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Abstract Merrill Carr Allyn, born in 1904, moved to the Upper Ojai with his family when he was four years old. After graduating from Ventura High School in 1922, he developed a lifelong interest in boating and sea life. He started working as a deckhand for a local boater and eventually opened a boat-building business. He also served as commissioner of the Ventura Port District several times in the 1950s and 1960s. Allyn was an amateur photographer and this collection consists entirely of his...