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Santa Barbara News-Press Archives Auction Materials

 Unprocessed Material — Box: 1 - Miscellaneous Accessions
Identifier: 2024-163

Content Description

One (1) framed birds-eye view pictorial map of Santa Barbara, Compliments of Joseph J. Perkins & Co., bordered with drawings of commercial buildings and homes, with locations numbered and corresponding to a legend. Pictorial map frame backing labeled, Property News-Press, c/o Paul Veblen, Edit Dept. One (1) framed collage memorializing T. M. Storke's 90th birthday consisting of six (6) mounted 8" x 10" photos from 1966-11-10 event at The Valley Club of Montecito, two (2) thank you letters to Evans Pillsbury, one (1) clipping of a headline, and one (1) invitation to dinner honoring John Parma and T. M. Storke. Two (2) News-Press front page reproductions related to T. M. Storke's Pulitzer Prize winning articles exposing John Birch Society. One (1) framed panorama photograph of aftermath of 1906 San Francisco Earthquake Fire. One (1) oversize mounted color Collinge print of Santa Barbara Mission. One (1) oversize framed aerial photograph of Santa Barbara waterfront.

Acquisition Type

Transfer

Provenance

Transfer from Santa Barbara Historical Museum Collections Department. Several items were purchased in a single lot at auction on 2024-10-17 as part of the Santa Barbara News-Press bankruptcy proceedings. See Collections Accession 2024.39.

Restrictions Apply

No

Dates

  • Publication: 1888
  • 1906
  • 1966

Extent

1 Maps ; 24" x 36.5"

6 Photographic Prints

4 Item(s)

Inventory

One (1) framed birds-eye view pictorial map of Santa Barbara One (1) framed collage memorializing dinner honoring John Parma and T. M. Storke Two (2) News-Press front page reproductions One (1) panorama photograph One (1) oversize mounted color Collinge print One (1) oversize framed aerial photograph