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Workers clearing rubble from earthquake-damaged buildings on a commercial street, Santa Barbara, 1925

Description:
On June 29, 1925 at 6:42 am a major earthquake hit the area of Santa Barbara. It was 19 seconds in duration and registered 6.8 on the Richter magnitude scale. The downtown of Santa Barbara was destroyed, the Sheffield Dam collapsed, and thirteen people died. The facade of the Mission Santa Barbara was severely damaged and lost its statues. Three persons thought to shut off the town electricity and gas, thereby preventing catastrophic fire. The city was rebuilt in a unified Spanish Colonial Revival style in 1925-1929.
Date:
June 29, 1925
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Workers clearing rubble from earthquake-damaged buildings on a commercial street, Santa Barbara, 1925

Women riding a cart serenaded by 2 men at the Old Spanish Days Fiesta, Santa Barbara, 1932

Description:
Six women riding in a cart serenaded by 2 men, one playing a guitar, at the Old Spanish Days Fiesta in Santa Barbara. They may be part of the wedding party described in an 8/19/1932 Los Angeles Times article titled "Historic Pageant Opens Santa Barbara Fiesta..." stating "The bridal pair on horseback were escorted by many riders by caballero and senorita, while a creaking careta carried members of the family of both bride and groom."
Date:
August 18, 1932
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Women riding a cart serenaded by 2 men at the Old Spanish Days Fiesta, Santa Barbara, 1932

Virginia Hovey, Joan Turman, Marion Pfau, Helena Vosburg at the Biltmore Hotel, Santa Barbara, 1936

Description:
Joan Turman, of Kansas City, spent the summer with her friend, Virginia Hovey, of Pasadena, at the Hovey's summer home in Montecito. She celebrated her birthday at the Santa Barbara Biltmore with Virginia, Marion Pfau and Helena Vosburg. In this photograph, they are seen on the grounds of the hotel.
Date:
[circa August 22, 1936]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Virginia Hovey, Joan Turman, Marion Pfau, Helena Vosburg at the Biltmore Hotel, Santa Barbara, 1936

Temporary food aid center after the earthquake, Santa Barbara, 1925

Description:
View of a temporary food aid center beneath a tent on a commercial street after the earthquake. Cardboard boxes of food are neatly stacked beside the tent. Two sailors and a few women in the tent administer food aid to people in front of the tent. Five automobiles are parked in the street and a house and ruined commercial buildings are across the street in the background.
Date:
June 29, 1925
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Temporary food aid center after the earthquake, Santa Barbara, 1925

St. Anthony's Seminary, Santa Barbara, [1923?]

Description:
Possibly related to the article “Franciscan Institution is Altered, New Units and Equipment Will Modernize Historic Friars’ School,” Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 1923. Extensive additions are being made to St. Anthony’s College ... the center structure which was built in 1899 will be altered to conform with the new designs. ... under the supervision of Architect Ross Montgomery.
Date:
[1923?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
St. Anthony's Seminary, Santa Barbara, [1923?]

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.
Date:
1926
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Santa Barbara Mission under restoration, Santa Barbara, 1926

Santa Barbara Mission, exterior view of the bell tower following the earthquake, 1925

Description:
Santa Barbara Mission, exterior view of the bell tower from the NE following the earth quake. The upper portion of the bell tower has collapsed, and there are 2 cracks in the mid-section. A pile of rubble is visible on the left in front of the mission church and brickwork around a half dome on the right appears to have fallen away. The Mission is located at 2201 Laguna St.
Date:
June 29, 1925
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Santa Barbara Mission, exterior view of the bell tower following the earthquake, 1925

San Marcos Building, Santa Barbara, [1926-1928?]

Description:
Street view of San Marcos Building, reconstructed after 1925 earthquake, 2-story corner building with 5 arches on each side, decorated roofline, and tile roof, with intersection, pedestrians, and parked cars in foreground. Business signs include: San Marcos Boot Shop, W.G. Young Optometrist, The Hunt Mercantile, Crockery and Glassware, Sterling Drug Co., Western States Life, New York Life Insurance Company, Dr. L.A. Jacques, Chiropodist
Date:
[1926-1928?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
San Marcos Building, Santa Barbara, [1926-1928?]

Saint Barbara float in the parade for the Old Spanish Days Fiesta, Santa Barbara, 1930

Description:
View of a float covered in greenery and carrying a woman dressed as Saint Barbara standing in front of a turreted tower, and a driver, pulled by a team of 4 white horses in the parade for the Old Spanish Days Fiesta in Santa Barbara. Two men ho horseback and in Spanish dress ride on either side of the float. Signs on commercial buildings read: "...Roslyn costumers, Spanish fiesta Costumes...," "Pelian," and "Pianos."
Date:
August 7, 1930
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Saint Barbara float in the parade for the Old Spanish Days Fiesta, Santa Barbara, 1930

Possible bridal procession on horseback at the parade for the Old Spanish Days Fiesta, Santa Barbara, 1932

