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Title: Tombstone of Olive M. Isbell
Creator: Unknown
Date Created and/or Issued: 1982-12-03
Publication Information: Museum of Ventura County
Contributing Institution: Museum of Ventura County
Collection: General Collection
Rights Information: The copyright to this image has not been determined. These images are intended for personal or research use only. Please contact library staff for rights determinations and additional uses. [Not to be copied and sold without donor's permission].
Description: Photograph of the tombstone of Olive Mann Isbell in the Santa Paula Cemetery. The inscription on the tombstone reads "Olive Mann Isbell, 1824-1899, The first American school teacher in California. Taught in 1846 at The Old Mission, Santa Clara. Erected to her memory by the current events club of Santa Paula, 1908."
Type: image
Format: 21.3 x 27.7 cm
Black and white photograph
Identifier: 8841 OS
Language: English
Subject: Isbell, Olive Mann, 1824-1899
Teachers
Gravestones
Place: California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Santa Paula (Calif.)
Source: Donated by: Charles Spink, 1982

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