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Mar 3, 20172 min read
Cate School Volunteer Day at El Presidio de Santa Barbara State Historic Park
On Wednesday February 2, 2017, Cate School teachers Renee and Peter Mack arrived at El Presidio de Santa Barbara State Historic Park with...
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Sep 23, 20163 min read
2016 United Way Day of Caring
Transporting mulch. Photo by Mike Imwalle. by Mike Imwalle The United Way Day of Caring provides an opportunity to give back to the...
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Apr 1, 20162 min read
Cate School Volunteer Day at El Presidio de Santa Barbara State Historic Park February 29, 2016
by Michael H. Imwalle Students applying mud plaster to adobe garden walls at the Northwest Corner complex. Photo by Mike Imwalle. On...
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Dec 4, 20152 min read
Recycling the Earth: Archaeology and Reconstruction at El Presidio de Santa Barbara SHP
by Michael H. Imwalle In October 2015 the Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation received a grant from the California Missions...
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Nov 26, 20142 min read
Alhecama Theatre Rehabilitation
By Michael H. Imwalle The 1928 Ross Dickenson mural. Photo by Michael Imwalle. Built in 1925, this building was originally called the...
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Apr 11, 20142 min read
California Missions Foundation Supports SBTHP’s Preservation Efforts at the Santa Inés Mission
by Michael Imwalle Painted Figure as it appeared in 2002. Photo by Michael Imwalle. The Santa Barbara Trust for historic Preservation...
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May 24, 20133 min read
Santa Ynez Valley Union High School Scans the Santa Inés Mission Mills in 3-D!
by Michael H. Imwalle I first began working with Ronald “Chip” Fenenga and students from the Environmental and Spatial Technologies at...
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Apr 13, 20123 min read
Recent Research Leads to Re-analysis of Rare Religious Medal
by Michael Imwalle, Robert Hoover, and Anne Petersen Drawing of the St. Vibiana medal made at the time of excavation. In 1994, a small...
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Mar 23, 20121 min read
Pearl Pays for Painting the Pico!
by Mike Imwalle Interior of the Pico Adobe masked and ready for painting, March 13, 2012. Photo by Mike Imwalle. Sorry, I could not...
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Mar 9, 20123 min read
SBTHP and Getty Conservation Institute Continue Information Exchange
by Mike Imwalle SBTHP Restoration Specialist Eduardo Vallin Garcia and SBTHP Archaeologist Mike Imwalle patching the adobe wall of the...
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Feb 15, 20121 min read
Cate School Volunteers Touch Up Presidio’s Northeast Corner
by Mike Imwalle Students whitewash the living quarters and cocina of the alférez, or second lieutenant. Photo by Mike Imwalle. On...
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Jan 13, 20123 min read
Adobe Brick Making at El Presidio de Santa Bárbara State Historic Park
by Mike Imwalle Josh Figueroa sifting dirt for adobe brick making. Photo by Mike Imwalle. During the week before Christmas, SBTHP...
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Jan 6, 20122 min read
Northwest Corner Reconstruction Project: Rebuilding a Defense Wall, one brick at a time!
by Mike Imwalle Northwest Corner rendering by Alex Eberle, Milford Wayne Donaldson Architects After more than four years of intensive...
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Dec 31, 20112 min read
Pico Adobe Roof Project
by Mike Imwalle Tile plaque on the adobe wall enclosing the Pico Adobe. Photo by Mike Imwalle. The Buenaventura Pico adobe is a hidden...
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Nov 28, 20113 min read
Adobes just need a little (ok, A LOT of) TLC.
by Michael H. Imwalle Eduardo Vallin Garcia, maintenance supervisor for the Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation can often be...
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