Description:
Possible bridal procession at the parade for the Old Spanish Days Fiesta in Santa Barbara. View of 1 couple and 6 men in Spanish-style dress on horseback. The woman wears a light-colored dress with ruffles and a lace mantilla over a high comb. The men wear dark, close-fitting embroidered suits with short jackets and hats with ribbon bands. The couple may be the bride and groom who were married during the fiesta that year as described in a 8/19/1932 Los Angeles Times article titled "Historic Pageant Opens Santa Barbara Fiesta..." stating "The bridal pair on horseback were escorted by many riders by caballero and senorita, while a creaking careta carried members of the family of both bride and groom."
Date:
August 18, 1932
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Possible bridal procession on horseback at the parade for the Old Spanish Days Fiesta, Santa Barbara, 1932

People at a temporary bank after the earthquake, Santa Barbara, 1925

Description:
On June 29, 1925 at 6:42 am a major earthquake hit the area of Santa Barbara. It was 19 seconds in duration and registered 6.8 on the Richter magnitude scale. The downtown of Santa Barbara was destroyed, the Sheffield Dam collapsed, and thirteen people died. The facade of the Mission Santa Barbara was severely damaged and lost its statues. Three persons thought to shut off the town electricity and gas, thereby preventing catastrophic fire. The city was rebuilt in a unified Spanish Colonial Revival style in 1925-1929.
Date:
June 29, 1925
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
People at a temporary bank after the earthquake, Santa Barbara, 1925

People at a temporary bank after the earthquake, Santa Barbara, 1925

Description:
People in line at a temporary bank after the earthquake in Santa Barbara. The bank is a wood frame structure with a canvas roof and canvas side wall. A window opening has bars. Five men and two women wait in line; another man is writing at a tall table. A partially visible sign on the bank reads: "Santa Barbara Branch, [Paci]fic Southwest, [Ban]k. A Spanish colonial style building is in the background.
Date:
June 29, 1925
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
People at a temporary bank after the earthquake, Santa Barbara, 1925

Mihran Studio, Santa Barbara, [1922-1929?]

Description:
Mihran Studio, 2-story building with tile roof, window awnings, and wraparound balcony, with succulent garden with rock wall in foreground, man walking on sidewalk, mountains in background. Business signs read: Adobe Tea Shop, C.M. McDaniel, Licensed Real Estate Broker, Agent, Commercial Insurance Company of California, Santa Barbara Securities Company. Location is 17-21 East Carrillo Street.
Date:
[1922-1929?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Mihran Studio, Santa Barbara, [1922-1929?]

Masonic Temple and other buildings on the first block of East Carrillo Street, Santa Barbara, [1926-1929?]

Description:
Masonic Temple, one building under construction or post-earthquake restoration with scaffolding, construction materials, and workers in and around it, building with arches and round window at right, El Castillo Building partially visible at left, with street and parked cars in foreground. Business signs read: A.B. Watkins, Realtor, Insuror; Kelvinator
Date:
[1926-1929?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Masonic Temple and other buildings on the first block of East Carrillo Street, Santa Barbara, [1926-1929?]

Mary Landon Baker with her thoroughbred horse Jane True, Santa Barbara, 1922

Description:
Photograph of Mary Landon Baker at the 4th annual Santa Barbara Horse Show. Photo appears with the article "To .. Leave .. The .. Smart .. Set: Girl Who Fled Fiance to Wed in England, " Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 1922: II1. Baker was a daughter of financier Alfred L. Baker. Newspapers worldwide often covered her romantic life. She left Allister McCormick (whom she traveled to England to marry just after this photo was taken) at the altar thrice. She reportedly had received 65 marriage proposals by the time she died, but never married.
Date:
[circa January - March 1922]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Mary Landon Baker with her thoroughbred horse Jane True, Santa Barbara, 1922

Lincoln School under restoration, Santa Barbara, 1920-1934

Description:
Lincoln Elementary School, at Cota and Anacapa streets. The school was torn down and rebuild between 1920 and 1934. The entrance of the building is intact and only the frame is seen on the inside of the building. Men are seen working on the inside of the building. Bricks are piled up on the sidewalk and on the side of the road.
Date:
[between 1920-1934]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Lincoln School under restoration, Santa Barbara, 1920-1934

La Placita building seen from E. De La Guerra St., Santa Barbara, circa 1929

Description:
View facing S-SW towards from E. De. La Guerra St towards La Placita building, a Spanish colonial style commercial building with a wooden balcony, terracotta tile roof, arched windows and an exterior staircase. A painted sign above a doorway reads: "The Nielson-Smith Electric Co." The postal address of the building is 740 State St.
Date:
[circa 1929]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
La Placita building seen from E. De La Guerra St., Santa Barbara, circa 1929

Flood (?) debris on a residential area road following the earthquake and failure of the Sheffield Dam, Santa Barbara, 1925

Description:
View of flood (?) debris in the form of tangled woody material on a road in front of a house, from the flood that followed the failure of the Sheffield Dam after the earthquake. An automobile is partially visible on the right and 2 people are in the yard in the distance.
Date:
June 29, 1925
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Flood (?) debris on a residential area road following the earthquake and failure of the Sheffield Dam, Santa Barbara, 1925