Potter Hotel (Santa Barbara, Calif.) (1903-1921)
Biography
Milo Potter sold the hotel in 1919 and it became the Belvedere. The following year, it became part of the Ambassador chain and was rechristened the Ambassador.
Found in 19 Collections and/or Records:
1. Postcards in color, circa 1905 to 1910. a. A group of bathers down by the Plaza. Potter Hotel in distance. b. View from the Bath House, Santa Barbara. c. The Potter Hotel, Santa Barbara, showing Lily Field. d. Castle Rock, Santa Barbara. e. Boulevard at Santa Barbara. f. Oil Wells at Summerland. g. Fay's Harbor, Santa Cruz Island, near Santa Barbara.
Bard (Richard) Family Photograph Collection
Duffey (Frederick H.) Collection
Fritsche (John C.) Historic Photograph Collection
Garcia (Alice Ruiz) photograph collection
Gillette (E. F.) Postcard Collection
Hotels and Churches
The Gledhill Santa Barbara Glass Plate Negative Collection consists of approximately ten thousand (10,000) glass plate negative and positive photographs, created primarily by photographers N. H. Reed and I. N. Cook, two of the most prolific commercial photographers in Santa Barbara during the period 1880-1920.
Isaac Bonilla Interview, 1963-07-25
The Santa Barbara Legacy Reel Audio Tape Collection contain recordings of oral histories, radio programs, meetings, lectures, telephone conversations, ceremonies, and music perfomances of local old timers and influential people. These 184 electronic files, extracted from 98 one quarter-inch reel-to-reel magnetic tapes, represent the earliest audio recordings made by the Santa Barbara Historical Museum.