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Ramona Cottage
Robert E. Callahan's Mission Village

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"Ramona Cottage" attraction at Robert E. Callahan's Mission Village auto park on Washington Boulevard in Los Angeles (Culver City). Callahan, a Western memorabilia collector and storyteller, opened his Ramona- and Indian-themed auto park in 1928 and moved it in the 1960s to Mint Canyon-Agua Dulce (but this stucco building did not make the move).

Frasher's Foto (Burton and Josephine Frasher of Pomona), published sometime between 1928, when the first Mission Village building was erected, and 1942, when DOPS photo paper was last used. (See the letters D-O-P-S in the stamp box below.)

Further reading: Robert E. Callahan Turned Old West Into Tourist Attraction by Dr. Alan Pollack, 2017.



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LW3474: 9600 dpi jpeg from original RPPC purchased 2018 by Leon Worden.
CALLAHAN'S MISSION VILLAGE

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Pollack Story

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Callahan & Carrie Jacobs Bond in Ramona Chapel 1927

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Ramona Cottage ~1930s

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~1940s

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Callahan with Hopi Indians Employees

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Good Luck Charm

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'Hopi Snake Dance' Booklet

CALLAHAN'S OLD WEST TRADING POST

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Description 1965

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1967 Visit x3

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Tom Shubert Story

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Ray Saniger Performs 1967/70 (Mult.)

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Summer of 1967

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1972 Horror Film

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Outlaw Saloon

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Hopi Shrine

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Red Schoolhouse

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Ramona Chapel

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Main Building

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Good Luck Charm
Wrong Address

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Good Luck Charm
Correct Address

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$1,000 Las Vegas Loot

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Schoolhouse Origin

The Callahan Collection: Donation Records


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Schoolhouse Arrives 1987

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Ramona Cradle x2

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