia Ballesteros (née Escalante) was of Chumash and Salinan Ancestry.
Date
undated : circa 1940s
Description
Informal outdoor family portrait of Ubaldo and Lydia Ballesteros with two of their children. Image originally obtained from Joseph Ballesteros.
Title
Ventureño Chumash women, Apolonia Guzman (left) and Petra Pico (right). The child seated on the steps is Petra's great granddaughter, Soraida García : ca. 1888.
Date
circa : 1888
Description
Apolonia Guzman and a young great granddaughter of Petra Pico sit on steps. Petra Pico leans on brick wall next to steps. Image originally obtained from Ventura County Museum of History and Art.
Title
Vera Ortega at confirmation : ca. 1915, daughter of Antonio María and Isidora Ortega.
Date
circa 1915
Description
Vera Ortega stands at an angle at 3/4 view. Image originally obtained from Beverly Folkes.
Title
Vernon Tumamait, son of Cecilio and María Basilisa Tumamait, when he served in the Army Medical Corps at Kelly Field, San Antonio, Texas : 1942.
Date
1942
Description
Close up portrait of Vernon Tumamait in uniform. Image originally obtained from Bertha Blanco.
Title
Vincent Tumamait (center) and fellow members of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camp at Los Prietos in what is now Los Padres National Forest : ca. 1935.
Date
circa 1935
Description
Group portrait of Vincent Tumamait with six other young men in uniforms who stand outside of a building. Image originally obtained from Julie Tumamait-Stenslie.
Title
Vincent Tumamait, son of Cecilio and María Basilisa Tumamait : 1921.
Date
1921
Description
Young Vincent Tumamait sits on porch step. Image originally obtained from Julie Tumamait-Stenslie.
Title
William Branch (right) and his brother-in-law, Agustín Padilla : ca. 1925.
Date
circa 1925
Description
Formal studio portrait of William Branch who stands and Agustín Padilla who sits. Image originally obtained from Dorothy Pérez Smith.
Title
William Branch, son of Catherine Bermúdez (née O'Brien) : ca. 1897.
Date
circa 1897
Description
Formal, close up studio portrait of William Branch. Image originally obtained from Diane Napoleone.
Title
Ygnacio brothers branding a horse at their ranch near Santa Barbara.
Date
undated
Description
A horse lays on its side in a corral. One man knéels and holds down the horse's head while a standing man holds a rope that is tied to the horse's left legs. Another horse stands at the viewer's left. Image originally obtained from Angela Yee, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Collection.
Title
Second from left, Juana ("Jennie") Gardner (née Castelo), Barbareño Chumash, and third from left, Amanda Martínez (née Sosa), Ventureño Chumash, with friends and relatives at Bill Gardner's "Fish Camp" on the Rincon Coast : ca. 1930.
Date
circa 1930
Description
Informal outdoor group portrait of seven friends and relatives including second from left, Juana ("Jeannie") Gardner (née Castelo), Barbareño Chumash, and third from left, Amanda Martínez (née Sosa) Ventureño Chumash, at Bill Gardner's Fish Camp, Rincon Coast. Image originally obtained from Carol Pulido and Edna Rodríguez.
Title
Francisca Ortega and Juan Barrios, both of half-Chumash ancestry, possibly their wedding portrait in 1888. J. C. Brewster photo.
Date
circa 1888
Description
Formal studio portrait of Francisca Ortega and Juan Barrios, possibly their wedding portrait.
Title
Margarita Bernal, Rosa Cota and children in front of Margarita's adobe house at Zanja de Cota : beef jerky is drying in the background : 1890s.
Date
1890s
Description
Margarita Bernal, Rosa Cota and three children stand in front of Margarita's adobe house at Zanja de Cota. Drying beef jerky hangs on porch line.
Title
Carlos Cristóbal Castelo, Barbareño Chumash descendant.
