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Way Back When: Santa Barbara in 1915

More tales of the wacky and weird events in SB taken from the local newspapers.

1915 was the year of: The peacock tamale scandal! The SB movie actress nobody knows! (Nearly) naked ladies cavorted on the Channel Islands! A stagecoach robber returned to town! TNT and torpedoes on July 4! A “Flying A” actor defied death on the tracks! A “devil fish" threatened Stearns Wharf! The great New Year’s Eve snowball fight! And much more.