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Patio of an adobe house on Camulos Ranch (birthplace of Ramona), ca.1890
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Patio of an adobe house on Camulos Ranch (birthplace of Ramona), ca.1890
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Photograph of the patio of an adobe house on Camulos Ranch (birthplace of Ramona), ca.1890. Neatly arranged bushes and trees decorate the garden. A young tree enclosed in wooden support is planted in the plot of land in the foreground (at right). Just behind this plot of land is a tall tree situated behind bushes that are arranged in a circle.; "Although Rancho Camulos became well known among Californians for the accomplishments of three generations of Del Valles in both the political and agricultural history of the state, it is best recognized as the 'Home of Ramona.' When Helen Hunt Jackson published her best-selling novel Ramona in 1884, it was her intention to supply the general reader with an appreciation of the California Indians' plight as illustrated by the trials and tribulations of the fictional Indian girl, Ramona. Disappointed that A Century of Dishonor, her earlier book reciting the past injustices of the Indians, received so little notice, she wrote Ramona hoping to elicit popular support for the Indians, much as her acquaintance Harriet Beecher Stowe had done with Uncle Tom's Cabin. Ramona inspired four motion pictures and a pageant performed annually in Hemet, California, since 1923. The setting and characters in Jackson's book Ramona appear to be composites drawn from places Jackson visited and people she met in her travels throughout Southern California during the early 1880s." -- Rancho Camulos Museum archives (part 1 of 2).; "Various portions of the novel were drawn from her visits to California Indian reservations, missions and ranchos. It appears likely that Jackson chose Camulos as the setting for a portion of her novel upon the advice of her close friends, Antonio and Mariana Coronel. In the opinion of the Coronels, Camulos was one of the few remaining ranches still reflecting its colonial origins. Antonio Coronel assisted Jackson in the preparation of an itinerary of ranches and missions; Jackson heeded their advice, briefly visiting Camulos on January 23, 1882. In her novel, published two years later, Ramona's fictional home on the 'Moreno Ranch' was located 'midway in the valley [between lands] to the east and west, which had once belonged to the Missions of San Fernando and San Bonaventura [sic].' This geographical location, and the description of the setting recounted in the novel accurately matched Camulos." -- Rancho Camulos Museum archives (part 2 of 2).
Asset Metadata
Title
Patio of an adobe house on Camulos Ranch (birthplace of Ramona), ca.1890
Subject
Adobe houses
(lcsh),
agricultural sites
(adlf),
Agriculture -- Ranching -- General
(file heading),
Books
(lcsh),
Camulos Ranch
(subject),
Fiction
(lcsh),
Gardens
(lcsh),
Indians -- Ramona -- Subjects
(file heading),
Indians of North America
(lcsh),
Jackson, Helen Hunt, 1830-1885
(naf),
Missions, Spanish
(lcsh),
Patios
(lcsh),
Ramona
(subject),
Ranches
(lcsh),
Ventura
(file heading)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
USA
(countries),
Ventura
(counties)
Temporal Subject
1890
Type
images
Format
3 photographs : photonegative, photoprints, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.
(aacr2),
negatives (photographic)
(aat),
photographic prints
(aat),
photographs
(aat)
Source
California Historical Society
(contributing entity),
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
(collection),
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
(subcollection)
Date Created
1890
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
(photographer)
Publisher
University of Southern California. Libraries
(digital)
Repository Email
specol@lib.usc.edu
Repository Name
USC Libraries Special Collections
Repository Location
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Rights
Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.
Copyright
Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.
Access Conditions
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Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m10159
Identifier
6197 (
accession number
), CHS-6197 (
call number
), CHS-6197 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-10395 (
legacy record id
), chs-m10159 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-10301 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-14072 (
legacy record id
), 1-33- (
microfiche number
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
10395
Unique identifier
UC140528
Legacy Identifier
CHS-6197.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
18.0 in × 13.4 in at 300dpi
45.7 cm × 34.1 cm at 300dpi
Inherited Values
Title
Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
Date Created
1860/1960
Linked assets
Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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The real(?) Ramona at her cabin near San Jacinto, after 1886
Fountain at Camulos Ranch, Ramona's home, 1885-1890
The cross on a hill overlooking the adobe ranch at Camulos, 1898
Interior of Senora's (Mrs. DeValle's) room in the adobe at Camulos, said to be Ramona's room, ca.1904.
Exterior view of Camulos Ranch, showing Ramona at a window, ca.1896
South veranda and orange orchard at Camulos Ranch, Ramona's home, ca.1895
Interior view of the bedroom in the Del Valle home at Rancho Camulos, ca.1900
Ramona on a rear balcony at Camulos Ranch, California, 1901
Father Pejol standing by the bells at Camulos ranch, ca.1892-1895
Drawing of Filipe's horse at Camulos ranch, ca.1900
Remada in front of chapel at Camulos Ranch, Ramona's home, California, ca.1901
"Alessandro waiting for Ramona" on the Camulos Ranch, Ventura County, California, ca.1895
Ramona's elopement with Alessandro on the Camulos Ranch, Ventura County, ca.1895
Drawing of Felipe on his horse at Camulos ranch, ca.1900
Grape arbor at Camulos Ranch -- Ramona's home, ca.1885
Interior view of Ramona's bedroom at Camulos Ranch, 1901
South veranda of Camulos Ranch, Ventura County, ca.1905
South veranda at Camulos Ranch, California, showing window to Ramona's room, 1901
Ramona looking out of a window at her Camulos Ranch, California, 1901
Woman washing clothes on board at a stream on Camulos Ranch illustrating wash day for the book, Ramona, ca.1885
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