Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Casa de la Guerra was built in the 1820s for the Presidio Comandante, José Antonio de la Guerra y Noriega. It was renovated in 1922-1923 as part of the El Paseo shopping area by architects George Washington Smith and Lutah Maria Riggs. El Paseo "Street in Spain," facing NW; a brick or stone-paved alley between the Casa de la Guerra with barred windows and potted plants (L), and the adobe-style building at 23 E. De La Guerra St. with 6 arches, balcony, tile roof, hanging plants and signs reading "El Paseo, Studios 110 to 114," and "El Paseo Sport Shop, Importers, Mrs. Charles O'Donnell Lee, Studio 30" (R). There is a Buddha statue at lower right, and a spinning wheel at end of alley on the left. Possibly related to the article “Art Treasures of World Meet in El Paseo de la Guerra, Santa Barbara’s ‘Street of Spain,’” Los Angeles Times, 29 June 1930 Handwritten at edge of negative: 2-3, De la Guerra studios Text from nitrate negative sleeve: California, Santa Barbara, buildings
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
0705 uclamss_1429_0705 ark:/21198/zz002db1fr
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Buddhas--California--Santa Barbara Spinning apparatus Alleys--California--Santa Barbara El Paseo (Santa Barbara, Calif.) Casa de la Guerra (Santa Barbara, Calif.)
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