Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. 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. 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. 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]. Text from negative sleeve: California, Santa Barbara, Courthouse, Dedication
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Events Legal Courthouses--California--Santa Barbara People Building dedications--California--Santa Barbara Government Native Sons of the Golden West Santa Barbara County Courthouse (Santa Barbara, Calif.) Wilson, James A
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