Edward Borein - Santa Barbara, CA
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N 34° 25.238 W 119° 41.961
11S E 251922 N 3812101
John Edward Borein (1872-1945) was an American artist from San Francisco who settled here in Santa Barbara.
Waymark Code: WMGZZZ
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 04/29/2013
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This plague is located on the wall of Casa de la Guerra adobe building across from Santa Barbara's City Hall.
The plaque has a relief portrait of Borein and reads:
"SITE OF THE LAST STUDIO OF
EDWARD BOREIN
OCT. 21, 1873 - MAY 19, 1945
HERE ED BOREIN WORKED ON SOME OF HIS
FINEST ETCHINGS AND PAINTINGS OF THE WEST.
HERE TOO, HE PLAYED HOST TO THE GREAT
AND NEAR GREAT, TO ARTISTS, ACTORS
AND COWBOYS, AND TO JUST PLAIN FOLKS - ALL
WERE WELCOME AND EACH LEFT WITH A CHUCKLE.
PRESENTED BY THE SANTA BARBARA HISTORICAL SOCIETY
DEC. 4, 1970"
Website with more information on either the memorial or the person(s) it is dedicated to: [Web Link]
Location: on the wall of Casa de la Guerra adobe building across from Santa Barbara's City Hall.
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