Two women 19th century attire in a horse-drawn cart during the Old Spanish Days Fiesta in Santa Barbara in an unpaved area with grandstand seats in the background
Four women in historic dress ride a carriage pulled by a horse in the Old Spanish Days Fiesta parade on State Street. Carriages are on either side and a Victorian house is in the background.
This photograph was part of the coverage taken for the Los Angeles Times article "Santa Barbara Fiesta Revives Days of Spanish Rule in California," 8/8/1930.
Rider in embroidered Spanish horseman's costume and ornate sombrero-type hat on horse with ornate tooled saddle at the Old Spanish Days Fiesta in Santa Barbara. The rider probably participated in the fiesta parade.
Two women in light-colored Spanish-style dresses on horseback at the Old Spanish Days Fiesta in Santa Barbara. Each woman wears a lace mantilla over a high comb. They may have participated in the parade.
This photograph was part of the coverage taken for the Los Angeles Times article "Santa Barbara Fiesta Revives Days of Spanish Rule in California," 8/8/1930.
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."
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."
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.
Spanish Galleon Float in the parade of the Old Spanish Days Festival in Santa Barbara pulled by a team of 2 horses and carrying a driver and 2 boys dressed as Spanish explorers holding swords
View of a horse-drawn float in the Old Spanish Days Fiesta parade on State Street. The float features a Spanish style house with riders seated on the front veranda.
Horseman on white horse holding rope and leading several pack horses evoking the California Gold Rush days in the Santa Barbara Old Spanish Days Fiesta