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Title: Local history photograph collection
Dates: 1890s to current date
Collection number: Consult Library
Collector:
Thousand Oaks Library
Collection Size:
Over 4,000 photographs
Online items available
Repository:
Thousand Oaks Library
Thousand Oaks, CA 91362
Abstract: The Local History Collection includes images of historical interest for the Conejo Valley, from the 1890s to the present.
These show historic buildings, ranches, commercial operations, land use, public events, and local pioneer families. The images
date from the 1890s to the current day.
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
Collection open for research during Reading Room open hours, or by appointment.
The Local History Collection images that are presented online are public domain. Other images in the collection may be copyrighted.
Local history photograph collection. Thousand Oaks Library, Thousand Oaks, CA 91362
Collected by Thousand Oaks Library staff, Patricia A. Allen, and others, 1967 to the present.
These materials were assembled and digitized as part of the California Local History Digital Resources Project, supported
by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA),
administered in California by the State Librarian.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Local History Collection includes images of historical interest for the Conejo Valley, and some nearby areas of Ventura
County, from the 1890s to the present. These show historic buildings, ranches, commercial operations, land use, public events,
and local pioneer families. The bulk of the photographs were taken by amateur or unknown photographers. A database indexing
all of the images is available in the Special Collections Reading Room.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection.
Janss
Goebel
Jungleland
Conejo Valley (Calif.)
Thousand Oaks (Calif.)
Newbury Park (Calif.)
Westlake Village (Calif.)
Hidden Valley (Calif.)
Lake Sherwood (Calif.)
Animals
Auctions
Carnivals
Construction
Fairs
Fires
Oaks
Motion picture locations
Parades
Parks
Political campaigns
Ranches
Streets
Aerial photographs
Photographs