Santa Barbara Mission under restoration, Santa Barbara, 1926

Description: A similar photograph appears with the article “Modern Methods in Old Setting, Rebuild Santa Barbara Mission With Original Material.” Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 1926. Caption reads: Replace the Old Walls. Equipment of builders of today in great contrast to that used by the early fathers who constructed the fine old edifice in 1786.
Santa Barbara Mission, facade, under restoration following 1925 earthquake, covered in scaffolding and ladders, with construction debris in foreground, eucaplyptus tree at left. The towers, which had fallen during the earthquake, were rebuilt.
Caption: Handwritten at edge of negative: Santa Barbara Mission
Text from nitrate negative sleeve: California, Santa Barbara, buildings

Genre: cellulose nitrate film
news photographs
Names: Santa Barbara Mission
Location: Santa Barbara (Calif.)
Longitude: 34.437951
Latitude: -119.71279
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Conservation & restoration--California--Santa Barbara
Missions--California--Santa Barbara

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_0728
0728
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002db274
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