Vintage Santa Barbara Hope Chapel Church History Scrapbook Photos Newspaper Arch For Sale
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Vintage Santa Barbara Hope Chapel Church History Scrapbook Photos Newspaper Arch: $59.99
Vintage Santa Barbara Hope Chapel Church History Scrapbook Photos Newspaper Archive 1934-1947 Up for sale is a fascinating, one-of-a-kind vintage historical archive chronicling the early history of Hope Chapel (later known as Hope Bible Church / Hope Evangelical Free Church) located at 202 Hope Ave in Santa Barbara, California. Founded on October 6, 1934, by Rev. Joseph Sanders and his wife Barbara, this collection provides an intimate look into the church\'s roots, congregation, and buildings. This local history lot includes:• Vintage Photographs & Kodachrome Slides: Original black-and-white snapshots showing the congregation and the historic church building with mid-century vehicles parked outside. Includes two color photo prints featuring Kodachrome slides showing the building at 202 Hope Ave.• Hand-Annotated Scrapbook Pages: Carefully preserved pages featuring handwritten historical context, timelines, and typed summaries detailing the church\'s founding, its rent records ($15.00/month in the early days), and memories of its dedicated Sunday school teachers and missionaries.• Newspaper Ephemera: A comprehensive vintage newspaper clipping titled \"Colorful Hope District Is Master\'s Thesis Subject\" by Walter A. Tompkins, detailing the extensive history of the Hope School District, the original Hope School building (built in 1872), and how it was later incorporated into the Hope Bible Church.• Identification Details: Notations identifying key founding members, including \"Rev. Joseph Sanders, his wife Barbara, and their two sons Joe and Al.\"
