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A Day in the Life of Artist Ann Sanders
With light fog hanging in the air, Santa Barbara local artist Ann Sanders sets up her easel by the Devereux ...
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The Wreck of Yankee Blade
Over the past two centuries, many ships have wrecked along our local California coastline just north of Point Conception including ...
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Haida’s Voyages, Then and Now
Haida today. Previous Curator’s Logs cover Haida’s construction here and her world travels over the past century here. Haida anchored in Pelican ...
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A Century of Adventure Aboard Haida
By Lydia Rao Over the last nine decades, Haida has changed owners a dozen times, with almost as many name ...
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Major Max C. Fleischmann and Haida
By Lydia Rao Major Max C. Fleischmann was an outdoors enthusiast, fisherman, avid philanthropist, and heir to the Fleischmann Yeast ...
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Part IV: The Santa Barbara Harbor Approaches a Century
by Lydia Rao The breakwater was completed on June 30, 1930, and featured walkways, benches, and lighting. It also created ...
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PART III: An Earthquake and a Yeast Magnate
By Lydia Rao Start at the beginning with Part I. Santa Barbara entered the “Roaring Twenties” as a burgeoning tourist ...
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PART II: The Waterfront District Emerges
By Lydia Rao Start at the beginning with Part I. The 1870s were a busy time for the expanding waterfront ...
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Harbor History Part I: Time Arrives on a Ship
By Lydia Rao The indigenous Chumash resided in California for several millennia before the state became a Spanish territory. More ...
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Curator’s Log – Summer 2023 Ranger Restoration
By Lydia Rao You might have noticed this spring that SBMM’s flagship Ranger was missing from her usual spot, side-tied ...
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Welcome to Our Newest Flagship Society Members John and Tracie Doordan!
We offer a warm welcome to SBMM Board Member John Doordan and his wife Tracie, who have recently joined the ...
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CURATOR’S LOG: Looking Up and Back 104 years
By Rita Serotkin Have you ever looked up at the museum’s main ceiling and noticed a seaplane flying high above? ...
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