PC-002-488

Samarkand, Persian Hotel, Santa Barbara, California

 

 

 

The Albertype Company, Brooklyn, New York

This view of the Samarkand focuses on the lily pond surrounded by a pergola. On the horizon are the buildings operated as a hotel from 1920 to 1940. According to a promotional sheet from the hotel, 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. According to the divided back, this card was "hand-colored." A rubber stamp on the back reads "Coronado Librar[y]."

Santa Barbara; The Samarkand Hotel; The Samarkand retirement community; Hotels; Private schools; Boys' schools; Retirement Communities

2550 Treasure Drive

California - Santa Barbara

 

 

MS-0008

 

Osborne's, Santa Barbara, California

Postcard

3.5 inches X 5.5 inches

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TIFF

20.86 MB