Date
undated: circa late 19th century
Description
In field, team of six mules harnessed to metal wheeled cart, Carlos Cristóbal Castelo sits on cart; buildings, windmill and trees in background. Image originally obtained from Ralph Morello and Edna Rodríguez.
Title
Chumash musicians at Mission San Buenaventura : 1873.
Date
1873
Description
Six seated Chumash musicians hold instruments at Mission San Buenaventura. The musicians are identified from left to right: Andrés, Juan de Jesús Tumamait, Chico, Jacinto Jesus, Ziano, José María.
Title
Mission teacher and Indian pupils : 1885.
Date
1885
Description
A mission teacher holds a toddler on his lap and eight other young children stand or sit around the teacher. Most of the children hold an opened book. There are two woven totes lying on the patterned floor rug and furniture is seen at right.
Title
Candelaria Valenzuela, basket weaver of Ventureño Chumash and Fernandeño ancestry : circa 1912.
Date
circa 1912
Description
Candelaria Valenzuela, a famous basket weaver of Ventureño Chumash, sits on boulder and points her left index finger upward. Brush and hill fill the background.
Title
Petra Pico, famous basket maker and a leader of Ventura's Chumash community : circa 1890.
Date
circa 1890
Description
Petra Pico, famous basket maker and leader of Ventura's Chumash community, stands near a wall and holds a basket that is being woven. Baskets, along with straight and coiled fiber, are on the floor.
Title
Juan Estevan Pico (1841-1901) with the tools of his profession, carpentry ; Pico took an interest in preserving a record of his native Ventureño Chumash language and developed his own linguistically accurate orthography that surpassed that used by contemporary scholars.
Date
1870s-1880s
Description
Portrait of Juan Estevan Pico who holds carpentry tools behind balustrade railing and pedestal. "Pico took an interest in preserving a record of his native Ventureno Chumash language and developed his own linguistically accurate orthography that surpassed that used by contemporary scholars."
Title
Construction of a Chumash house frame using willow poles, Ventura County Fair : 1923.
Date
1923
Description
About ten men work with tall willow poles to construct a domed Chumash house. One man stands on tall ladder. In background, piled grass, U. S. flag at half mast, telephone pole, tower, house, car and trees.
Title
Finished Chumash house, thatched with tules, Ventura County Fair : 1923.
Date
1923
Description
Finished domed Chumash house, thatched with tules, stands in a grassy field. Three men and willow poles with cross pieces stand in front of house. In background there are two parked autos, telephone pole, flag pole, house (partially seen), palm trees, fence and shelving unit.
Title
Fernando Librado Kitsepawit (1839-1915), born and raised at Mission San Buenaventura, Jerd Barker, Pat Forbes, Lompoc : circa 1912.
Date
circa 1912
Description
Fernando Librado Kitsepawit (1839-1915), born and raised at Mission San Buenaventura, sits next to Jerd Barker and Pat Forbes. Kitsepawit's parents were both born on Santa Cruz Island and brought to the mission as children.
Title
Chumash tomol (plank canoe) built under the direction of Fernando Librado Kitsepawit for J. P. Harrington : 1912.
Date
1912
Description
Five men stand behind Chumash tomol (plank canoe) that was built under the direction of Fernando Librado Kitsepawit for J. P. Harrington. A wooden boardwalk is in the foreground and trees line the background.
Title
Albert Leiva and the Barrios children in front of their parents' home at 104 East Meta Street, Ventura : circa 1905.
Date
circa 1905
Description
Albert Leiva and four Barrios children stand in front of their parent's home at 104 East Meta Street, Ventura.
Title
John A. Barrios (on viewer's right) and friend in uniform, World War I.
Date
circa 1900s
Description
Studio photograph of seated John Barrios (on viewer's right) and friend in World War I uniforms.
Title
Philip Rodríguez, son of Juana María Rodríguez, (née Rios), Ventureño Chumash : circa 1946 ; taken in Japan during his service in the U. S. Army.
Date
circa 1946
Description
Philip Rodríguez, Ventureño Chumash, in Japan during his World War II service in the U. S. Army. He stands next to a fence; his arm rest a fence pole. Trees and building are in the background.
