The exhibit, part of the regular series of three revolving SPHS displays each year, opened April 1 at the California Oil Museum of Santa Paula, debuting at the same time as the 7th Annual De Colores exhibit. Bedrooms are the focus of the exhibit, that room where people would dream both awake and while slumbering and awake to a new day and new adventures. You ll see the richly appointed bedroom of a Naughty Naught as members of the Santa Paula High School Class of 1900 called themselves at the dawning of a new millennium when everything was just swell. This teenage boy is interested in outdoor sports ranging from a gentlemanly game of tennis to hunting, if the mounted horns are any indication. But the young man s fancy is also turning to romance with a stylized Gibson Girl drawing on his dresser, considered the ideal model of beauty as created by Charles Dana Gibson.
Eyeglasses twinkle on the bureau.
Notable antiques in this exhibit include an 1850s wood and leather trunk from the Archives, a crank telephone, and a tufted leather chaise lounge as well as the authentic sporting equipment. The vintage dresser holds her sewing basket and button tin, nearby are her ceramic pitcher and bowl and chamber pot. Elaborately decorated is the oil heater, which warms the heart as well as the room. Phone 933-0076 for more information.