The display is meant to showcase the various items preserved and catalogued by the Santa Paula Historical Society, reminding museum-goers how much can be learned about Santa Paula history by collecting, preserving and studying items from the past.The Santa Paula Historical Society’s Archives contain newspapers, oral history tapes, agricultural tools once used on area farms, business records, household utensils, clothing, books and thousands of photographs of people and places. Used extensively by researchers, the Archives have provided materials for the Santa Paula Murals Project, for Santa Paula High School student projects and for exhibits at the California Oil Museum.“Our Archives” will be on display through Aug. 25th.The California Oil Museum is located at 1001 E. Main St. (at the corner of 10th Street). Admission is $2 for adults and $1 for children, free for museum members.For more information, call the museum at 933-0076.
“Our Archives,” at the California Oil Museum
August 14, 2002
Santa Paula News
There must be a 100 eye-catching items on display - a perfect match for the city’s centennial - in the Santa Paula Historical Society’s latest exhibit, “Our Archives,” at the California Oil Museum.
By Peggy KellySanta Paula TimesThere must be a 100 eye-catching items on display - a perfect match for the city’s centennial - in the Santa Paula Historical Society’s latest exhibit, “Our Archives,” at the California Oil Museum.Mike Shore of the Santa Paula Historical Society exhibit committee said that people are always generous with their keepsakes, although at times, “people give us photos and we don’t know who they are. . .” One such large group shot appears to be a family reunion or company picnic. Other individual photos are identified, including some where the subject doesn’t appear to be all that comfortable having their picture taken.The usual and unusual are on display, from a Rube Goldberg-like assembly of glass jars from the 1930s - ethylene gas holders for citrus “sweat rooms” to brighten the fruit - to a 1915 portable typewriter with limited keys.A Ventura County Deed Book from 1910 shows who owned the property while the guest book from the grand opening of the Glen Tavern Inn lists those who first visited the hotel when it opened in 1911.The variety of items from “Our Archives” is amazing, ranging from photos to tool kits, uniforms to newspapers, shoes, an iron, washboard and paintings.
