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Vintage photos sought for sequel to book about city
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More from Local NewsThe Santa Paula Historical Society is searching for photographs reflecting the town's history from 1930 to 1960 for a new book.
Submissions will be considered for a sequel to a book on the town's early history written by Mary Alice Orcutt Henderson. That book, titled "Santa Paula, California (1870-1930)," shows the city's history through more than 200 photographs.
Available at Barnes & Noble in Ventura, it is one of several portraying the early history of towns in Ventura County through vintage photographs.
Henderson, longtime president of the Historical Society, said Arcadia Publishing asked for a sequel based on the popularity of the first book, which produced $2,000 in royalties for the society.
Henderson said she is issuing "a desperate call" for photographs from 1930 to 1960 because the society has so few of them.
The author and her assistants will accept and scan snapshots or posed photographs of Santa Paula people, places, scenes or events during the designated years. Photos not selected still will become part of the Santa Paula Historical Society's collection. Like hundreds of others in its archives, they will be catalogued and preserved on DVDs for exhibition and research purposes, Henderson said.
Originals will be scanned and returned, but the copies become the property of the society.
Photos need not be in excellent condition, because damaged and faded pictures can be restored.
The society asks that each photo be accompanied with a written description including the date, place, event and people in the photos, plus the submitting person's name, phone number and mailing address.
The descriptions should not be written on the fronts or backs of the photos.
Photos can be submitted immediately, with the deadline for consideration Nov. 1.
Photos should be mailed to the Santa Paula Historical Society, P.O. Box 842, Santa Paula, CA 93061-0842.
For more information, call Celia Diaz at 933-3007 or Angela Dominguez at 933-2341.
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