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Children look out at the State Street crowds at the Carillo intersection and welcome them to the festivities. In the background, the original County National Bank, today the Montecito Bank and Trust, can be seen.

Children prepare for the parade as they play in and around one of the featured carts.

The fashions of Old Spanish and the 1920's intermingle as children prepare for the parade down State Street.

I've drawn what I consider to be the heart of the Presidio neighborhood, the area around the intersection of East Canon Perdido & Santa Barbara Streets.

A palm-reader wearing a traditional silk shawl engages audiences in Fiesta activities.

It is a collection of images I think of when I look back on my time with the Presidio. There is my school, the entrance to Mike's office, the adobe kiln, gardening, a hummingbird (I always see them around here), a straw hat, etc.

A June 17, 1919 edition of the Daily News proclaimed that "Spanish colors, hospitality, and traditions will predominate at Santa Barbara's summer fiesta.” Here, one of many traveling mariachi bands fill the downtown area with joyous music and…

Principle sites that continue the nature of the Presidio as the center of the community to this day.

Not to scale. Things/ events I remember.

This is just the eastern portion of the Presidio District.

Helen Wong, shown here with SBTHP Education Director Karen Anderson

"The Presidio neighborhood used to be Chinatown for me!"