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Walter Cornelius Douglas  


Walter Cornelius Douglas was a photographer who published his work in 2004.

Walter was born at St. Francis Hospital to Alice Steweska Douglas and Roy Cornelius Douglas on 15th December 1919; he died in Santa Barbara at age 94 on 14th March 2014.

He graduated from Santa Barbara High and proudly served in the US Navy in WWII, performing Armed Guard service at Iwo Jima and was part of the Philippine Liberation. He was a member of the first graduating class from Brooks Institute of Photography and pursued this passion throughout his life. He enjoyed many professions: Aircraft builder at Vultee, supervisor at Los Prietos Boys Camp, planning technician for Santa Barbara County, his own building design business in Santa Ynez, several positions with General Telephone and freelance photographer.

He loved Santa Barbara and its rich history and spent most of his life documenting people and places through his camera lens. From 1996-2002, he made a project of taking hundreds of portraits (and recorded oral history interviews) of notable citizens including descendants of prominent and pioneer Santa Barbara families. This led to a book being published in 2004 with assistance from The Westerners and coauthor, Jim Norris, “Photographs by Walter Douglas.” His entire collection is now preserved at The Presidio Research Center (Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation) where it may be accessed by generations of researchers or anyone interested in local history.

With his wife of 38 years, Joyce McDavid Douglas, his were children, Dudley, Kim, Aaron (Darlene) and Jena. Walter and Joyce had many grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his 2 brothers Robert and Frank, stepdaughter Cathy McDavid Barrett and grandchildren Jerome Coberly and Adriana Douglas.

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