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Mugs

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Scope and Contents

Mug refers to photographs of individuals and not necessarily photographs of persons charged with crimes. The mugs include photographs from the Associated Press (AP), photographs taken of locals to be used in the public opinion poll features "ViewPoint," "Harbor Views," and "Plain Views," and photographs of local figures taken for news stories.

Dates

  • circa 1890-1990
  • Majority of material found within circa 1970-1990

Conditions Governing Access

COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Open for research. All requests to access materials must be made in advance by contacting the Research Library staff via email: library@venturamuseum.org.

Extent

From the Collection: 114.57 Cubic Feet : (128 boxes)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Arrangement

The morgue had 3 cabinets containing mugs: 1 cabinet of mugs taken from the Associated Press (AP), 1 cabinet of mugs used for opinion poll features, and 1 cabinet of mugs of local persons. The AP and local mugs are in alphabetical order by surname, and the opinion poll mugs are roughly in chronological order. All are in original order. Each title represents one drawer.

The opinion poll mugs have the names of interviewees written on the back of most of the photographs. See the inventories for more detailed descriptions (see note for Other Finding Aids). The original labels for the local mugs were faded or missing, and descriptive labels have been created by the archivist.

Creator

Repository Details

Part of the Museum of Ventura County Repository

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