Title
Edna Rodríguez (née McLean), Barbareño Chumash descendant, and Philip Rodríguez, Ventureño Chumash descendant, with their daughter, Carol : 1945.
Date
1945
Description
Edna Rodríguez (née McLean), Barbareño Chumash descendant) and Philip Rodríguez (Ventureño Chumash descendant) with their infant daughter, Carol, stand near a concrete bridge. A sedan is parked behind them on side of road. Trees are in background. Image originally obtained from Carol Pulido and Edna Rodríguez.
Title
Cecilio Tumamait (center) and his wife, María Basilisa Tumamait (née Barrios), drying apricots in the late 1920s ; the man on the viewer's left is Patrick Palomino.
Date
1920s
Description
Cecilio Tumamait (center) and his wife, María Basilisa Tumamait (née Barrios) stand near Patrick Palomino behind trays where apricots are drying. There is a wall behind them. Image originally obtained from Bertha Blanco.
Title
Left to right: Enrique Leyva, Purisimeño Chumash descendant, María Antonia Leyva (née Tumamait), Ventureño Chumash, and María Basilisa Tumamait (née Barrios), Ventureño Chumash : circa 1915 ; probably taken near their homes on North Olive Street, Ventura.
Date
circa 1915
Description
Enrique Leyva, Purisimeño Chumash descendant, is seated near two women who stand. The women are identified as María Antonia Leyva (née Tumamait), Ventureño Chumash, who holds a cat, and María Basilisa Tumamait (née Barrios), Ventureño Chumash. The three are in front of a fence and wooden building. Probably taken near their homes on North Olive Street, Ventura. Image originally obtained from Carol Pulido and Edna Rodríguez.
Title
Sisters Margaret (left) and Bertha Tumamait with their husbands, Raymond John Durante and Joe Blanco holding Jerome Duarte at his baptism at Old San Buenaventura Mission : October 14, 1945.
Date
10/14/1945
Description
Sisters Margaret (left) and Bertha Tumamait with husbands, John Raymond Durante and Joe Blanco who holds Jerome Duarte at his baptism at Old San Buenaventura Mission. They stand in front of a fountain in a garden. Image originally obtained from Bertha Blanco.
Title
Vincent Tumamait on horseback : circa 1935.
Date
circa 1935
Description
Vincent Tumamait sits on a horse in front of a fence and buildings.
Title
María Rafaela Velasco (née Leiva), lifelong resident of Ventura County, whose mother came from Mission Santa Barbara or Santa Inés.
Date
undated : circa early 20th century
Description
María Rafaela Velasco (née Leiva), lifelong resident of Ventura County, whose mother came from Mission Santa Barbara or Santa Inés. Image originally obtained from Ralph Lemos.
Title
Antonio María Ortega, born at Rancho Encino and baptized at San Fernando Mission in 1851 ; Ortega's great grandfather, Tiburcio Cayo, was born at the Chumash town of Ta 'apu in Simi Valley ; other ancestors of Ortega were Tataviam Indians from the Upper Santa Clara River Valley.
Date
undated : circa early 20th century
Description
Antonio María Ortega, born at Rancho Encino and baptized at San Fernando Mission in 1851. Ortega's great grandfather, Tiburcio Cayo, was born at the Chumash town of Ta 'apu in Simi Valley. Other ancestors of Ortega were Tataviam Indians from the Upper Santa Clara River Valley. Image originally obtained from Beverly Folkes.
Title
Sally Ortega, daughter of Antonio María and Isidora Ortega : ca. 1915.
Date
circa 1915
Description
Sally Ortega, daughter of Antonio María and Isidora Ortega, sits on chair in studio. Image originally obtained from Beverly Folkes.
Title
Sally Ortega, standing, and Vera Ortega, on viewer's right, with school friend, at viewer's left, at their home in San Fernando ; the silhouette in the window is of Isidora Ortega, mother of Sally and Vera.
