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- John and Jane Adams Postcard Collection
Samarkand Persian Hotel, Santa Barbara, California
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PC-002-497
Samarkand Persian Hotel, Santa Barbara, California
1920s
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This is one of a series of cards that all have the same color and contrast effect as if seen through filtered light. The courtyard of the Samarkand consists of a formal garden. Beyond it are the buildings of the hotel that operated from 1920 to 1940. According to one of its promotional flyers, the name means "heart's desire." It had been Prynce Hopkins's "Boyland II," a private boys' school, starting in 1915. After he moved to Europe in 1918, his mother Mary Hopkins turned the property into a hotel, then sold it by 1937 to Alma Spreckles, after which it changed hands frequently, pausing only to be occupied by the Marines during World War II. The site was partially turned into a housing development, but 16 acres became a 21st-century retirement community with the same name.
Santa Barbara; The Samarkand Hotel; The Samarkand retirement community; Hotels; Private schools; Boys' schools; Retirement Communities
2550 Treasure Drive
California - Santa Barbara
- John and Jane Adams Postcard Collection
MS-0008
The Neuner Corporation, Los Angeles, California
Postcard
3.5 inches X 5.5 inches
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PC-002-495; PC-002-496; PC-002-498
- San Diego State University Library and Information Access, Special Collections and University Archives
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TIFF
20.92 MB
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