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  • Santa Barbara News-Press headline in 1942 (Photo: Goleta History)
    Local History
    Feb 23 2021 12:38 PM
    Edhat Staff
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    3536

    Ellwood Beach Attacked During WWII 79 years ago

    Seventy-nine years ago today, the Ellwood Oil Field in Goleta was fired on by a Japanese submarine during World War II.

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  • Image: New York Public Library
    Local History
    Feb 20 2021 09:00 AM
    bjgreen
    2 Comments
    852

    Movies Way Back When: Walk Like Chaplin

    Charlie Chaplin first appeared on movie screens in Santa Barbara back in 1914, and by March of 1916, his famous duck-footed walk was seen both on the screen and on the dance floors in Santa Barbara!

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  • Goleta History Video: Bishop Ranch
    Local History
    Feb 13 2021 03:00 PM
    tMo
    11 Comments
    4735

    Goleta History Video: Bishop Ranch

    The last large open space in Goleta, the parcel now known as Bishop Ranch has been the object of man's desire throughout Goleta's history. And it still is today!

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  • Image: Böhringer Friedrich
    Local History
    Feb 13 2021 09:00 AM
    bjgreen
    0 Comments
    658

    Movies Way Back When: Chewing the Scenery in 1916

    This expression generally refers to an actor behaving melodramatically, but in this case, the scenery was actually chewed — by a goat!

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  • Entrance to Manzanar War Relocation Center in Southern California, one of ten camps where Japanese American citizens were incarcerated during World War II.(Credit: National Park Service)
    Local History
    Feb 10 2021 01:00 PM
    SBPLibrary
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    1203

    Santa Barbara Public Library Hosts Day of Remembrance Series

    During the month of February, Santa Barbara Public Library will be exploring a painful period in American history with a series of events for the Day of Remembrance. 

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  • (Image: a 1903 Bioscope movie camera. “We Put the World Before You By Means of the Bioscope and Urban Films,” 1903)
    Local History
    Feb 06 2021 09:00 AM
    bjgreen
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    2556

    Movies Way Back When: The First Movie Made in SB

    Lots of movies have been filmed in and around Santa Barbara. But did you ever wonder what was the first movie ever filmed in Santa Barbara?

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  • San Marcos Dairy
    Local History
    Jan 30 2021 11:04 AM
    tMo
    11 Comments
    4645

    San Marcos Dairy

    Tom details the history of the San Marcos Dairy in Goleta from the 1930s.

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  • Image: Film Fun, January 1918
    Local History
    Jan 30 2021 09:00 AM
    bjgreen
    0 Comments
    717

    Movies Way Back When: Edward Wales

    In 1918, Edward Wales, a one-time actor at the “Flying A,” was now a volunteer in the U.S. Armed Forces during World War I. 

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  • Image: Photoplay, January 1918
    Local History
    Jan 23 2021 09:00 AM
    bjgreen
    2 Comments
    1892

    Movies Way Back When: Using Local Disasters as Scenery

    Back when movie makers did not have the budgets to stage their own natural disasters, they took advantage of real-life disaster scenes, such as the devastating fire in Ojai, California in 1917.

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  • Santa Barbara’s Grand Hotel: The Potter
    Local History
    Jan 20 2021 01:47 PM
    El Barbareno
    5 Comments
    12376

    Santa Barbara’s Grand Hotel: The Potter

    Neal Graffy details the history of the Potter Hotel when it broke ground 119 years ago.

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  • Image: Intertitle from “The Primitive Lover” (1922)
    Local History
    Jan 16 2021 09:00 AM
    bjgreen
    1 Comments
    1003

    Movies Way Back When: A Bad Influence?

    The silent movies with their one-sentence subtitles (intertitles) were having a bad in­fluence on written communication, ac­cording to an opinion piece in the local paper penned by Santa Barbara writer Sarah Redington in January 1917.

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  • Bank of America Burning 1970
    Local History
    Jan 11 2021 11:04 AM
    30 Comments
    5785

    Bank of America Burning 1970

    An edhat reader shares a historical photo of the Bank of America that was burned down in Isla Vista in 1970.

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  • courtesy photo
    Local History
    Jan 09 2021 12:30 PM
    Sansum Clinic
    12 Comments
    1863

    Sansum Clinic Begins 100th Anniversary Year

    Sansum Clinic, one of the oldest non-profit outpatient clinics in California, announced the start of its 100th year.

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  • Image: courtesy of John C. Woodward
    Local History
    Jan 09 2021 09:00 AM
    bjgreen
    0 Comments
    1191

    Movies Way Back When: Explosive Peanuts

    In January 1916, the Santa Barbara Post Office building (now the Santa Barbara Museum of Art) was used for a scene in “Peanuts and Powder."

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  • Photo: Moving Picture World, July 10, 1915
    Local History
    Jan 02 2021 09:02 AM
    bjgreen
    0 Comments
    998

    Movies Way Back When: Goodwill Dance

    In January of 1916, the Flying A Studio hosted their first goodwill dance for the community of Santa Barbara.

