An Early Wet Wednesday
By Joe DeLise
The first "Wet Wednesday." The original black & white came from SB historical museum glass plate photo collection, see it here. I did the colorizing with photoshop.
By Joe DeLise
The first "Wet Wednesday." The original black & white came from SB historical museum glass plate photo collection, see it here. I did the colorizing with photoshop.
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Aug 21, 2022 08:59 PM1.5m to build this hotel equates to about 50.5m in todays money. Great article from edhat back in Jan 2021 tells you all about the Potter hotel history...... https://www.edhat.com/news/santa-barbara-s-grand-hotel-the-potter
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Aug 21, 2022 12:15 PMI don't know which I like more, the original B&W or your colorized version. Both are striking! Thanks for sharing.
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Aug 21, 2022 10:53 AMThat photo, which is very, very cool, reminds me of the Newport cigarette TV commercials as far back as 1959 when I was 3 years old. (Sure wish SB was still like that.)
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Aug 21, 2022 10:30 AMNice, but what are those tall buildings by the shore?
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Aug 21, 2022 08:19 PMA building of that scale has not been constructed in Santa Barbara since 1903, and likely never will be again.
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Aug 21, 2022 10:46 AMTHE POTTER HOTEL was built in 1903 by Milo M. Potter at a cost of $1.5 million. The hotel accommodated six hundred guests. Potter sold it in 1918 and the hotel burned to the ground in 1921.
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Aug 20, 2022 03:05 PMThat's great -- thanks.