Date
circa 1900s
Description
Sally Ortega, standing, and Vera Ortega, on viewer's right, with school friend, at viewer's left, at the front porch of their San Fernando home. The silhouette in the window is of Isidora Ortega, mother of Sally and Vera. Image originally obtained from Beverly Folkes.
Title
Eulogio Ortega, (at viewer's left), son of Antonia María and Isidora Ortega, on hay truck.
Date
undated : circa early 20th century
Description
Eulogio Ortega, in passenger seat, son of Antonia María and Isidora Ortega, and a driver sit in flatbed hay truck that has an attached trailer. Both flatbed and trailer are fully loaded with hay stacked four rows high. Image originally obtained from Beverly Folkes.
Title
Luisa Ygnacio, Barbareño Chumash, consultant to John P. Harrington : 1913.
Date
1913
Description
Luisa Ygnacio, Barbareño Chumash, consultant to John P. Harrington. Image originally obtained from Josephine Robles and John Yee, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Collection.
Title
Lucrecia García (née Ygnacio), daughter of José and Luisa Ygnacio : circa 1897.
Date
circa 1897
Description
Lucrecia García (née Ygnacio), daughter of Jose and Luisa Ygnacio. Image originally obtained from Josephine Robles and John Yee, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Collection.
Title
John P. Harrington and two of his principal Barbareño Chumash consultants at the site of their former adobe home, Indian Orchard, Goleta : 1931 ; left to right: Mary J. Yee (née Rowe), holding her son John Yee, Lucrecia García (née Ygnacio), John Harrington holding Angela Yee.
Date
1931
Description
John P. Harrington and two of his principal Barbareño Chumash consultants at the site of their former adobe home, Indian Orchard, Goleta. Left to right: Mary J. Yee (née Rowe), holding her son John Yee, Lucrecia García (née Ygnacio), John Harrington holding Angela Yee. Image originally obtained from Harrington Collection, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History.
Title
Josephine Yee, Maxine Silva, Valentina and John Yee, descendants of Barbareño Chumash Indians : circa 1928.
Date
circa 1928
Description
Josephine Yee, Maxine Silva, Valentina and John Yee, descendants of Barbareño Chumash Indians. Image originally obtained from Josephine Robles and John Yee, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Collection.
Title
Valentina Valencia (née Yee), and her mother, Mary J. Yee (née Rowe), at Knott's Berry Farm : circa 1961 ; Mary Yee was the last known native speaker of any Chumash language.
Date
circa 1961
Description
Valentina Valencia (née Yee), and her mother, Mary J. Yee (née Rowe), stand in front of wooden cabin at Knott's Berry Farm, circa 1961. Mary Yee was the last known native speaker of any Chumash language. Image originally obtained from Josephine Robles and John Yee, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Collection.
Title
A Barbareño Chumash couple, possibly Justo and Cecilia, at the site of the old Indian adobe house at Mission Santa Barbara.
Date
undated : circa late 19th century
Description
A Barbareño Chumash couple, possibly Justo and Cecilia, at Mission Santa Barbara, in a fenced yard at the site of the old Indian adobe house. Image originally obtained from Santa Barbara Historical Society.
Title
Juan Justo being recorded by Philip Johnston for broadcast on the First Californians : 1941.
Date
1941
Description
Juan Justo is seated next to microphone and Philip Johnston stands over a portable recorder to record Justo for broadcast on the First Californians. Image originally obtained from Santa Barbara Historical Society.
Title
Juana Arabos (née Valenzuela), first cousin of Juan Justo, daughter of Isabel, Barbareño Chumash, and Hilario Valenzuela, a Yaqui Indian who lived in Santa Barbara.
Date
undated : circa late 19th century
Description
Juana Arabos (née Valenzuela), first cousin of Juan Justo, daughter of Isabel, Barbareño Chumash, and Hilario Valenzuela, a Yaqui Indian who lived in Santa Barbara. Image originally obtained from Ralph Morello.
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