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  • Image: Motion Picture Classic, July 1917
    Local History
    Dec 26 2020 09:00 AM
    bjgreen
    1 Comments
    2289

    Movies Way Back When: Cutting-edge Filming in SB

    Back in December 1916, Santa Barbara residents were witnessing movie technology on the ground floor in scenes such as this one which was probably shot on a nearby road.

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  • Way Back When: Santa Barbara in 1919, Betsy J. Green
    Local History
    Dec 19 2020 09:30 AM
    bjgreen
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    2190

    Way Back When: Xmas Wish Lists in 1919

    Betsy shares the top holiday ads for Christmas gifts in Santa Barbara in the year 1919.

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  • Image: Santa Barbara Daily News & Independent, December 19, 1914
    Local History
    Dec 12 2020 09:24 AM
    bjgreen
    6 Comments
    1936

    Way Back When: Christmas Saving Clubs

    Ever since 1909 when the first Christmas saving club was started in Pennsylvania, they were popular with millions of Americans.

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  • Coal Oil Point, Campbell Ranch and Devereux School
    Local History
    Dec 05 2020 10:00 AM
    tMo
    15 Comments
    9737

    Coal Oil Point, Campbell Ranch and Devereux School

    Devereux Point, also known as Coal Oil Point, is a popular surf spot and a great place for a nice walk on the beach. But, like most places in Goleta, there’s a lot of interesting history here.

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  • Image: 1914 Model T, courtesy of Wikimedia
    Local History
    Dec 05 2020 09:00 AM
    bjgreen
    2 Comments
    1401

    Way Back When: New Rules of the Road

    Betsy shares the rules for motor vehicles in Santa Barbara in 1916 including a speed limit of 30 miles per hour.

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  • Image: Motion Picture News, September 1915
    Local History
    Nov 28 2020 09:00 AM
    bjgreen
    2 Comments
    1249

    Movies Way Back When: War Brides

    Betsy shares historical feelings about the movie "War Brides" that was made over 100 years ago.

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  • Image: Santa Barbara Morning Press, November 25, 1920
    Local History
    Nov 21 2020 09:00 AM
    bjgreen
    4 Comments
    2004

    Way Back When: Thanksgiving Prices

    Betsy details what $1.25 would buy for Thanksgiving at the Splendid Cafe in Santa Barbara 100 years ago in 1920.

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  • William D. Sansum, MD in 1920 (1880-1948). B. The Potter Metabolic Clinic in 1920. Courtesy of Dr. Lois Jovanovic, Chief Officer, Sansum Diabetes Research Foundation
    Local History
    Nov 16 2020 10:30 AM
    2 Comments
    1763

    Centennial of Dr. William Sansum's Santa Barbara Arrival

    Sansum Diabetes Research Institute marks the 100th anniversary of Dr. William Sansum’s arrival in Santa Barbara where he would make American medical history and improve the lives of people living with diabetes.  

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  • Image: Moving Picture World, July 1914
    Local History
    Nov 14 2020 09:00 AM
    bjgreen
    1 Comments
    1196

    Movies Way Back When: The Sound of Silents

    In 1915, the Palace Theatre in Santa Barbara became the proud owner of a $5,000 photoplayer.

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  • Image: Library of Congress
    Local History
    Nov 07 2020 09:14 AM
    bjgreen
    2 Comments
    1465

    Movies Way Back When: Guess The Name

    Back in 1914, a couple of kids in Santa Barbara gave a collie to Vivian Rich, one of the leading ladies of the “Flying A” Film Company here.

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  • Image: New York Public Library
    Local History
    Oct 31 2020 11:00 AM
    bjgreen
    5 Comments
    2619

    Way Back When: Halloween during the Spanish Flu

    The streets in Santa Barbara were devoid of little demons and witches on Halloween in 1918 while the so-called Spanish Flu floated around the city.

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  • Here she is in a scene with Buster Keaton in the 1923 film “Three Ages.” (Image: courtesy of Mike Perry)
    Local History
    Oct 24 2020 09:00 AM
    bjgreen
    0 Comments
    1454

    Movies Way Back When: Blanche Payson

    Local actress Blanche Payson appeared in 158 movies with stars Charlie Chaplin, Laurel and Hardy, and the Three Stooges.

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  • (Image: Reel Life, May 22, 1915)
    Local History
    Oct 17 2020 09:02 AM
    bjgreen
    0 Comments
    1187

    Movies Way Back When: The Lonely Heart

    In the 1915 Flying A film “The Lonely Heart,” the heroine, who must be lonely (or perverted?), caresses a toad.

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  • (Image: Motion Picture News, September 1915)
    Local History
    Oct 10 2020 09:25 AM
    bjgreen
    0 Comments
    1144

    Movies Way Back When: The Diamond From the Sky

    “The Diamond From the Sky,” a 30-part serial movie produced by our very own “Flying A” movie studio in 1915.

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  • Wharf spur under construction circa 1878
    Local History
    Oct 03 2020 03:30 PM
    1 Comments
    2137

    Stearns Wharf Celebrates 148th Anniversary

    Stearns Wharf celebrates its 148th anniversary during the month of October.

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