Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. The Santa Barbara County Courthouse is located at 1100 Anacapa Street, in Santa Barbara. The Spanish Colonial Revival style building was designed by William Mooser, Jr. and completed in 1929. Six members of the Native Sons of Golden West pose for a photograph with the bronze medallion that they presented at the dedication of the Santa Barbara Courthouse. James A. Wilson, Junior Past Grand President, is on the far right. The medallion is inscribed: "Native Sons Of The Golden West, Dedicated august 14 1929." They are standing in front of the main doorway to the courthouse where the dedication took place. Text from negative sleeve: California, Santa Barbara, Courthouse, Dedication Text from a newspaper caption for a very similar photograph: Santa Barbara County's New Courthouse Dedicated. James A. Wilson, Junior Past Grand President of the Native Sons of the Golden West is presenting the county an American flag as part of the dedicatory exercises [Los Angeles Times, 8/15/1929].
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b&w nitrate negative
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uclamss_1429_0739 ark:/21198/zz002db2mt
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Building dedications--California--Santa Barbara Events People Courthouses--California--Santa Barbara Landmarks Santa Barbara County Courthouse (Santa Barbara, Calif.) Wilson, James A Native Sons of the Golden West
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