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. At the dedication of the Santa Barbara Courthouse, the ceremonial setting of a bronze medallion provided by the Native Sons of Golden West. The participants are shown mixing the ingredients of water from each of the California missions with sand and gravel from each of the counties in California on the main stage in front of the main entrance to the courthouse. This photograph was part of the coverage taken for the Los Angeles Times article "Charm of Spanish Days Retained: Santa Barbara Gay For Fiesta, Beautiful New Courthouse Formally Dedicated, History of State Pictured in $1,500,000 structure, Three-Day Festival Opens Today With Pageant," 8/15/1929. Text from negative sleeve: California, Santa Barbara, Courthouse, Dedication
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uclamss_1429_0740 ark:/21198/zz002db2nb
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Events Legal Courthouses--California--Santa Barbara Government Building dedications--California--Santa Barbara Native Sons of the Golden West Santa Barbara County Courthouse (Santa Barbara, Calif.)
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