Guide to the Whitney Newland Santa Barbara postcards collection SBHC Mss 139
Collection processed and arranged by Julia McGowan, 2023. Finding aid prepared by Zachary Liebhaber, 2023.
University of California, Santa Barbara
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2023 April 20
Title: Whitney Newland Santa Barbara postcards collection
Identifier/Call Number: SBHC Mss 139
Language of Material:
English.
Contributing Institution:
UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections
Physical Description:
1.67 Linear Feet
(4 shoeboxes)
Creator:
Newland, Whitney (Whitney Harry) (1930-2022)
Date (inclusive): 1903-1987
Abstract: This collection consists of approximately 3000 Santa Barbara historical picture postcards gathered by Whitney Newland (1930-2022),
dating from 1903-1987.
Physical Location: Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library
The collection is open for research.
Property rights to the collection and physical objects belong to the Regents of the University of California acting through
the Department of Special Research Collections at the UCSB Library. All applicable literary rights, including copyright to
the collection and physical objects, are protected under Chapter 17 of the U.S. Copyright Code and are retained by the creator
and the copyright owner, heir(s), or assigns.
All requests to reproduce, quote from, or otherwise reuse collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Department
of Special Research Collections at UCSB at special@ucsb.edu. Consent is given on behalf of the Regents of the University of
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[Identification of Item], Whitney Newland Santa Barbara postcards collection, SBHC Mss 139. Department of Special Research
Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Gift of Whitney Newland, 2021.
Series names are from the labels on the original albums in which the postcards were housed.
This collection consists of approximately 3000 Santa Barbara historical picture postcards gathered by Whitney Newland (1930-2022),
dating from 1903-1987.
Postcards depict panoramic and birdseye views, natural features and landmarks, harbor, wharf, waterfront, bath, beach and
street scenes, local hotels and resorts, businesses, schools, film studios, churches, missions, railways and trolleys, agriculture,
coastal roads, private residences, neighborhoods (new and old), storms and floods, Fiesta events, presidential visits, and
1925 Earthquake scenes.
Locations include Santa Barbara, Goleta, Montecito, Summerland, Carpinteria, Gaviota, Santa Maria, Lompoc, as well as Solvang
and other towns within the Santa Ynez Valley.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Postcards -- California -- Santa Barbara
Postcards -- California -- Santa Barbara County
Santa Barbara (Calif.) -- History -- 20th century -- Pictorial works
Santa Barbara County (Calif.) -- History -- 20th century -- Pictorial works
Postcards
Illustrated works
box 1
box 1
Santa Barbara 1904-1950
Views of State Street (pre- and post-1925). Buildings include: Hall of Records and County Courthouse (pre-1925), American
Film Co. "Flying A" Studios, schools, theaters, stores, public library, and residences
Views of waterfront (West Beach), Steamers, Castle Rock, Promenades, Los Banos del Mar, wharf, harbor, Channel Drive, Palm
Cottages at Shore Acres, Potter Hotel, Cabrillo Pavilion, high tide and storms, birdseye and panoramic views of city, mountain
peaks and rocks (398 postcards)
box 2
box 2, box 3
Santa Barbara III 1903-1969
Train station, hospitals, post office, street scenes, Montecito estates, Oak Park, OCD homes, lighthouse, adobes, Mission
Drive, beach drives, Gaviota, Summerland, Coast Road scenes, Fiesta parades, old houses, court house, Women's Club "Rockwod,"
old college, St. Vincent School, battleships (393 postcards)
box 3
Santa Barbara IV 1905-1978
El Encanto Hotel, Oak Park, Hotel Upham, Samarkand Hotel, Mar Monte Hotel, miscellaneous hotels, Presidio, Biltmore Hotel,
California Hotel, Moreton Bay fig tree, coastal scenes, El Paseo, restaurants, Carrillo Hotel, city scenes, post office, waterfront
scenes, court house, El Mirasol Hotel (518 postcards)
box 3, box 4
box 4
Santa Barbara VI 1905-1976
Downtown streets, buildings and landmarks, farms, churches, schools, residences in: Goleta, Los Alamos, Santa Ynez, Santa
Maria, Los Olivos, Solvang, Carpinteria, Lompoc
Highlights: Zaca Lake, downtown Santa Maria, Old Town Goleta, Union Oil oil fields outside Santa Maria, Lake Cachuma, Old
Danish Days (Solvang), town of Lompoc, Lake Evans, Vandenberg Airforce Base, La Purisima Mission, old buildings, Carpinteria
agricultural fields, beaches, and Santa's Kitchen (357 postcards)