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Way Back When in Santa Barbara -- May 26, 1918

Image: Motorcycle and Bicycle Illustrated, May 9, 1918
WAY BACK WHEN, 100 years ago today in Santa Barbara, on May 26, 1918, 1,000 people came out to watch the annual motorcycle race up Eucalyptus Hill. The fastest time was 14-1/5 seconds. Not sure where the start and finish lines were. (Above) A top-of-the-line motorbike from 1918.
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Way Back When in Santa Barbara -- May 18, 1918

(Carl Oscar Borg painting, courtesy of Wikimedia)
WAY BACK WHEN, 100 years ago today in Santa Barbara -- on May 18, 1918, famed Swedish-American painter Carl Oscar Borg began building his house on Loma Alta on the Mesa. Borg was known for his paintings of Native Americans of the Southwest.
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Way Back When in Santa Barbara -- May 7, 1918

(Image: Santa Barbara Morning Press, May 5, 1918)
WAY BACK WHEN, 100 years ago today in Santa Barbara, on May 7, 1918, a traveling circus came to Santa Barbara and marched up and down State Street. “Everyone was a child during the circus parade at noon today. It was truly the children’s hour. And what a parade it was! The streets were filled with old and young. Laughter sounded even above the rumble of the street cars.”  Read More 
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Way Back When in Santa Barbara -- May 1, 1918

Image: pritzkermilitary.org
WAY BACK WHEN, 100 years ago today in Santa Barbara, on May 1, 1918, a young Santa Barbara woman named Mildred Moody learned that an Army recruitment poster that she had designed had won a contest, and a $25 prize. [Spoiler alert — Moody and her equally talented sisters later went on to design a number of picturesque cottages in the Santa Barbara area.]  Read More 
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Way Back When in Santa Barbara -- April 28, 1918

Image: Library of Congress
WAY BACK WHEN: 100 YEARS AGO TODAY IN SANTA BARBARA: Everybody who had any space was planting vegetables in their liberty garden (aka victory garden), and the paper printed one gardener’s frustration: “I do love to work out in my war garden, though I do get dirty as a pig. I work until I am tired as a dog, and feel weak as a cat. I am happy as a clam while I am about it, but do wish I was strong as an ox so I could accomplish more.” -- Santa Barbara Morning Press, April 28, 1918.  Read More 
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