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Title
James A. Wilson and others at the dedication ceremony of the Santa Barbara County Courthouse, Santa Barbara, 1929
Contributor
Mooser, William, Jr., 1893-1969
Date Created and/or Issued
August 14, 1929
1929-08-14
Publication Information
Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection
Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information
US
Description
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.
An unidentified woman speaking into a microphone, James A. Wilson (center, left), member of the Native Sons of the Golden West, and another man holding up a U. S. flag, and two other men holding up a California State flag at the dedication ceremony for the Santa Barbara Courthouse. Ceremony participants are seated on folding chairs and the courthouse entrance is behind them. Observers look down from the balcony above.
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].
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_0742
ark:/21198/zz002db2qc
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Building dedications--California--Santa Barbara
Events
People
Government
Courthouses--California--Santa Barbara
Legal
Santa Barbara County Courthouse (Santa Barbara, Calif.)
Wilson, James A
Native Sons of the Golden West
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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