Way Back When: Santa Barbara in January 1926

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Betsy J. Green is a Santa Barbara historian and author. Her books are available in local bookstores, and at Amazon.com. (Shop local if you can.) Learn...
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Image: Santa Barbara Daily News, January 23, 1926

The Ford Circus. More cars on the road meant that we would need more roads, so the local paper featured a photo of the latest model of a Ford road building machine.

This vehicle was part of the “Ford circus” of Ford vehicles on display that drew more than 4,000 local folks to check out Ford’s machinery for making roads, sawing wood, and pumping water.


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