Way Back When: Santa Barbara in 1926

Schedule

Wed Nov 04 2026 at 05:30 pm to 07:00 pm

UTC-08:00
Location

Santa Barbara Historical Museum | Santa Barbara, CA

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A talk by author Betsy J. Green
About this Event

Join author Betsy J. Green for a presentation on her latest publication, Way Back When: Santa Barbara in 1926.

Time-travel back to the 1926 New Year’s Eve party at the Carrillo Hotel and reminisce about the best stories of the year in Santa Barbara. Discover the untold stories of people, animals, cars, movies, radios, and numerous lawbreakers thumbing their noses at Prohibition! Tsk, tsk!


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About the Speaker

Betsy J. Green has been a writer for more than 25 years. As a freelancer, she contributed articles to newspapers and magazines in the U.S. and abroad. She specializes in writing about local history, architecture, and the environment. She researched and wrote about the history of more than 85 homes, and was responsible for nominating five properties to the National Register of Historic Places.

In 2020, she began writing "The Great House Detective" column for The Santa Barbara Independent weekly paper. Check out her columns here: https://www.independent.com/category/real-estate/the-great-house-detective/

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Santa Barbara Historical Museum, 136 East De La Guerra Street, Santa Barbara, United States

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